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2" Rough Country and new wheels/tires. Factory rear. Wheels are Ultra 229SB Menace 20x9 +1. Tires 295/60r20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. (34" x 11.6") Rubs slightly at full lock in reverse. Not sure if it bothers me enough to turn my front wheel wells into Frankenstein. Of course, none of these pictures are on level ground, but when it was and to my super scientific measurements, it appears my rear is 0.25" higher than front.
Before:
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2" Rough Country and new wheels/tires. Factory rear. Wheels are Ultra 229SB Menace 20x9 +1. Tires 295/60r20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. (34" x 11.6") Rubs slightly at full lock in reverse. Not sure if it bothers me enough to turn my front wheel wells into Frankenstein. Of course, none of these pictures are on level ground, but when it was and to my super scientific measurements, it appears my rear is 0.25" higher than front.
Before:
After:
2" Rough Country and new wheels/tires. Factory rear. Wheels are Ultra 229SB Menace 20x9 +1. Tires 295/60r20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. (34" x 11.6") Rubs slightly at full lock in reverse. Not sure if it bothers me enough to turn my front wheel wells into Frankenstein. Of course, none of these pictures are on level ground, but when it was and to my super scientific measurements, it appears my rear is 0.25" higher than front.
Need some after pics without the load in the back!
For the folks running aftermarket upper control arms, what brand did you go with? I will be doing Fox 2.0 coilovers and do plan on changing the UCAs. Maybe BDS or Icon?
For the folks running aftermarket upper control arms, what brand did you go with? I will be doing Fox 2.0 coilovers and do plan on changing the UCAs. Maybe BDS or Icon?
I went with Icon UCAs with Delta joints and Halo Lift coil overs and they seem like a well made product. During installation I did not touch the lower control arm bolts and when I went in for alignment only the toe was out of spec. I've heard complaints of squeaky bushings on the Icons so I made sure to apply a liberal amount of grease to the bushings and I haven't noticed any noise at all. I have close to 10k miles on them
For the folks running aftermarket upper control arms, what brand did you go with? I will be doing Fox 2.0 coilovers and do plan on changing the UCAs. Maybe BDS or Icon?
Icon delta joint here. If you go with Icon, make sure you apply grease to the face of the bushings.
Hello all, I'm looking to level my truck out to get rid of the factory rake and need some help please. This is my first truck and I have just a few questions before I make any purchases...
First, here's my truck specs...
-2015 F150 XLT Sport Screw
-RWD
-20" 5 spoke wheels
-Stock tires (275/55/r20) These will be replaced within a few months.
At first I was going with the hockey puck/spacer method to get rid of the factory rake - then I ran across the Bilstein strut/rear shocks package and I like the idea of upgrading the shocks/struts while also leveling the truck. I'd basically like my rwd truck (no blocks in the back) to have the same height (or as close as possible) to an FX4 that is leveled (see photo below which was taken from this forum. I can't remember the username, but it's a great looking truck!). Is there a way to achieve this without having much rake?
I feel like I see guys add blocks to the back to give the back some added height, and add the Bilstein level kit which goes to 2.1" This is where I get confused, if you add blocks to the back, when the back is already higher than the front, how could you get level when the highest the Bilsteins go is 2.1"? Am I missing something? Once again, I'm new to this leveling topic! When I measure the drivers side front and rear ground to wheel well I'm getting:
Front: 36 1/8
Rear: 38 1/8.
Thank you for your help!
Last edited by patrickwitherow; Oct 9, 2019 at 09:46 AM.
Hello all, I'm looking to level my truck out to get rid of the factory rake and need some help please. This is my first truck and I have just a few questions before I make any purchases...
First, here's my truck specs...
-2015 F150 XLT Sport Screw
-RWD
-20" 5 spoke wheels
-Stock tires (275/55/r20) These will be replaced within a few months.
At first I was going with the hockey puck/spacer method to get rid of the factory rake - then I ran across the Bilstein strut/rear shocks package and I like the idea of upgrading the shocks/struts while also leveling the truck.
I'd basically like my truck to have the same height (or as close as possible) to an FX4 that is leveled (see photo below which was taken from this forum. I can't remember the username, but it's a great looking truck!). Is there a way to achieve this without having much rake?
I feel like I see guys add blocks to the back to give the back some added height, and add the Bilstein level kit which goes to 2.1" This is where I get confused, if you add blocks to the back, when the back is already higher than the front, how could you get level when the highest the Bilsteins go is 2.1"? Am I missing something? Once again, I'm new to this leveling topic! When I measure the drivers side front and rear ground to wheel well I'm getting:
Front: 36 1/8
Rear: 38 1/8.
Thank you for your help!
Usually the guys that install blocks want the rake after lifting the front. I installed the Fox 2.0 kit on my 2019 and it is only 1/2" high in rear. I went with it because I didn't have to change coils out.
Hello all, I'm looking to level my truck out to get rid of the factory rake and need some help please. This is my first truck and I have just a few questions before I make any purchases...
First, here's my truck specs...
-2015 F150 XLT Sport Screw
-RWD
-20" 5 spoke wheels
-Stock tires (275/55/r20) These will be replaced within a few months.
At first I was going with the hockey puck/spacer method to get rid of the factory rake - then I ran across the Bilstein strut/rear shocks package and I like the idea of upgrading the shocks/struts while also leveling the truck.
I'd basically like my truck to have the same height (or as close as possible) to an FX4 that is leveled (see photo below which was taken from this forum. I can't remember the username, but it's a great looking truck!). Is there a way to achieve this without having much rake?
I feel like I see guys add blocks to the back to give the back some added height, and add the Bilstein level kit which goes to 2.1" This is where I get confused, if you add blocks to the back, when the back is already higher than the front, how could you get level when the highest the Bilsteins go is 2.1"? Am I missing something? Once again, I'm new to this leveling topic! When I measure the drivers side front and rear ground to wheel well I'm getting:
Front: 36 1/8
Rear: 38 1/8.
Thank you for your help!
did my FX4 2017 with fox 2.5 up front. left the back alone. fox ships preset at 2 inches I left it there. The FX4 back has a 1.25 inch block from factory, not sure what sport has. I was doing the work myself and originally looking at blisten however it was pointed out to me that maybe they were not completly bolt on and I would need to disassemble my struts to move parts to the blistens. fox was completely bolt on, no swapping parts. still not a fan of fox pricing, but so far im happy with them.
as far as your block question, im thinking different f150 versions have different sized blocks from factory. FX4's are 1.25
