Level kits

[dsmracing1]

The deavers are nice. I didn’t go with them because I tow heavy and don’t want to have to add airbags. I did, however, swap to the 11+ leaf springs and appropriate add-a-pack. The new 2-leaf springs are much smoother than the 08-10 stuff.

Good to know. I tow heavy too and have airbags so I'll have to ponder how I'll do the new setup....

 

[JRLott]

Wonder if it's because the valving in the bilsteins is generic in mine and doesn't work well with the factory coil springs?

My Bilstiens are/were generically valved too, so I'd think they should work at least as well with factory springs as with Carli. The Carli/Bilstien does ride better than the Factory/Bilstein on my 05. It is a bit of an apples to oranges comparison though, since my 05 was a 5.4 gasser.
My post was simply to say I think you'll be a significant order of magnitude or two more pleased with Carli springs and Fox/King shocks than your current setup. One day I'll have some Fox or King shocks for a first hand account. Said day won't be in the immediate future. LOL.

 

[RyanD]

I went from stock/bils to Carli 2.5 and the same bils for a few weeks, to just installing the Fox 2.0 carli tuned resis - I have stock leafs/350 blocks out back - truck rides like a dream.

 

[dsmracing1]

My Bilstiens are/were generically valved too, so I'd think they should work at least as well with factory springs as with Carli. The Carli/Bilstien does ride better than the Factory/Bilstein on my 05. It is a bit of an apples to oranges comparison though, since my 05 was a 5.4 gasser.
My post was simply to say I think you'll be a significant order of magnitude or two more pleased with Carli springs and Fox/King shocks than your current setup. One day I'll have some Fox or King shocks for a first hand account. Said day won't be in the immediate future. LOL.

Ahh right on, yeah I'm really looking forward to doing this setup too!