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Old 05-23-2010, 03:04 PM
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i want to level my truck out! its stock as far as suspension goes its a 2002 4x4 f150 supercrew and has 265/75/17 cooper discoverers they are knobby i wanna level it and see how it looks and what it consists of if yall have a kit post pics and let me kno what you paid i dont wanna crank the tbars cuz they say it messes with the tread wear and all thanks guys
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no one really has a leveling "kit" on our body style they just crank the torsion bars or get torsion keys.
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Only way to level our trucks is either crank the factory torsion bars up or get aftermarket keys which is pretty much useless because it allows you to crank them 1" or so more and it can cause problems. Just crank the factory keys up and level it and you'll be okay. It's the only way to level our trucks out.
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..........well does crankin em throw off my alighnment? and will it cause irregular tread wear? or mess up my bearings or anything of that nature?
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..........well does crankin em throw off my alighnment? and will it cause irregular tread wear? or mess up my bearings or anything of that nature?
Alingment wise, i think your good, but tire wear it does affect, now i'm sure someone on here someone will say hell no it doesn't, but what the torssion keys do is basically push the tire out at an angle as you lift the truck, not much of an angle, but an angle none the less. And you can tell if you run a set of tires the whole time with torsion keys cranked. However if you buy the bigger, aftermarket ones, what that does is sit the truck higher, with the torsion keys uncranked. Therefore essentially fixing the tread wear issue
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Just btw i didn't mean that to sound as...elementary/smart assy as it sounds haha
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A free crank to the T bars and a good alignment and you will be good to go....But I have cranked the T bars and didn't get a alignment till 6 months later and didn't really notice that much uneven ware. But it was on a old set of tires so that may be why I didn't notice it...
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i agree with westtnfx4 , crank em then get a alignment and you will be ready to go



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