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Ford Performance Fox 2.0 Kit installed by my dealer, Coastal Ford. Hats off to Chris and Cody there for hooking me up with good pricing and excellent service. I gave them specific instruction that they followed to the letter and the install came out great. Per Fox's Off Road Service tech, I lowered the front coilovers by 1". Every 2 turns equals approx. 1/4" of adjustment. So, I asked the shop to turn down the coil perches 8 turns and to make sure that they measured left-to-right to get both set the same.
Stock height: LF: 37" LR: 39" RF: 37" RR: 39.5"
Fox 2.0 height: LF: 38" LR: 39" RF: 38" RR: 39"
So, 1" of rake, which is exactly what I wanted. From my experience with my autocross 2010 Camaro SS, a vehicle's stopping and handling suffers when you level the car. A slight rake shifts the weight forward allowing the front to dip during hard braking and cornering, loading the front tires and providing more traction up front.
The ride experience has vastly improved. My stock (non-FX) shocks felt gittery and produced a harsh ride over uneven surfaces and pot holes. The Fox 2.0 are firm and make the ride a lot smoother. There's also less body roll in corners. One caveat though, the firmer Fox shocks coupled with the light weight of the 2.7L Ecoboost makes running over large, peaked, asphalt speed bumps challenging. When the front end crests these speed bumps, the lightness of the front end doesn't provide enough weight to compress the shocks firmly, so it feels and sounds like the front is riding off a curb. I hope I have explained this well. My old Chevy Avalanche could run over these speed bumps very quickly cause the heavy cast iron 5.3L V8 weighted down the front end. My new Lariat skips over these speed bumps and feels like the front tires are not fully planted, so it kind of slams down. Taking these bumps at a more moderate speed is fine, just don't try to jump them.
I ran across a GMC AT4 today running 275LT65/20 GY MTRs and took some pics to co,pare. (Sorry, don't have before pics)
I’m interested in doing the same Fox 2.0 front coilovers turned down to 1” lift same as yours.
What size tires are yours? Do you think 275 65R 20’s would fit without rubbing?
I have the same truck as you (except Ecco boost). I’ve just started looking at leveling kits. What made you choose the Rancho strut lift? How much lift did that give your front end?
I’m not looking for a drastic lift, just something to improve the stance and allow taller tires. I am looking at the 2” puck lift and would probably go for a 1.5” if it was available.
OEM tires were 275-55 R20 which were 31.9" in diameter
New tires are 275-65 R20 which are 34.1" in diameter
Currently from the ground the centerline of the fenders both front and rear measure 40.25"
I did measure the front before doing this and I appear to of gotten slightly more that 2 inches from this kit.
Why did I go with the Rancho strut assemblies?
In talking with my mechanic he suggested them over the spacer and the price was not a deal breaker. I did see that there are several other companies selling much more expensive items that do similar to the same thing. The way I see it my truck will not be jumping anything (except a curb at times) so to have the added features of these more expensive options did not make sense.
2017 FX4. Bilstein 5100s up front on 2.1” setting. Stock wheels with 285/65/20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. Purchased a 3” block for the rear, but decided against it since I’m still at 1” of rake. Will probably add airbags or RAS to help with towing when spring rolls around. No rubbing. No trimming. Included a pic to show how much poke the tires have. Didn’t want to use spacers unless they were absolutely necessary, and I don’t think I’ll need them. Very happy with the setup.
Curious whether folks think the shocks offered on the Ford-branded leveling kit are that much better than those provided with the FX4. $1000+ for that versus $100 for the puck is a big diff (recognizing a coilover is still everyone’s preference).
2017 FX4. Bilstein 5100s up front on 2.1” setting. Stock wheels with 285/65/20 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. Purchased a 3” block for the rear, but decided against it since I’m still at 1” of rake. Will probably add airbags or RAS to help with towing when spring rolls around. No rubbing. No trimming. Included a pic to show how much poke the tires have. Didn’t want to use spacers unless they were absolutely necessary, and I don’t think I’ll need them. Very happy with the setup.
I’m interested in doing the same Fox 2.0 front coilovers turned down to 1” lift same as yours.
What size tires are yours? Do you think 275 65R 20’s would fit without rubbing?
These are the stock 18" rims and tires. Not sure if the 275 65R20's will fit.
