Q: Rear suspension

asked by on December 11, 2016

I put a 2" lowering kit on the rear suspension of my truck when I first bought it in 2008 and I want to go back to the stock suspension, what do I need to get in order to do this?

My car has 215000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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