{"id":3623,"date":"2021-04-22T11:25:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/?page_id=3623"},"modified":"2021-04-23T07:26:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T14:26:22","slug":"leveling_suspension_kits_101","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/leveling_suspension_kits_101\/","title":{"rendered":"ReadyLIFT leveling suspension kits 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">ReadyLIFT Leveling 101<\/h1>\n<p>What is a leveling kit?\u00a0 The simple answer is a leveling kit is designed to level out the front of your truck, SUV, or Jeep to match the height of the rear of the vehicle, giving you the leveling look.\u00a0 Most trucks, SUVs, and Jeeps come from the manufacture with a slight rake.\u00a0 Rake is when the front end of the vehicle is lower to the rear.\u00a0 Manufacturers release their vehicle with a rake to level out once weight is added to the rear of the truck or for improving fuel economy with airflow.\u00a0 When adding weight, the rear suspension will compress and level out with the front or slightly lower to optimize towing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3626 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ReadyLIFT-leveling-kit-2019banner-1024x660.jpg\" alt=\"ReadyLIFT Leveling Kit Ford Diesel\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ReadyLIFT-leveling-kit-2019banner-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ReadyLIFT-leveling-kit-2019banner-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ReadyLIFT-leveling-kit-2019banner-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ReadyLIFT-leveling-kit-2019banner.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits of a leveling kit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leveling Kits are an easy starting point to lift your truck for a great leveled stance.\u00a0 Most ReadyLIFT leveling kits are a 1.5\u201d to a 3\u201d to allow for slightly larger than stock wheel and tire combinations. \u00a0Our leveling kits give you that look and tire upgrade while maintaining factory ride quality.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Level out your truck\u2019s stance<\/li>\n<li>Fit larger tires and wheels<\/li>\n<li>Increase ground clearance<\/li>\n<li>Allows better operation of front-end equipment like plows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What type of leveling kits are there?<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strut Extension<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Strut extension or spacers leveling kits are intended for trucks or SUV\u2019s that use a coilover style spring for the front suspension. The strut extension will be installed on top of the coilover strut, raising the vehicle\u2019s ride height to the desired level. The strut extension can also be removed fairly easily. Struct extensions are generally a quick and inexpensive way of leveling your vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coil Spring Spacers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coil spacers are another type of leveling kit that works similarly to strut extensions. The main difference is the location of the product. Strut spacers will attach to the top of the strut mount where coil spacer leveling kits will be placed directly on top of the coil spring buckets. Some vehicles have the option of both types, but coil spacers tend to be slightly more popular.\u00a0\u00a0The big draw to these kits is that they are extremely low cost compared to doing a full lift suspension kit. Coil springs spacers\u00a0are know for maintaining the factory ride.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forged Torsion Keys\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How does your torsion bar suspension work? Torsion bars work just like the name implies. Its function is to use torsion (twisting resistance) force in the same way a coil spring works. Using the GM truck application as an example, one end of the torsion bar remains stationary mounted to the frame cross member. The opposite end inserts into the lower control arm. In between is a location for the lever \u2013 the torsion key \u2013 which basically holds the torsion bar at the preferred height required for how the vehicle is supposed to sit. As the wheel cycles up or down, the torsion bar twists around its axis. As it does so, the resistance increases as the bar wants to return its axis of zero resistance. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/20\/torsion-keys\/\">Read more on ReadyLIFT\u2019s torsion key lifts here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Installing a leveling kit?<\/h3>\n<p>Leveling kits are more of the DIY style lift kits in the market.\u00a0 \u00a0With that said if you aren&#8217;t fully aware or have mechanical experience we would recommend finding a ReadyLIFT dealer in your area to install your kit.\u00a0 You can search authorized ReadyLIFT dealers here.\u00a0 Leveling kits can seem simple to install but some kits require specialized tools for the installation.\u00a0 You can read our full instructions for the leveling kit install by searching the part number of the product or putting in your vehicle make, model, and year information and finding the leveling kit page for your vehicle.\u00a0 Once on that page you can hit the installation tab and download the instructions specific to that tap.\u00a0 Make and follow the instruction fully for proper installation.\u00a0 Minor errors in an installation can cause damage to the vehicle that can end up in more cost fixing parts down the road.\u00a0 To watch a ReadyLIFT leveling kit installation on a GM 1500 check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iCTgqdo5vP0\">YouTube video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now that you have learned about different types of leveling kits you can check out all ReadyLIFT&#8217;s options today, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/leveling-kits.html\">view all leveling kits<\/a>.\u00a0 If you have more questions reach out to our fully staffed and train customer service team at 1-800-549-4620 open M-F from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. MTN time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ReadyLIFT Leveling 101 What is a leveling kit?\u00a0 The simple answer is a leveling kit is designed to level out the front of your truck,<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/leveling_suspension_kits_101\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3624,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-campaign_2018.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3623"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5432,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3623\/revisions\/5432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.readylift.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}