Ive heard acouple of people having problems with them, like them breaking and shit, is this something pretty common...let me know, im thinking about getting some this week....
i had gotten the daystar 1.25" spacers and had them split on me after 2 weeks. maybe cause i already have a lift but.. i took them back to 4wheel parts in my area and they swapped me out to a 2.5" spacer from another chevy vehicle. i dunno which one though cause they just gave me the spacers by themselves. no box so no part number. came home installed them and got about 1.75" out of the new ones and havent had a problem yet.
my buddy has them on his truck and they haven't broken yet. but his truck looks an inch or two lower than when he first got it so the spacers may have compressed a lot
so if they split, what happens to the truck? like if your driving down the road and one splits on you your not gonna loose control and flip of the road into a gully full of water and drown are you?
But, why do you prefer the daystar's? Aren't they plastic or rubber or something?
I'm sure you can find some steel ones some where, and that'd be much better, IMO.
nothing will happen if they split except for the side of your truck will drop the inch or two.. as far as using steel that wouldnt provide any kind of damping so that would be a horible idea.
the coil spacer will usually only give you about half of what the advertised lift is honestly. the spring sits in a pocket molded into the spacer so its alot safer and more logical. a peice of solid steel would change the ride quality, front coil properties and wouldnt be safe since there isnt a coil groove in it. its impractical.
so if they split, what happens to the truck? like if your driving down the road and one splits on you your not gonna loose control and flip of the road into a gully full of water and drown are you?
the coil spacer will usually only give you about half of what the advertised lift is honestly. the spring sits in a pocket molded into the spacer so its alot safer and more logical. a peice of solid steel would change the ride quality, front coil properties and wouldnt be safe since there isnt a coil groove in it. its impractical.
I still don't see how it would change the "coil properties"...The coil is supposed to absorb the impact, not the spacer. Spacer pushes the coil down an inch or however big it is...Do you also think that blocks change the "leaf springs properties?"
edit : btw, coil spring pockets are METAL. theres a rubber INSULATOR on top of them...to insulate the spring from rattling. if the spacer was machined correctly, i don't see one single issue using metal spacers, except you might want/need 2 insulators per side...The biggest reason they don't use metal is cost...metal costs more and its easier/cheaper to machine/form plastic/rubber.
i'm running fabtech 3.5" spindles with mine as well.
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