Bout to install a 2 inch mzs leveling kit on my 04, any tips aside from this video?

did you install the kit? 3 & 1? I'm wanting a lift but for the life of me, ca't find any good video's providing before and after. I'm concerned about the leveling. I see so many wit hthe front end a little higher then the rear. so is the 3 & ! Level? Thanks

@@johnwith-bold7328 same here rather buy the whole kit front and rear I don’t want no squat lol

Are still runing the bilstien shocks? I also want to put those in my 2008 nissan titan 2wd.

Ismael Z yeah, still running them, they are good and haven’t had any front end problems like I did with the spacers.

Did you need any other parts other than thebolstering shocks for it to work?

How do adjust to line to bolts up on the knuckle? One hole is perfect and the other side is slightly off.

Hi can u explain me how u did ? Thanks

I tried doing that while removing the level in order to put on coilovers and cannot get the bottom strut bolt out for the life of me. There's a ton of pressure on it. So now, I'm taking it all apart ala this dude.

Diagram of 5.6 motor nissan titan 0 7 bank 1 and bank 2

I believe the way ur jacking up the vehicle might be under the suspension try putting it down on some jack stands and the suspension shud be free to move up and down.

4 inch? Go with the 6 inch Pro Comp Lift! My '04 Titan has the 6 inch pro Comp Lift, Bilstein 5100 shocks on the front, Pro Comp MX6 shocks on the rear. Sitting on 20 inch rims with 35 x 12.50's. The wife was just about orgasmic when I pulled it out of the garage!

Spacers no. But a 6 inch lift will cause alot of headaches ask me how I know? Lol

He had to 180 the strut. When you turn the strut around the bolts line up again .

TheIrongutz I was actually looking at mine before watching this video and wondering the same thing. Well thanks for letting me know it's possible.

so would you recommend after leveling the truck also replace the UCA's with a 2-4 inch UCA. A body of mine, who also have a titan said that no matter if you just level a titan your going to need new UCA's. How true?

TheIrongutz hi u removed only the sway bar links only ???? No caliper nothing more ? I want to add 1.5 to my Nissan Titan 2010 pro4x ...if I add 2 or 3 I will need upper arms and I don't want mess with that.... thanks

Tony MTA i dunno . But i just did a 3 inch on my 04 titan yesterday and def. are gonna need something as far as UCA because they contact the coil bucket on one side and almost on the other side just sitting on the ground . So i am having to discover and having a hard time resolving this issue myself . Def. are gonna have contact 100% either after or any tiny lil bump it will hit .

air1forcegrant1 hi did u found solutions to the problem?

Caliper is removed to prevent damage to brake hoses. Yes, the strut winds up getting rotated 180° on these vehicles.

I'm having that problem on my 2011 titan. It was leveled already when i bought it but camber wasn't adjusted. Turns out the titan doesn't have adjustable camber bolts, I had to buy them separately.

c Low how do you get the lower strut bolt to lineup with the spacer installed it throws off the alignment

@@armchairgangstac907 Rotate the strut 180deg. or swap driver side with passenger side strut

Jeff Eppenger 4x4 coil springs are longer. I have heard replacing just those will achieve the lift and not make the ride to harsh. Pro 4x springs are way stiffer than 4x4 springs aswell

@@jamessauls6034 I definitely don't want the truck to ride stiffer.. the OEM 4x4 (not 4x)... Are the front struts the same as a 2x4 model? I am comparing same model such as SV or SE 4x4 vs 2x4 not 4x. Just curious.

Jeff Eppenger 4x4 shocks are likely stiffer and a little longer but I am not positive. I would assume a 2x4 would work though since it’s only a inch or two difference

@@jamessauls6034 it's interesting that these springs and shocks are stiffer than a 2x4 you would think going over terrain you would want a softer set up but I know absolutely nothing about off roading... We bought our truck used when it was a year old and had 9800 miles on it... The dealer had 2 identical looking trucks on the Lott one was 2x4 one was 4x4 $500 difference between the 2 so I went for the 4x4 thinking of I only needed to use it once would be worth it.... So far we have needed it twice... Haha stuck in mud axle deep after a storm and 2nd stuck in snow axle deep visiting my folks. Both times got is out in 4hi running the stock Good Year SRA's.

2008 and up are about an inch taller.

