I recently purchased the Ground Force #9987 kit for my 2012 HD F150. I was wondering if anybody has replaced their front spring/strut assembly, either lift or drop, and had any tips tricks to make the install easier? Any information would be greatly appreciated, thanks for your time and have a good day.

 

If your replacing the spring/shock asy.,it's not bad.First jack up the front end and support it with stands so that the suspension will drop all the way down.Now loosen the upper ball joint nut which is 21mm and hit the spindle where the upper ball joint goes thru it with a hammer to free it without damaging the ball joint boot like you will with a ball joint separator.When it's free take the nut completely off and then you'll need a LONG breaker bar or impact to loosen the bolt that goes thru the lower control arm and lower shock which is 1 1/8" and 1 1/4'' i think,and take it all the way out.Now with a ratchet and 15mm shallow socket take the 3 nuts that holds the top of the shock to the frame off and pull the bottom of the shock out of the lower control arm towards the front and then let the shock down a little to free the top,and you got it out.Put back in the reverse order.

 

Thanks for the tips, with this kit I will just be replacing the springs, probably keeping the factory struts for a while. I did the leveling kit on my 2008, figured it was close to the same, just going the opposite direction.

 

You know how to do it,same setup with a slightly different lower control arm.