Well its my first post on the site, and I just wanted to say this forum has already been extremely useful! I recently purchase my 2011 F-150 XL 4x4 5.0! Reg Cab Short bed beauty and already have the itch for improvements. Really the whole direction im heading is a rugged utilitarian look ie: black rims, reasonable tires, tints, black cap bushwacker fender flares and almost millitary issue appearance. Ive been looking through the forums and decided a leveling kit offers the most options for tire packages. Any recomendations on manufacturers and/or retailers? And is an alingment necassary to maintain proper geometry?

 

go with bilstein 5100 all around. not too much money and a better shock. and alignment is necessary with anything you do to the front end suspension.