Interesting. This video shows the 2” leveling kit as spacers for BOTH top and bottom, in contrast to Rough Country’s top ONLY spacer. Which methodology is best? Does it matter?
Yes. But it also mentions their 2” kit. Again, with spacers top and bottom. Better than the Rough Country?
Yes, my headlights are now quite a bit higher with my 2.5" level. I was surprised by how much higher they were after the level kit. More so than when I leveled my F-150 (at least from what I remember). You will need to adjust your lamps after.
An upper strut spacer can limit upward travel while extending lower travel. A lower strut spacer would them limit downward travel while extending upward travel. It looks like ReadyLift is splitting the difference to limit upward and downward travel equally.
Based on what he said, it was for "easier install" which is likely to keep you from having to disconnect the spindle assembly to drop the lower control arm (as I understand it) it down out of the way for clearance to get the coil / strut back in. Check out this thread and one of the follow up questions somebody asked:
Got it. Thanks.
I was actually thinking of this other day.
I assume that the smaller spacers does mean you won't have to disassemble as much. I have been told that lower spacers are sometimes the best option due to some odd geometry while upper spacers are better options for other situations. I haven't been able to get a clear answer for the Ranger. While some lift kits have split spacers like this, I haven't ever seen a leveling kit that utilizes split spacers until now.
I have to ask. Knowing what I know about spacer lifts do any of you actually plan to off-road with them? You mentioned down travel so that makes me think you might. I just hope people here are aware of the drawbacks of spacer lifts and that they’re not a suitable lift for true off-roading. If you haven’t read up on it, go visit one of the Toyota forums and take a look. To each his own, I just felt I had to do my due diligence on this fairly new forum in case someone isn’t familiar with trucks and lifts.
The stock FX4 is sufficient for my needs, which will be 96% highway, 3% dirt roads, and 1% graded trails for camping/fishing. I just don’t want to make it terribly uncomfortable during that 1% when more down travel would keep the vehicle from rocking side-to-side like a teeter-totter when passing over rocky trails here in Colorado.
