nathan3306

Good luck to yall who are running these spacers. I didn't have good luck with them and ended up damaging most of the front end due to these spacers. OP if you have time research a bit and save up to get a real lift such as the bilstein 5100. Just my 2 cents

Crazy4x4

What got damaged? How do you know specifically the spacers caused it? Did you get it aligned after installation?

18_F-150_XLT_Screw

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These are the ones I've been running for 2 years (30k miles) without any issue.

supercruzer

Just put one on this weekend I paid 51 dollars for. Fairly simple to install.

Rick's 06

Those are the ones I put on too. If you've got solid aluminum they'll be fine. No need to over think it. If folks feel more comfortable paying double to get a brand name then cool. I do that too for some things, but not everything.

Fred08

I bought these http://www.ebay.com/itm/261172873508?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AITmade just like auto spring. Right between 1 1/2" and 1 3/4" which I like.

sdf150xl

thanks for the input guys. Looks like ill be buying a kit off ebay and having a shop install them. I unfortunately don't have the knowledge nor the tools to do the install myself. Shop quoted me at around $250 for install and alignment

nathan3306

Alignment was completed after all lifts installed. I cannot blaim it all on the spacers but having most of my front end components fail at such a low mileage had me point the problems to the lift. Excessive stress caused by the angles of these lifts.

I know for a fact my blown strut was due to the lift. I hit a deep washout on a dirt road while camping one week and the rod of the strut came out of the top. I was lucky the shock didn't break in half. If that lift were not on there, the bottom out "bracer" would have done its job by not letting the suspension bottom out like it did. That extra 1.5 inches of travel with no bottoming out feature took out my strut. (Hope this makes sense)

nathan3306

Some more damage to look for is the coil springs. Most kits you will see where the upper control arm is contacting the spring. You will also see some wear on the lower control arms where the steering is supposed to be limited by the control arm. My steering knuckle was eating into that soft aluminum on the lower control arm.

To me... All the damage to the truck's components were telling me to take the lift off. When and if I lift again it will be 5100s.

lolubeenpwned

Keep in mind, this is coming from a firm believer of "You get what you pay for, and you must count time lost on a **** product as an extra expense."

Just get some cheap steel or aluminum spacer to the size desired. Spending much over $65 on a simple piece of machined aluminum for this is not worth it. No one ever sees it, so "bling" factor is irrelevant and there is not a wearable part on them, so just as long as you install them properly, there is not going to be an issue. That being said, I highly advise against plastic. Plastic has no business in spacer applications like this.

An alignment check post install is recommended I believe.