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Old Jul 20, 2020 | 10:05 PM
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Did you measure before and after? That looks almost perfectly level.

Did you install it yourself?
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Old Jul 20, 2020 | 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by 1frosty18sport
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what bug deflector do you have? Is that black or dark gray?
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Old Jul 21, 2020 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by mechanicboy
Did you measure before and after? That looks almost perfectly level.

Did you install it yourself?
Sorry, I didn’t measure before, or after cause my driveway is very uneven. And I did do the install myself. Pretty straight forward with proper tools. I didn’t go the usual way to do the install, I disconnect the lower control arm at the chassis this way I didn’t have to disconnect the shafts.
It does have a slight rake. I will take a measurement on a flat surface, and update just to see how much of a rake it has.
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Old Jul 21, 2020 | 07:37 PM
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what bug deflector do you have? Is that black or dark gray?
Its the oem Ford aero skin. So black / dark smoke. The typical color lol.
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Old Jul 23, 2020 | 12:44 PM
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Before and After front leveling install.
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Old Jul 23, 2020 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 1frosty18sport
Sorry, I didn’t measure before, or after cause my driveway is very uneven. And I did do the install myself. Pretty straight forward with proper tools. I didn’t go the usual way to do the install, I disconnect the lower control arm at the chassis this way I didn’t have to disconnect the shafts.
It does have a slight rake. I will take a measurement on a flat surface, and update just to see how much of a rake it has.
What I noticed looking at your pics was that the rear of the bed is almost perfectly level with the hood, which looks so much better than even wheel well gaps. I definitely want a similar look and as much as I’ve looked at coil overs, with such a minimal lift the spacer might be a better way to go for me.
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Old Jul 23, 2020 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 1frosty18sport
Sorry, I didn’t measure before, or after cause my driveway is very uneven. And I did do the install myself. Pretty straight forward with proper tools. I didn’t go the usual way to do the install, I disconnect the lower control arm at the chassis this way I didn’t have to disconnect the shafts.
It does have a slight rake. I will take a measurement on a flat surface, and update just to see how much of a rake it has.
Was it easy to rotate the top of the strut assembly to align the bolt holes?
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Old Jul 23, 2020 | 08:18 PM
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Was it easy to rotate the top of the strut assembly to align the bolt holes?
You don't rotate the tophat, you turn the whole thing 180*, or flip sides. If you just rotate 180*, the pinbar on bottom mount will be angled the wrong direction, just take a big pair of channelocks and rotate it until it sits right.
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Old Jul 23, 2020 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by johnday in BFE
You don't rotate the tophat, you turn the whole thing 180*, or flip sides. If you just rotate 180*, the pinbar on bottom mount will be angled the wrong direction, just take a big pair of channelocks and rotate it until it sits right.
+1 I just rotated the whole strut 180 degrees. I thought maybe the front drive axles would be close to the strut but they’re not.
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Old Jul 24, 2020 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Premise
What I noticed looking at your pics was that the rear of the bed is almost perfectly level with the hood, which looks so much better than even wheel well gaps. I definitely want a similar look and as much as I’ve looked at coil overs, with such a minimal lift the spacer might be a better way to go for me.
I see what your saying looking back at my pics.
During my search I’ve been looking at the space above the tires , not the hoodline, and boxline. Makes total sense to me now. Lol! I always found in the pictures with the 2” Leveling kits on most F150’s, both the wheel gaps would look the same but the hood, and leading portion of the cab look higher, uneven if I might say, always thought it might be the angle of the pictures. Hmmmm.....
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