Deranged
New Member
My 1996 Chevy 1500 is starting to look her age in the front and sagging to her knees. I want to put on about a 2 inch leveling kit to bring her back to life on the straight and narrow. I don't know much about lifts or leveling kits, so if yall could kid glove me in the right direction I would be appreciative.
The leveling kits I have found are just Torsion Key leveling kits. Looks like something you put on the torsion bolt and while using a cheater bar can then crank down on it and in the process level out the front end. Then ya get the added benefit of a new alignment plus anything else that comes with that as well. If this is true than can't this just be done with the right size socket and a big enough ratchet and cheater bar as well? Is this correct or are the Torsion Keys something entirely different?
I think that doing a 2 inch block on the frame with a tap weld would probably be sturdier and maybe cheaper in the long run, not sure though. Any pros/cons to this type of leveling?
Any other way to raise my girls sagging up a couple inches without breaking anything in the process? Most I want to get out of the leveling of the front end is a cleaner look and the ability to put a little big larger tire on. Nothing crazy, but maybe 31s or smaller? Think Mickey Thompson makes a super swamper in the 20s range that would work too.
Thanks,
Deranged
The leveling kits I have found are just Torsion Key leveling kits. Looks like something you put on the torsion bolt and while using a cheater bar can then crank down on it and in the process level out the front end. Then ya get the added benefit of a new alignment plus anything else that comes with that as well. If this is true than can't this just be done with the right size socket and a big enough ratchet and cheater bar as well? Is this correct or are the Torsion Keys something entirely different?
I think that doing a 2 inch block on the frame with a tap weld would probably be sturdier and maybe cheaper in the long run, not sure though. Any pros/cons to this type of leveling?
Any other way to raise my girls sagging up a couple inches without breaking anything in the process? Most I want to get out of the leveling of the front end is a cleaner look and the ability to put a little big larger tire on. Nothing crazy, but maybe 31s or smaller? Think Mickey Thompson makes a super swamper in the 20s range that would work too.
Thanks,
Deranged