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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 10:34 AM
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Just leveled my Scab 5.0 4wd.
2.5 front only spacer.

They are both 40" from ground to fender molding edge. drove 30 miles to settle it.

It still looks taller in front so I went digging. Come to find out, the front tire to fender molding edge is a 1/4" taller than rear.

Just did the level yesterday and have not had chance to get it aligned yet. I do notice some negative camber as she feels a bit loose but drives straight. Wondering if this is adding some space to the wheel to fender measurement?
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 10:43 AM
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Lets see some pics!

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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 11:22 AM
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by shore
Just leveled my Scab 5.0 4wd.
2.5 front only spacer.

They are both 40" from ground to fender molding edge. drove 30 miles to settle it.

It still looks taller in front so I went digging. Come to find out, the front tire to fender molding edge is a 1/4" taller than rear.

Just did the level yesterday and have not had chance to get it aligned yet. I do notice some negative camber as she feels a bit loose but drives straight. Wondering if this is adding some space to the wheel to fender measurement?

Hard to tell in the pic, you saying the truck is lower in the rear with 2.5 spacer in the front? My 07 sat ***** low with 2.5.
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 11:42 AM
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The truck is dead even front to back from wheel well lip to ground BUT from tire to wheel well lip the front is 1/4" higher.
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by shore
The truck is dead even front to back from wheel well lip to ground BUT from tire to wheel well lip the front is 1/4" higher.
Thank you. I guess ill go 2.5 again.
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 09:02 PM
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The truck is dead even front to back from wheel well lip to ground BUT from tire to wheel well lip the front is 1/4" higher.
This makes no sense. If tires are same size then ground to lip & tire to lip have to be identical. Unless you're tire pressures are allowing the bottom half of the tire to compress a lot more on one end.
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by shore
Just did the level yesterday and have not had chance to get it aligned yet. I do notice some negative camber as she feels a bit loose but drives straight. Wondering if this is adding some space to the wheel to fender measurement?
Usually a leveling kit only throws the toe off a little.
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 09:07 PM
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My leveling kit gave me some negative camber, getting it aligned tomorrow.
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Old Jan 7, 2016 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Shunderwunder
This makes no sense. If tires are same size then ground to lip & tire to lip have to be identical. Unless you're tire pressures are allowing the bottom half of the tire to compress a lot more on one end.


FFT, it hasn't been aligned and it appears to have some negative camber from just eyeballing it. The truck feels a bit loose at speed, almost completely straight but loose feeling. We did indeed remove the lower control arm from the frame to pull them out, put it back right about where the bolts where prior. Temp until I get my wheels/tires and get it aligned.
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