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Old 12-25-2014, 05:53 PM
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New here and hoping to get some input. I just purchased 2" leveling kit for my 2006 f150, the blocks are 1 3/8" thick. This doesn't maqke sense to me, will I obtain the desired 2" of lift at the axis on the front of my truck? I just received these last night so the company was closed today. I'm going to call them tomorrow but I was hoping to get some additional input from you guys that have installing leveling kits. ???
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They are correct. The strut attaches inboard of the spindle so it takes less than 2" of displacement of the strut to push the spindle down 2". Think of a seesaw. If you grab it at a point 2/3 of the way from the pivot to the end and move that point 2 inches, the end moves 3 inches. Your spacers are right.

...... I just went out and measured mine. They are a little over 1 3/8, more like 1 7/16, and I ended up getting about 2 3/8 actual lift.

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Yes, I put a 2.5" on and it measured about 1 11/16" tall and a 3" measures about 1 15/16" tall, so 1 3/8" will give you about 2" of lift-plus or minus.



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