Just to clarity, the setup we sell is not from ToyTec, so please don't contact them with any questions about the Ford setup. It is available from me now and soon will be at the website. Yes www.F150Lifts.com is a division of ToyTec, but the product is different in fit for the F150. The Proven design was adapted from the ToyTec setup for the F150. We too, will have a complete plug and play fully assembled kit hopefully soon. Thank guys!

 

I updated the first post to reflect this information. Is this acceptable for your setup?

Also, do you have any direct pictures I can link to of your kit rather than the Toytec kit?

 

The website is being worked on, pics will be there soon I hope.
Thanks for your patience.

 

Got some new information on the Rancho's. They're not actually 2.75" Diameter

I'll be posting pictures tomorrow

 

All in all I am not too impressed with the Rancho Quicklift.

Here is a picture next to my stock strut

Look at the size of that Jounce bumper!


Stock strut overall measurement


Closeup, Looks like 22.375


Spring perch height, looks like 14.375"


Shock body diameter, looks like exactly 1.875 inches.






Rancho overall measurement


Closeup, looks like 22.5 (sorry for the focus problem


Spring perch height, ~13.5"


Shock body diameter, looks like exactly 2.0 inches.

The Rancho tech support line lied to me. Or gave out mis-information.
I'm really disappointed. I was expected beefy large 2.75" diameter shocks.


So technically it's not much of an upgrade from stock.

Install was pretty easy. That center bolt, the shock rod actually, has ALOT of extra length, which made it more difficult to install than it should've been. I see no reaso for the threaded part to be so long.

When I put the weight of the truck on them they gave me 2.25" of lift. Then I pulled them right back out without driving on them. I am going to return them to Amazon and run something different

Being that they weren't very much longer than stock, with just slightly different of a lower spring perch. And the size of the Jounce bumper, it looks like even at ride height you're already puching down on the Jounce bumper. So spring rate is supposed to be stock, but effective spring rate is the spring plus the jounce bumper, so it's much higher.

 

sweet. thanks for teh write up. subd for future reference

 

I dunno why Picasa kill my picture links after a certain amount of time, and I cannot edit that old post of mine.

Here is a direct link to the album the photos above came from.

 

If I already had a HBS 2" spacer and only wanted better shocks/coil system, Would you rec the FOX 2.0 system?

 

How does the finish on the 5100's usually hold up in the Corrosive Salty Rust belt? I've seen some still look pretty good after a few winters but the ones on my Bronco look horrible after a few winters.

 

Uhm, any use of a spacer increases the collapsed and extended specifications by the spacer thickness. WHich is usually about half of the advertised spacer lift. SO to use it in conjunction with your spacer, No. YOu can use those 2.0 Foxes in place of your spacer, and sell the spacer on ebay. Than adjust the Fox 2.0 to get 2" of lift.


I do not know. They are steel bodied. I do know the Bilstein 5150's I had on my previous truck rusted, but were still functional after 50k+ miles. To clarify, there was rust at the edges where the welds were, but the body was still noticeably silver. So not bad. Any steel down there is likely going to rust. The Icon has a coating that's specifically made to prevent rust, or slow it down. Sounded like the best solution to me, most expensive though.


Of course, I never bought any of these that I compiled information on. Not enough money, so for mow I am just going to live with the crappy damping characteristics of the stock shocks.