Sorry for the late reply, 1FittySchmitty Twsteever.

I used the great write up by speeddemon0712, in his thread: https://www.f150forum.com/f118/crash...arance-363627/

I removed the front bumper, it was a simple process taking less than 30 minutes. Gave plenty of room for the front crash bars. For the rears I had to settle on trimming them, please see attached pic to see how much. Dark spot on rear bar is from paint touch up, missed a spot underneath. Had to trim some of the felt liner along the rear of the wheel well. I found a sweet deal on 0 offset rims ($550 shipped for all four 20x9) otherwise I would've gone with a +18 offset and had to do less trimming.

 

Time to add mine to the thread! This was most helpful in getting information and visual support for what I wanted to do, thank you all!
Eibach Pro Sport leveling kit w/Eibach coils and 2.5" rear block (3/4" rake after settle)
P275/65R20 Nitto Terra Grappler G2

Ride has been great, there's only one point in my daily commute where I feel a sharper bump, and it's on the downside of shoddy road patch.
Tires just went on this week but have done great in the rain, and are very quiet and comfortable on the highway.

 

How's the gas mileage on those tires? Are they Pmetric or 10ply?

 

P275/65R20

P is for the Pmetric you asked of.

 

Oops, I overlooked that. Thanks!

 

Will let you know after the first tank!

 

Do you mind sharing a front view.

 

my previous tanks were pump calculated at 15.9 and 16.0 (I am 95% city) and this tank calculated at 15.8.
I’m not what you would call ‘light footed’

 

 

Hi. This is my first post. I have a 2020 XLT, 3.5 EB, Supercrew, short bed, max tow package. My reason for finding this site was to read up on leveling options. I love my truck, but it rides in stock form like an 80’s Lincoln. Plush maybe, but much too soft and rolling. Certainly too soft off road. And it doesn’t look like a 4x4. The only giveaway it's a 4x4 is the stickers on the bed.

I settled on Bilstein 5100’s out back and 6112 coil overs up front. I worried about reports of the 6112’s riding too high on the highest setting so I went one setting down. I also thought this might help with too much preload on the coils.

I put the 5100’s in about two weeks ago and the 6112’s yesterday. I can report that on the second highest setting it raised my front end exactly 1.5”. That leaves me with 1” of rake. I wanted a little bit of rake for when I put a load in the bed, although I wouldn’t mind a skosh less rake.

The ride is astounding. I repeat, astounding. Where the truck wallowed over bumps, it is now simply planted and stable. I live out west in the Great Basin, at about 6500’. I’ve got high desert and mountains. I took it out on a BLM road with plenty of bumps, drops, etc. I took it slow for a while, and then opened it up a bit once I gained a little confidence in the suspension. It handled the terrain so well I chuckled more than once. Where the truck previously took a few moments to settle down, and rolled like a buoy in a harbor, it immediately settled down after a big bump or drop. I even tried this on a couple of down hill stretches with big bumps, which shifts the weight forward. The Bilsteins just took it all in stride.

My only previous 4 wheelers were a YJ Jeep, and a 2004 TRD Tacoma, which both climbed like mountain goats and rode like covered wagons. I initially avoided much off roading in the Ford because it wallowed so much. Not any more.

On-road is, as most say, more planted, less roll, and firmer. Yes, the smaller bumps are felt a bit more, but outweighed, at least for me, by the overall stability. I am transformed. Well, my truck is.