What's up everyone. It's been a while. I have a brand new 2014 f150 Stx sport 4x4 5.0. I want to lower the rear. Taking out the blocks won't be enough since the block is so small. I'm thinking of drop shackles or putting the leafs under the axle.

Yes it is 4x4. And yes I want to lower it bc it's not common. All my old trucks I lifted so I'm ready for something new.

Need suggestions or threads where this has already been done please and thank you

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GroundForce is the shackle kit I have used on my last two F-150's and will be using again on a friends truck this weekend. Very well made, includes the pinion shims, and can be done inside of a couple hours at most.

It also has two adjustment points in case you aren't happy or think one is too much or the other is not enough. It can do 1" or 2" and in your case if you do it with a combo of a block removal, you might need to play around with that a bit.

Ground Force part# 91200 will work for any 2004-2014 F-150

 

I used DJM drop shackles to lower my rear end 2 inches to get rid of the rake. It leveled it out real nice and got rid of that huge fender well gap.

I have a short bed 4x4 and didn't use shims - no vibration after 18,000 miles with the shackles.

Here's a thread with some other members discussing which shackles they used and whether or not they needed shims:

https://www.f150forum.com/f38/drop-s...-using-264463/


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Awesome thanks! Do you have a part number for them or where you got them?

 

First off, let me just say that I LIKE lowered trucks. The first two vehicles i owned were lowered trucks. I'm just curios as to why you would buy a 4wd truck, if you wanted to lower it? Seems like a 2wd would be a much cheaper alternative. Upfront and to lower. I'm not criticizing, I'm just asking.

 

I am in the same boat. I would rather lower the rear end to achieve the leveled look than to raise the front end. I have leveled several truck by putting a spacer in or cranking the torsion bars and I hated the ride. I love the ride of my new truck and would like to maintain it. I also do not want to have to buy 34" tires to fill the added gap in the front and the huge gap in the back due to the amount of miles I drive. Would rather add a 33" tire, fill the gap just a bit more, and maintain the MPG and performance I have.

On a different note, how much drop would removing the rear block achieve. I was thinking about trying this first.