When it comes to the quality of your ride, your leveling kit plays a huge part. So if you want the short answer to the headline, yes! Your leveling kit affects ride quality quite a bit. Let’s take a look at exactly what this means.
Your Leveling Kit and Vehicle Design
So yes, your leveling kit keeps your truck level regardless of the terrain so you don’t feel off balance when you are behind the wheel. An off balance driver leads to more accidents. However, if you have to change your leveling kit for technical reasons or just to customize it, you are changing the overall design of your truck.
Most customizations for your leveling kit will lead to increased stress on your suspension system. Keeping that maintained can get expensive quickly, so make sure you have a mechanic team that can provide these upgrades for you without damaging other parts of your truck.
What a Leveling Kit Does
First, your leveling kit will increase your ground clearance. With this lift, you can put larger tires on your ride without decreasing your off road handling.
Although this definitely increases your cool factor, raising your truck usually means more wind resistance. That creates drag that lowers your fuel economy. Depending on how this is done, however, you may be able to keep that drag to a minimum.
The Difference Between a Leveling Kit and Lift Kit
These two things are often used as synonyms for each other, but they are actually slightly different. A lift kit is a cosmetic lift while a leveling kit is meant to change more of the technical aspects of your vehicle. If you are going to off road a lot, then you need a leveling kit. The wear and tear you will put on your truck will require more than a cosmetic upgrade.
A lift kit raises the truck body without raising the height of the suspension and the wheels. Lift kits actually should not affect the quality of your ride one way or another (if they are properly installed). However, they do not add any sort of handling if you are looking to take your truck off road or perform any other kind of trick driving.
Leveling Kits and Truck Warranties
Putting on a new leveling kit does change the warranty, but it does not fully void most warranties. The suspension is what you are changing, so that is the part of the warranty that gets voided. In most cases, the rest of the warranty remains intact. This means if you try to take the truck in for worn ball joins, you’re going to be out of luck.
Whether you just need a leveling kit or you are in the market for more extensive customizations, the experts at Trick Trucks are ready to help you. Give us a call at 1 (866) 60-TRICK (87425) or just fill out the form on our website directly. One of our customization experts will get back to you in a timely manner.