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Title: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: Lumps on April 14, 2007, 12:44:30 PM
I have a 07 Dodge and was looking into putting in a front end leveling kit, has anyone done this? I know their fairly cheap. How does it affect the ride? It cant be any worse than it already is. :)
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: younggun on April 14, 2007, 10:20:41 PM
If u hunt or fish in remote places its a must, if u dont have it on deactivated roads it scrapes the front bumper, ur pretty high up. It works just fine, doesn't affect handling alot, if u are a responsible driver u'll be fine.
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: younggun on April 14, 2007, 10:33:25 PM
Dads buddy has one and my neighbor's got one, sam u genious!  :P  ::)
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: Lumps on April 14, 2007, 10:57:12 PM
If u hunt or fish in remote places its a must, if u dont have it on deactivated roads it scrapes the front bumper, ur pretty high up. It works just fine, doesn't affect handling alot, if u are a responsible driver u'll be fine.
Umm yah  ::)

Lumps: Does the ride quality really matter to you? If your truck has torsion bars its possible to adjust them to get more clearance but it affects the ride quality a bit.

I meant handling, it rides like a tank already.
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: younggun on April 15, 2007, 01:03:54 AM
u got a chip in it or is it stock?
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: Lumps on April 15, 2007, 06:56:44 AM
u got a chip in it or is it stock?
Stock
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: younggun on April 15, 2007, 09:10:33 AM
i would get a chip and a leveling kit, my neighbor/uncle has both and his 2500 flies. Its a 1997 v6 turbo deisel. I asked him yesterday when i saw ur post about how it handles and his reply was "It makes a little difference but not enough that u will really notice it, after a while it just feels normal again."
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: tnt on April 15, 2007, 09:35:12 AM
Lumps I was just gonna do the same thing till I talked to a few tire shops and chrysler dealers, if you want to raise the truck you are better off doing the full suspension lift, Leveling kits affect the angle of your torsion bars and make it a rougher sloppier ride, after talking with a few tire shops I ended up deciding on toyo open country mud terrains in a 33.5 inch tire, no rub but plenty of height, and a 12.5 inch wide tire, if you do go with the leveling kit make sure you put in a set of rancho shocks at the same time, it wil help the ride a little by stiffening it up.  If your thinking of getting new tires talk to Jason from Symons tires in Mission he will look after you really well and if your old tires are in decent shape he will take them on trade, tell him Thomas from TNT Marine sent you by, or talk to his Old Man...

Awesome service with the best pricing.

BTW the older diesels handle the leveling kit a lot better than the new ones,,
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: Lumps on April 15, 2007, 04:03:00 PM
Lumps I was just gonna do the same thing till I talked to a few tire shops and chrysler dealers, if you want to raise the truck you are better off doing the full suspension lift, Leveling kits affect the angle of your torsion bars and make it a rougher sloppier ride, after talking with a few tire shops I ended up deciding on toyo open country mud terrains in a 33.5 inch tire, no rub but plenty of height, and a 12.5 inch wide tire, if you do go with the leveling kit make sure you put in a set of rancho shocks at the same time, it wil help the ride a little by stiffening it up.  If your thinking of getting new tires talk to Jason from Symons tires in Mission he will look after you really well and if your old tires are in decent shape he will take them on trade, tell him Thomas from TNT Marine sent you by, or talk to his Old Man...

Awesome service with the best pricing.

BTW the older diesels handle the leveling kit a lot better than the new ones,,

TNT good advise, I've talked to a couple of different places and all they on the 07 is a 5 inch suspention lift and I really don't want to go with the big lift thing. I just want to keep it simple. I'll look into what you said though, thanks Jason
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: speycaster on April 15, 2007, 08:42:38 PM
Geez younfirearm you had better go and look at those trucks, as no domestic truck maker supplies a V6 diesel engine. With your knowledge of trucks i would take your advice with a grain of salt. ;D
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: younggun on April 16, 2007, 08:39:41 PM
my bad! V8 must have heard wrong! With all that fishing info filling up my head i cant really hear alot!  ;D
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: cohokid on April 16, 2007, 10:06:41 PM
v6 deseil. HAHA...... I know a dude who put a leveling kit on his 06 f350, looks good. As for the handling cant give you feed back, but if I were you I would get it.
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: Mike D. on April 17, 2007, 10:30:33 AM
Actually Dodge has or had I should say a 5.9L V6 diesel equipped with an auto 5 speed, out in the mid 90's aswell as in 03/04 in the 2500 & 3500 models...and FORD also had a V6 diesel out...I don't think the ford one's were very good, but the Dodge one's were quite popular....and aswell some of the Jeeps are out with a V6 3.0 litre Diesel...

Mike <"))))))))><
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: younggun on April 17, 2007, 11:09:53 PM
thanks mike, i knew i heard correct!  8)
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: cohokid on April 18, 2007, 05:16:53 PM
whats the point in having a v6 deisel, expecailly in a large truck.I knew dodges had a v6 deisel, but they at really gutless
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: TrophyHunter on April 18, 2007, 06:56:49 PM
whats the point in having a v6 diesel, especially in a large truck.I knew dodges had a v6 diesel, but they at really gutless
amount of cylinders won't affect power , amount of displacement will... some of the most powerful diesels out there are 4, 5 and six cylinder
 ::)
TH
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: TrophyHunter on April 18, 2007, 06:58:20 PM
My Nephew is a mechanic for Dodge and he also owns a 2007 one ton , he says that the levelling kit is a necessity not an option  ;)
TH
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: Lumps on April 18, 2007, 07:02:27 PM
My Nephew is a mechanic for Dodge and he also owns a 2007 one ton , he says that the levelling kit is a necessity not an option  ;)
TH

TH, which one did he say to use?
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: TrophyHunter on April 18, 2007, 08:14:25 PM
My Nephew is a mechanic for Dodge and he also owns a 2007 one ton , he says that the levelling kit is a necessity not an option  ;)
TH

TH, which one did he say to use?

He said to use Rev Tek , easy to install.. he said don't forget to do an allignment afterwards
TH
Title: Re: Leveling kit for a Dodge 2500
Post by: Lumps on April 18, 2007, 08:39:12 PM
My Nephew is a mechanic for Dodge and he also owns a 2007 one ton , he says that the levelling kit is a necessity not an option  ;)
TH

TH, which one did he say to use?

He said to use Rev Tek , easy to install.. he said don't forget to do an allignment afterwards
TH

That's great TH Thank you. Jason