Dudeguyman
New member
Just finished installing Readylift 2.0 SST, Fox 2.0 (front), and Bilstein 5160’s (rear). Had a terrible time getting the stock ball joints out due to the taper and not wanting to crack the aluminum casting w/ metal hammer (went with metal hammer anyway and everything came right out). If you’re methodical with your work, will probably take 8 hours assuming disassembly being a b$tch but my truck is also 3 years old too. I tried installing without the preload spring spacer first but you lose 1” of height without it. If installing Fox 2.0’s - you’ll need to grind down the supplied plastic spring seat to fit the ready lift preloaded spacer, you can kind of see it in the picture but not super clear (readylift 2.0 SST is meant for Rancho shocks but if you’re savvy with a grinder, you’ll be good). Pictures shown include both preloaded spring spacer and strut spacer on the top hat. Needed alignment big time, highly recommend. Tires - went with 285/70r18 (33.7 x 11.2) on -12mm offset with very minor rubbing that should be fixed with some strategically placed zip-ties on the wheel well but if I went any bigger I could see a lot of rubbing. Overall extremely happy despite a little rougher ride as expected w/ the preloaded spring spacer, gained 3” height and rear sits 0.75” higher than front. Hopefully this helps anyone else looking to do something similar.
