Leveling kit problems?
You'll be fine with a 2 or 2.5. Your balljoints will wear a little faster, but nothing catastrophic if its installed and aligned correctly, and possibly not at all if its a street queen. If I'm correct, the user with balljoint problems did some serious off roading for work- and that's what produced the problem. That being said, offroading a stock truck will eventually produce that problem as well. They aren't designed to be rock crawlers
Stock rubber will look just fine IMO, and I suspect that putting huge crazy-*** heavy rubber will cause more joint problems down the line than a level.
Just be mindful of the droop limits and have your alignment checked every once in a while and enjoy it
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From: Baton Rouge
Originally Posted by lhsnbsaoa
Yes I did. I am not new to forums as I spent many years on powerstroke forums. As I said in my original post, I found many happy posts and threads about them, but none talking about specific problems. None answered my question. Thanks though.
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Here's my experience. 12 FX4 screw. I put a 2" Autospring on and it raised it at least 2", maybe slightly more.
1. Sometimes turning around in the driveway with the wheels at full turn the UCA will hit the spring.
2. The front was higher than the rear. Removed the stock 1.25" rear block and put in a 2" block. Now the front is 1/8" higher measured at the top of the wheel opening. I do have an Undercover, drop in bedliner and bed mat. This is really starting to aggravate me. It's 50/50 on returning back to the truck and thinking it's noticeably nose high. A 3" block would be too much rake, a 2.5" would be perfect, but no luck on that. I'm thinking of going with a AAL and back to the OEM block, but that would raise the rear at least .75" maybe more.
Am I picky? Yes, but it's my truck. If I were to do it all over again I'd go with a 1.5" spacer up front.
As far as ride, no change at all except you look across the hood and not down it. Still running the OEM 20" tires and it looks fine for me, though it would look better with slighlty more meat on them.
1. Sometimes turning around in the driveway with the wheels at full turn the UCA will hit the spring.
2. The front was higher than the rear. Removed the stock 1.25" rear block and put in a 2" block. Now the front is 1/8" higher measured at the top of the wheel opening. I do have an Undercover, drop in bedliner and bed mat. This is really starting to aggravate me. It's 50/50 on returning back to the truck and thinking it's noticeably nose high. A 3" block would be too much rake, a 2.5" would be perfect, but no luck on that. I'm thinking of going with a AAL and back to the OEM block, but that would raise the rear at least .75" maybe more.
Am I picky? Yes, but it's my truck. If I were to do it all over again I'd go with a 1.5" spacer up front.
As far as ride, no change at all except you look across the hood and not down it. Still running the OEM 20" tires and it looks fine for me, though it would look better with slighlty more meat on them.
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I was thinking about having a shop, maybe even the dealership install it for warranty reasons. I have always installed the lift kits on my diesels so I am not new to it, but I would rather someone do this so I don't mess up my warranty. I still need to talk to my dealer to get the logistics worked out.