hey bleasdell thanks for high jacking my thread.....
Now back to the issue at hand, the alignment sounds like a good idea but the truck tracks as straight as an arrow, i can let go of the wheel and go close to half a mile before i have to make a minor adjustment. measured it again today, same, driver side 38.5" and passenger side 38.75". a two inch lift would have put this at 38" as the center of the fender was 36" from the ground when i started. I'm pretty handy with most things but the suspension issue and alignment thing I'm just not tracking with. I still don't get why a spacer just over an inch thick could lift a truck over 2"s. I'll look into the alignment tomorrow; anything else that may cause the different measurements???