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Lower rear of 2500

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My 1500 is the only truck I ever reverse leveled, I loved it, but didn't tow anything with it.
 
My 1500 is the only truck I ever reverse leveled, I loved it, but didn't tow anything with it.

yeah that looks nice. To be honest the main reason I did this is already spent the money on the tires and wheels. If I would have leveled the front I think the tires would look way too small. I’ll see how I like this but I may choose to go back to stock height in the rear and level the front with some 20” wheels and bigger tires once my tires need replacing.
 
Thanks for the pics and update. It looks good and even better it being black. Gives me an easy idea of what mine would look like.
 
Thanks for the Pics, that looks really nice. If I see that I have to lower mine a little after 5th wheel is on back I think I'm going the same route. Did anyone one say anything about needing shorter shocks or sway bar links?
 
Blowenblu said:
Thanks for the Pics, that looks really nice. If I see that I have to lower mine a little after 5th wheel is on back I think I'm going the same route. Did anyone one say anything about needing shorter shocks or sway bar links?
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I actually had just been thinking about that yesterday. I personally didn’t worry about it because I have air bags that always have at least 5lbs in them. I’m going to do some research on that though.
 
I put the Kelderrman rear leveling springs on my 2500 in June 2023. I had two goals - lower the rear suspension, and soften the ride a little. The Kelderman setup delivers on both counts. The truck now sits level with about 35 psi in the springs, and the ride when unloaded is noticeably smoother - it really takes the edge off of the sharp bumps. I pull a smaller (about 5000 lb.) bumper pull TT, and I increase the pressure to about 45-50 psi when towing to maintain the level height. I am really pleased with these springs. I happen to live in Iowa, about 90 minutes from Kelderman's shop, so I drove there and had them install the springs.
 
I wanted to post a quick update. I have now had the drop springs on for 3 months. I had done a couple of short trips pulling my trailer but this last weekend I pulled the trailer on a longer trip, 4hrs each way. I noticed no difference in how the truck rides with the trailer hooked up. The hitch weight on my trailer is 1,250lbs so it’s significant. Only difference is I fill my air bags before I hook up rather than after. And that’s is just to protect the airbags from compressing too much. So if anyone wants or needs to lower the back of their truck the drop springs are a solution that works great.
 
Finn5033 said:
I wanted to post a quick update. I have now had the drop springs on for 3 months. I had done a couple of short trips pulling my trailer but this last weekend I pulled the trailer on a longer trip, 4hrs each way. I noticed no difference in how the truck rides with the trailer hooked up. The hitch weight on my trailer is 1,250lbs so it’s significant. Only difference is I fill my air bags before I hook up rather than after. And that’s is just to protect the airbags from compressing too much. So if anyone wants or needs to lower the back of their truck the drop springs are a solution that works great.
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Where did you find the drop springs?
 
Been following this for a while. I put the Timber Grove 3" drop kit on my 2023 Tradesman. Very well made kit. With about 33 lbs in the springs the truck is dead level. The ride is much improved. The kits use Firestone air bags and all stainless steel components. I have a good size compressor on the truck, but I wanted to be able to control the pressure in the bags from the cab so I go a Air Lift compressor and gauge off Amazon. Like Kelderman, Timber grove does off the stuff to make it an automatic system like the stock setup. I had a 2015 Mega Cab with the factory air system. That truck now has over 150K miles on it and no issues. The odds of an air bag failing is very slim. I've seen over the road trucks with air suspension that was going strong at 500K miles. The fittings and tubing can fail. Just use good stuff and protect it from chaffing and heat. I give Timber Grove 2 thumbs up.

Only issue with the install is getting the nuts on the bolts! Not much room to get fingers in! I ended up taping the nuts to the bracket with high strength duct tape. They use all Stainless steel bolts which I'm not a fan of. I did apply a tad of anti-sieze to the bolts to prevent galling. And of course you don't tighten the dog poo out of a SS bolt unless you want failure.
 
I ordered a set of springs from CSS. They were very helpful with my questions on the phone. They should be delivered today (Wednesday) and I ordered last Thursday. I went with the 1.75 drop as well. CSS said they are returnable if I cover shipping, if I don’t like the drop and want a different size.
 
woody284 said:
I ordered a set of springs from CSS. They were very helpful with my questions on the phone. They should be delivered today (Wednesday) and I ordered last Thursday. I went with the 1.75 drop as well. CSS said they are returnable if I cover shipping, if I don’t like the drop and want a different size.
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How much were the springs?
 
398. 00 plus shipping. 440 shipped for me. I’m getting them installed tomorrow after work. I’ll try to add some pics once they are done.
 
This will be so common we’ll start sharing info via smoke signals.
 
A buddy and I installed today. Super easy and took about 15 minutes in all. Pictures didn’t turn out well today because of the shadow to tell the difference. I have airbags as well but could tell no difference in the ride. You can really tell the difference standing behind the tailgate with it down.
 
With those short coils, what keeps them from falling out when you go through a dip in the road real fast?
 
johanh13 said:
With those short coils, what keeps them from falling out when you go through a dip in the road real fast?
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I have airlift loadlifter 5000 airbags on with the drop springs so there is no way they are falling out. If I didn’t have the bags I would have replaced my shocks with appropriate ones to make up for the drop.

But honestly even if you didn’t have airbags or shorter shocks I don’t think they could fall out. If everything else was hooked up and you jacked the rear up until the tires were off the ground you’d still have to compress the drop springs to get them in.
 
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