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Slight Body Lean - How do I level it out?

In addition to the 5 turns I already added, today I added 3 more turns. This got the front end even-more-level than what the 5 turns did. I still have a negative-camber issue with the driver side front. Not sure why. May end up adding the aftermarket camber-adjustment kits.
 



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Your alignment tech will love you for it. Some shops won't even attempt to do an alignment without camber kits installed. YMMV
 






I have a set of specialty products 87310 cams waiting to be installed for the next alignment
 






i did a 2" TT, and surprisingly the firestone has always aligned it 🤣 no camber kit afaik, but they still do it;) gotta love em lifetime alignments!
 






I have a local shop to my alignments and I'm happy to pay them to do it
Wish I had a firestone near me
 






I have a local shop to my alignments and I'm happy to pay them to do it
Wish I had a firestone near me
ive lucked out big time on the lifetime free alignments, with froading gotta get it aligned pretty often 🤣
 






STATUS UPDATE BY OP - After several days of adjusting the torsion bars (TB) >>> driving around >>> adjusting >>> driving >>> repeat, repeat, I finally got the left-side sag (low) taken care of. It's now level left-to-right. I was able to accomplish "L-R level" without having to make the front end higher than the rear end... and I didn't have to swap the rear leaf springs.

At the same time, I was monitoring the front cambers. Before any TB adjustments, the front left had developed quite a bit of -camber. The left side was the side that sagged. Tightening the left torsion bar did not get rid of the -camber, so I had to install a a set of camber cams on the left front.

The right front doesn't need a set of camber cams.

I ended up removing the sway bar during the adjust-drive-adjust-repeat process because it seemed to be affecting the adjustments. In fact, it was so tight (middle portion) on the right front that it destroyed one of the "inside" rubber bushings. It's weird, but in order to reinstall the sway bar, I think I'm going to have to customize the length of the "middle portion" of the front right sway bar link to make it shorter than the left front link.
 






STATUS UPDATE BY OP - After several days of adjusting the torsion bars (TB) >>> driving around >>> adjusting >>> driving >>> repeat, repeat, I finally got the left-side sag (low) taken care of. It's now level left-to-right. I was able to accomplish "L-R level" without having to make the front end higher than the rear end... and I didn't have to swap the rear leaf springs.

At the same time, I was monitoring the front cambers. Before any TB adjustments, the front left had developed quite a bit of -camber. The left side was the side that sagged. Tightening the left torsion bar did not get rid of the -camber, so I had to install a a set of camber cams on the left front.

The right front doesn't need a set of camber cams.

I ended up removing the sway bar during the adjust-drive-adjust-repeat process because it seemed to be affecting the adjustments. In fact, it was so tight (middle portion) on the right front that it destroyed one of the "inside" rubber bushings. It's weird, but in order to reinstall the sway bar, I think I'm going to have to customize the length of the "middle portion" of the front right sway bar link to make it shorter than the left front link.
ive got my tbars cranked up and havent noticed any sway bar issues. ive got the energy suspension poly ones. though the quicksteps i had before grenaded in 10k but that could also be how i use it, too lazy to disco the bars :)
 






Grenaded. Yep, that's what mine did.
 






Grenaded. Yep, that's what mine did.
so far so good with the ES ones though. wonder if its got somethin to do with thee TT or that i push my truck soemtimes 🤣
 






 






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