I was finally able to install a 2.5" AS level with the add a leaf, threw on some 275/65r20s too. All in all the front end is about 3.5 - 4 " higher than stock. Wasn't about to head up to my favorite lake without the extra height that's for sure. Since my Jeep quite a few years ago I haven't had lockers on any of my vehicles so I've stayed out of this ravine but on this pickup I had to give it a shot. My truck actually said thanks, it loved it. Throw in a high elevation lake, a dozen fish or so caught, 3 times that in beer drank, good company and bamn, Good times man!!. Take care ya'll....

 

These trucks really have no flex to them, your jeep in that photo would have been all bendy.

 

Would you buy a used car from this guy?

 

In no way am I criticizing your use of your own truck--in fact, lemme just say, nice work getting off the pavement. However, I want to warn you against the use of puck levels for off-roading. I have a 2" spacer level right now, and I'm moving to Bilsteins for two reasons: improved ride, and improved suspension geometry over the spacers. I got this thread rolling to figure out what springs to pair with leveling struts, and ultimately learned a lot about what's going on here. Spacers limit your uptravel and increase your droop, whereas Bilsteins maintain the factory geometry (or, at least, closer to factory than pucks). It's your truck, and by all means, enjoy it! But it took me a bit to get my head around this, and now that I do, I wanted to share.

 

I was going to say the exact same thing. Not trying to be a Negative Nancy, but you're asking to snap a shock with a spacer lift and putting a tire off the ground like that. If you're gonna go off-road at all, get shocks that can handle the full travel like 5100s. Here's an example of what can happen doing exactly what your picture shows with a spacer lift:



Not at all trying to criticize your activities, because it's a great pic and cool you're using your truck like a truck, but just trying to keep you from breaking something and having a much more expensive trip than you needed to.

 

Pull off both swaybars if you're gonna be doing that. I had quick disconnects that made it easy to switch from proper road handling to crawling wheel well stuffing I don't know if they make discos for F150's do they?

 

Cool Pic!!

 

Nice truck!

 

"Holy running boards, Batman."

 

He should swap them out for some rock sliders.