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Old May 29, 2023 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ThatSickRip
Looks good! Did you get the mirror caps painted or paint them yourself? If you bought them painted, can you share a link? Thanks!
those are the eBay painted caps. I think they are skullcap? Somewhat 65$ shipped. They match pretty well being the little area they are. Had them on since 2018 and not a problem with fading or fitment.
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Old May 29, 2023 | 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Miles808
those are the eBay painted caps. I think they are skullcap? Somewhat 65$ shipped. They match pretty well being the little area they are. Had them on since 2018 and not a problem with fading or fitment.
Thanks!
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Old May 29, 2023 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil48315
My truck on 33's
Yeah I can live with that, that looks good!
So dumb question. I’ve done some reading and see where a 1.5” puck possibly equals 2” of lift. Is that the case? I measured my puck and it’s definitely 1.5” so I figured that’s how much lift I have.
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Old May 29, 2023 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by johnday in BFE
How did you find out it was 1.5" level? The spacers are not a 1/1 ratio, so a 2" level spacer would be less than 2", likely around a 1.5" measured spacer. 33's should look good, what wheels?
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Yeah I can live with that, that looks good!
So dumb question. I’ve done some reading and see where a 1.5” puck possibly equals 2” of lift. Is that the case? I measured my puck and it’s definitely 1.5” so I figured that’s how much lift I have.
Ah, so you don't believe me, eh.
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Old May 29, 2023 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by johnday in BFE
Ah, so you don't believe me, eh.
sorry, I didn’t t see your reply until just now. My bad! 😂
I definitely believe you!
so you’re saying that the pucks aren’t 1:1?
My spacer is 1.5” tall, but I can’t tell you what it did lift wise bc it was put on before I got the truck. I wanted to do a. 2.5 spacer but do t want to speed the west on my front end. I’ve never had a truck newer than a 2003 F150 so I’m used to torsion keys and the likes 🤣

Edit- I’m running the 18-20 version of the sport 20s
I’ve had 295/60 in the past and liked them. I now have 275/65 which is like a 34/10.5
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Old May 29, 2023 | 05:02 PM
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True, the pucks are a bit shorter than what the "lift" will actually be, because of the front end geometry.
I see you have a 2018, that's good, with a 13th gen you can easily go 2.5" with no problem. On the older 12th gen, 2" was about the max amount. Having said that, I have a 2020 XLT, that I got 3" out of some HaloLift Alumas, and even though my angles are a more than OEM, I'm not concerned with it.
If you have a Lariat on up with the TOD/4A transfer case, bear in mind your whole front will still rotate regardless if you're in 2H, due to the nature of that TC, so, you can be adding extra wear to the CV's.
That 34 tire should look good.
Here's my truck, 3" level and 305/70/17 tires, 34", just to show you my combination works.

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Old May 29, 2023 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by johnday in BFE
True, the pucks are a bit shorter than what the "lift" will actually be, because of the front end geometry.
I see you have a 2018, that's good, with a 13th gen you can easily go 2.5" with no problem. On the older 12th gen, 2" was about the max amount. Having said that, I have a 2020 XLT, that I got 3" out of some HaloLift Alumas, and even though my angles are a more than OEM, I'm not concerned with it.
If you have a Lariat on up with the TOD/4A transfer case, bear in mind your whole front will still rotate regardless if you're in 2H, due to the nature of that TC, so, you can be adding extra wear to the CV's.
That 34 tire should look good.
Here's my truck, 3" level and 305/70/17 tires, 34", just to show you my combination works.
So no concern going up to 2.5? Sweeet. Mines an XLT Sport, so none of that fancy stuff 😂

That’s a good looking truck! I had thought about swapping town true 33/11.5 Burt I’ll be okay w what I have for now if I can get the front end leveled
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Old May 29, 2023 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by JayBo
So no concern going up to 2.5? Sweeet. Mines an XLT Sport, so none of that fancy stuff 😂

That’s a good looking truck! I had thought about swapping town true 33/11.5 Burt I’ll be okay w what I have for now if I can get the front end leveled
Thanks for the compliment, appreciate that!
Yep yep, you're good to go with a 2.5", shouldn't be a problem. Are you going to do it, it's not that bad of a job?
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Old May 30, 2023 | 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by johnday in BFE
Thanks for the compliment, appreciate that!
Yep yep, you're good to go with a 2.5", shouldn't be a problem. Are you going to do it, it's not that bad of a job?
Had thought about it. Been looking at instructions and videos to see the easiest way. I’m not the best mechanic but I’m not scared to try! My cousin has installed a couple of them and said they are a pain to put back together. Any tips?


I got a quote from the shop that did my kit for the previous owner, (but doesn’t know which one they used &#128580and they said $750 to remove my kit, put a 2.5 in, then put my kit on my dads truck and align them both for like $750. Which is pretty jam Up
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Old May 30, 2023 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JayBo
Had thought about it. Been looking at instructions and videos to see the easiest way. I’m not the best mechanic but I’m not scared to try! My cousin has installed a couple of them and said they are a pain to put back together. Any tips?


I got a quote from the shop that did my kit for the previous owner, (but doesn’t know which one they used &#128580and they said $750 to remove my kit, put a 2.5 in, then put my kit on my dads truck and align them both for like $750. Which is pretty jam Up
$750 doesn't sound too awfully bad, judging from what they're doing. Still would be much cheaper to do it yourself. The worst part for this olde guy is wrestling with the tires/wheels, bloody things are heavy.
There are some very poor videos out there, most of them from I've seen, steps left out, steps ignored, extra steps not needed.
Look up "Ford Tech Makuloco", I usually recommend his videos, I haven't seen any of his that leave you wanting. Look up "Fi50 strut replacement" on his site. Good luck, anything more I can do, just ask.
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