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Due to the heavy springs in the rear and the mediums in the front, my truck had a bad case of "stink bug" the rear was 1.75" inches higher than the front. Really like the Slee spacers, but buying the truck, tires, springs and shocks in the last month my check book is smoking, that $200.00 is not going to happen soon! I found a chunk of 6"x 1.5" 6061 and cut 6 1/4" pieces, a buddy of mine milled them to shape on his CNC mill.
Our design is one piece with a 3/4" counter bore down to the stud, a long connector nut screws onto the bump stop stud holding the spacer and a bolt threads into the top of the nut to hold it on the truck.
We made two sets, one 1 1/4" and used the 1 1/2" set, it is just the ticket. The rear measures 23 3/4" and the front was 22" after the spacers it's 23.1/2" from the center of the hub to the fender. The truck still drives nice, the steering returns to center and no detectable vibration. I will have the camber checked to see where it's at. But the emergency handling got checked on the way home, complete with tires howling, rubber smoke and Junk's favorite hand gesture, when a young lady in an Altima decided she wanted to share my lane at 80 MPH on the freeway!
Before and after pictures.
Our design is one piece with a 3/4" counter bore down to the stud, a long connector nut screws onto the bump stop stud holding the spacer and a bolt threads into the top of the nut to hold it on the truck.
We made two sets, one 1 1/4" and used the 1 1/2" set, it is just the ticket. The rear measures 23 3/4" and the front was 22" after the spacers it's 23.1/2" from the center of the hub to the fender. The truck still drives nice, the steering returns to center and no detectable vibration. I will have the camber checked to see where it's at. But the emergency handling got checked on the way home, complete with tires howling, rubber smoke and Junk's favorite hand gesture, when a young lady in an Altima decided she wanted to share my lane at 80 MPH on the freeway!
Before and after pictures.
