stock lift
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i welded mine and they have held up great
ive jumped it a few times and havnt had any problems
but i welded it with a 6011 with the heat turned up a good bit
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Stupid question im sure but im realtivley new to the F150 world. What are the pros/cons of cranking the bars vs doing a leveling kit? Is it just a truck/year issue or are the two different ways to arrive at a similiar result? Again im sure a dumb question but im just curious.
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Stupid question im sure but im realtivley new to the F150 world. What are the pros/cons of cranking the bars vs doing a leveling kit? Is it just a truck/year issue or are the two different ways to arrive at a similiar result? Again im sure a dumb question but im just curious.
your 2006 has different front end setup
you will need to buy the leveling kit
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but if you really wanted to kno
cranking the stock bars lift it 2-2.5 inches. this is as high as it was designed to go by FORD. if you get keys (which go up to 3" or more) the lower control arms hit the bump stops and this is when crap starts breakin. because everytime you hit a bump, traintrack, speedbump; the LCAs hit the bump stops and is very violent to ball joints. keys are only meant for if your have something heavy pushing the suspension back down to the stock heigth (off road bumper, heavier engine, snowplow, )
hope this explains it well and your that much more educated about f 150 trucks
cranking the stock bars lift it 2-2.5 inches. this is as high as it was designed to go by FORD. if you get keys (which go up to 3" or more) the lower control arms hit the bump stops and this is when crap starts breakin. because everytime you hit a bump, traintrack, speedbump; the LCAs hit the bump stops and is very violent to ball joints. keys are only meant for if your have something heavy pushing the suspension back down to the stock heigth (off road bumper, heavier engine, snowplow, )
hope this explains it well and your that much more educated about f 150 trucks
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Quick question, my stock shackles broke, so the only replacments i could find at the time were at a gheto auto zone and they were 1" lowering shackles. my truck sits completly level now, could i do the 3 inch block in the back still and crank my bars? or do i need to find stock shackles?
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alright cool, thanks for the info, only other question is wheres the best place to find the blocks cheap/ like under $50 and how much does a front end allignment run on our trucks? havnt had to get one yet