Old_Skl_Raptr

you can buy shortened shackles. i wouldnt cut and weld unless you knew what your doing because they do hold up the whole back half of the truck

jgh64pkup

good point
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

Old_Skl_Raptr

^you got a 4x4 97-03? tighten the torsion bars and buy a 3" block for the rear for 40 bucks. or an Add i leaf for the back and ta daa its a 2" lift

NavyOIFVeteran

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.

08f150guy

your 2006 has different front end setup

you will need to buy the leveling kit

Old_Skl_Raptr

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

Built-F-150

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?

Old_Skl_Raptr

nope. doing what you said will work. 3" block and t bar lift will give you a slight prerunner/bulldogged/cali lean look. whatever you want to call it

Built-F-150

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