Rock Krawler 1.5" Spring Budget Build

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So the plan with this build was to keep it on a budget.

The question was, what do we have that we can keep?

answer - flares, wheels, tires, shocks,

We wanted to keep from changing one thing, that forced us to change EVERYTHING. Enter the RK 1.5 springs.

By using these springs, we could keep the upper and lower control arms, trackbars, even the shocks dont NEED to be changed right away. It allows the budget to recover before making the next move.

The tires are the 255/75r17 Rubi Stock tires, so they are aggressive enough for now.





The first step was lifting the truck far enough to release the spring. We tried to avoid disconnecting as much as possible but in the end, Shock, swaybar link, all had to be disconnected to get the droop necessary to change the spring.

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Here is a shot with the first spring in, but everything else disconnected



Really a pretty easy install and the results were very good for the investment.

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Here is the "before" measurement



Here is the "after" measurement



It looks like we gained about 3 inches in the front, but this truck really has no extra weight on it, and a new spring will settle a little, It will probably end up being more like a little more than 2 inches before a steel front bumper.