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Truck looks great! How would you compare the ride to the setup on your old truck with the 5100s set at zero? Stiffer? Also can you post some pics of your CVs and UCAs? Thanks!
any chance you can post a pic of your CVs and UCAs? I've got close to 3" of lift with my spacers and bilsteins and the angles are probably too steep. I'd like to see how they look with the coilovers just under 3".
Love your truck, she is great looking and I'd imagine preforms very well also. The Mrs wants the King Ranch while I'm leaning toward the Platinum. My thing is the tailgate is ugly...Ford pulled a bonehead ICK on the tailgate as the rest of the truck is pure brilliance and beautiful. Love all your pictures, very detailed and sharp, the stance of your truck is exactly what I want, tall but narrow tires, but not stupid tall.
See where you have the 5.0 & 3.73 gears, going to the larger tires have you noticed any sluggishness or lack of oomph/seat of the pants feeling?
Reason I ask is one thing we have been looking at is going with the 3.5 EB & 3.55 gears & then going with the same tires you have. Just not quite sure the 3.55 gears coupled to the 3.5 EB are the right combo. We live at 6k feet & then travel/4 wheel up to 13k feet if not higher in the Colorado Rockies. Will be putting on lots of highway miles & then camping/off roading.
See you also used a company in Denver called F150Lifts, have never heard of them, what do you think of their product so far, I was planning on going with Rancho but really like what I've seen/read about your experience so far. I'm ASSuming F150lifts is a good solid company & not a fly by night one that will go away in 6 months to a few years. Again, we do lots of off roading in WY/CO (to include Moab) and need a suspension lift that can take abuse & not just looks great.
We are in Denver 2-3 times a month it seems, might have to stop in at F150lifts next time we are in the area & check em out.
Reason I ask is one thing we have been looking at is going with the 3.5 EB & 3.55 gears & then going with the same tires you have. Just not quite sure the 3.55 gears coupled to the 3.5 EB are the right combo. We live at 6k feet & then travel/4 wheel up to 13k feet if not higher in the Colorado Rockies. Will be putting on lots of highway miles & then camping/off roading.
I'm getting out of the 3.5L EB with 3.73 in a '12 F150 FX4 now. I do lots of highway miles myself, but with occasional towing and hauling. Based on what you described above, if you go with the 3.5L EB, I believe the 3.55 will be the perfect rear axle ratio for you. You really won't lose much on the low end, as the EB has plenty of torque, but you'll squeak just a little more MPGs out of the 3.55 vs. the 3.73. Not much, but a little. I'm actually getting the 5.0L with the 3.55 in my '15. Sure, the 5.0 gives up a smidgin of torque on the low end to the EB, but for my needs, the middle factory gear ratio will be perfect.
02-06-2015, 02:07 PM