Thanks for the comment. These billet aluminum leveling kits require you to rotate the entire strut 180° so unfortunately you have to completely remove it. Leaving the caliper on creeps me out. I don't like the way it stretches the brake hose.

​@AutoRex you don't have to remove anything to get the strut out lol. Undue top 3 qnd bottom 1 and it will come right

Kyle Cole... Anytime you alter the front suspension, you will always need an alignment.

Yes.

I was wondering that myself.....

Exactly... Goodness it's just a leveling kit! He has the entire front taken apart! 😂😂😂😂😂

tokiesgalore lots of people don't realize what a mistake it is to use WD as a lubricant. It makes a great degreaser, but makes things rust quicker. Prefer penetrating oil, then a good lubricant.

Wd 40 makes a rust release and water resistant spray as well now

Mike Le do you know if its any good? Always preferred soaking vs 6 foot breaker bar.

Ive been using the water resistant one on door hinges and tracks, works well and lasts from my experience

Bp blaster is cheaper so i just use that for rusty bolts

We have never had that problem.

I would like to know also. I was going to order a 2.5 kit tonight until a saw a video warning people not to buy a leveling kit without the new control arms.

Tong Lo good question. I was looking in line for the lift kit the Rough County kit is like $350 because it comes with the upper control arm otherwise just the leveling kit with the sway bar is around $100 bucks. What do you think?

Tong Lo I have the Rough Country 2" leveling kit otherwise stock. It barely hits the control arm when I hit a pothole or something like that but you can use a die grinder to clearance it a little bit and it will take care of that issue. I think the 3" kit would be unbearable contact without the control arms but the 2" isn't bad.

tyashaev depand on how much lift you like. If you want 3". Go rough country

+Joel Salazar Yes I recommend doing so.

thanks for the info good work bro ..

Just depends on how high you want the front end to sit.

AutoRex Which one did you installed in the truck ?

AutoRex would it look ugly with just the front lifted 3 Inches ?

+Hanan Gruhonjic For this truck (2004) slide pin bolts are 32ft lbs and caliper bracket (torque member) bolts are 150ft lbs. Note the factory recommends replacing the torque member bolts, but I have never had a problem with re-using them as long as an appropriate thread locker is used.

thanks man!

+Troy West I don't take chances when it comes to steering/suspension. I've never had great difficulty removing fasteners with blue loctite. If you do, 10 to 15 seconds with a propane torch is enough to neutralize it. Red loctite, however, is the devil.

Troy West Just a dot.....JUST A DOT!!

+denney19 Pins? You mean the strut studs?

Why new cotter pins ? And why did you take off the caliper as well? Because I did mine last night and I didn't have to take the caliper off, could that mess anything up?

-_-

Nah they look 3”

ok smart ass show us the short way, i feel his way was very simple

@@tmace1090 he disassemble the entire thing. You can just take apart the top part to get to the strut down (still on the arms) to put on the spacer

But why work harder? The installation guides states 2-4 hours for a rough country kit while he did most of the work on 1 side in under 15 minutes. I see no issue with how he did it and the amount of mobility makes it easier

@@tmace1090 the way I did isn't harder. I had to do less dissasembly and 15 minutes is the length of the video not the time he took to get it done.

Aussie_rider-cb 125 can u explain me how is the Easy way ? Only remove the top control arm bolt joint ?

13/16” sockets are 20.6mm and will usually work fine for removal and, in most cases, torquing 21mm metric bolts. When you get to a certain socket size, the differences between SAE and MM become increasingly minimal. Another example: 15/16” sockets will turn 24mm bolts and fit like a glove.

Hunter S my Titan was finished in Tennessee I think. I found it has lots of standard hardware on it. Smh

@@kevin3063 Huh... Weird. Maybe I will have a reason to get my SAE sockets a little dirty

Wish I would’ve seen this before I did it, it’s happening to me. Any way to fix this that you know of?

Devlin Egger you need to get extended sway bar endlinks that’s how you solve it without just taking the lift off but make sure you get the right length

Did you need to replace anything else besides the bilsteins for it to work?

did you think he was working on the rear

Some SAE and metric sizes are within acceptable tolerances and are fine to interchange, especially in sizes beyond 5/8”. Funny, AvE just made a video about this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8mgeM-Fzb6bkX0.html