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Old Sep 14, 2020 | 09:27 AM
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Yes, and then some. There are 7, 8 or 9 different front coils for a '15+ F150 listed on any decent Ford Parts website. They're all slightly different spring rates, and for how each truck is optioned. You'd have to email Bilstein's tech dept to ask how the truck was optioned that they used to determine the 5100 series/OE spring combo's ride heights.
After reading all the variances in lift... I had them installed knowing the chances of the height being what i wanted were slim. Most say the front will 'settle' after a short drive. I'm not sure how that's possible but I drove 40 miles home after install, measured and let it sit overnight. The only thing that settled was the rear from night to morning by about a ¹/⁴". I'm happy with the final reults
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Old Sep 14, 2020 | 03:24 PM
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5100s @ 1.75", 1.5" wheel spacers, 275/60r20 Duratracs



Thanks for the photos. Helps me quite a bit.
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Old Sep 14, 2020 | 05:09 PM
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I was looking to get this front level kit for my truck. My question is if I have it done does the truck need a front end alignment after the install ?

https://www.americantrucks.com/motof...ng-raptor.html
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Old Sep 14, 2020 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by stainlessman
I was looking to get this front level kit for my truck. My question is if I have it done does the truck need a front end alignment after the install ?

https://www.americantrucks.com/motof...ng-raptor.html
Any time you do a level, or any front end work, you should have an alignment. Geez, they want $340 to install that around me, totally nuts.
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Old Sep 14, 2020 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by johnday in BFE
Any time you do a level, or any front end work, you should have an alignment. Geez, they want $340 to install that around me, totally nuts.
$340? I would been all over that lol. My dealer wanted $700 for a 2inch procomp level, labor and alignment. I guess if you converted $340 to our canadian pesos its close lol. Needless to say they didn't get the job lol
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Old Sep 14, 2020 | 05:57 PM
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$340? I would been all over that lol. My dealer wanted $700 for a 2inch procomp level, labor and alignment. I guess if you converted $340 to our canadian pesos its close lol. Needless to say they didn't get the job lol
Crap no! I don't know what the exchange rate is right now, but that's more than double. They aren't hard to install, and my dealer only wants $69USD for alignment. Man, if anyone wants to pay me that much to stick them on, I'll even do it at 10 below F!!
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Old Sep 14, 2020 | 06:02 PM
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$150 for a front axle alignment, plus $250 for the installation of camber/caster correction hardware. The Hardware was another $99 for two kits...

This for a 1.5 (1.65" actual) lift using Bilstein 6112s on my 4 X 2 5.0 SuperCrew.
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Old Sep 14, 2020 | 06:18 PM
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Wow! I guess I get a deal and didn't know it.
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Old Sep 14, 2020 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by johnday in BFE
Crap no! I don't know what the exchange rate is right now, but that's more than double. They aren't hard to install, and my dealer only wants $69USD for alignment. Man, if anyone wants to pay me that much to stick them on, I'll even do it at 10 below F!!
Sadly theres a sucker born every minute, cant imagine what people are paying them for a 6inch lift lol. I paid $400 all in, 2inch rough country level, labor and alignment to a buddy that is a Ford mechanic, so all is kosher with my warranty.
On the exchange rate (actually had to get more american money at the bank today) I paid $134 cdn for every $100 usd, our money might aswell be toilet paper hahaha
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Old Sep 14, 2020 | 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Apples
$150 for a front axle alignment, plus $250 for the installation of camber/caster correction hardware. The Hardware was another $99 for two kits...

This for a 1.5 (1.65" actual) lift using Bilstein 6112s on my 4 X 2 5.0 SuperCrew.
I wonder why some guys need the camber/caster correction kits and some dont?
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