Originally Posted by Gearhead61

Buddy just calm down a little bit and take a deep breath.

First of all, your truck is an 06. You should NOT be having trouble with ball joints. If you are, you've got a warranty on your truck for a reason. Take off the wheel spacers (which you certainly don't need) and take your truck to the dealer. Shocks and tires will NOT affect your ball joints at all. Save yourself a grand and have the dealer fix your ****.

For your lift, if you got the wrong one from 4WP don't worry about it. Just take it back, have them order the new one. Get some money back if you can.

For installing the spindles, there are LOTS of California members. Find some near you who know what they are doing. If your mechanic is telling you that you need limiting straps and this that and the other for installing a SPINDLE lift, he's blowing smoke up your ***. The only difference between a stock spindle and a lift spindle is the location of the hub. On the lift spindle it's moved down, moving your tires down, and the rest of your truck up in relation to the ground. It doesn't change any of the rest of the steering geometry OR any of the truck's articulation characteristics. You won't get more travel out of your front end, so limiting straps are useless. In fact, you can use the SAME shocks as you have on your stock height truck. The LCA stays in the same place and moves in the same way!

Take a breath. Chill out, relax, and get your warranty work done first. Remember, you DESERVE your warranty work, and the dealer has to prove that your aftermarket parts caused the parts to fail. Shocks and tires have no effect on balljoints. If they give you crap, get irate. Ask to talk to the manager. If you know what you are talking about and make sure they know you do, they won't try to push you around. Don't leave until they agree to fix your truck under the warranty that you PAID FOR. After you get your balljoints taken care of, come talk to us and we'll help you out with your spindle lift.