stock height measurement needed
02-03-2018, 06:27 PM
#1
stock height measurement needed
Hello all,
I just purchased a 2003 Ford F150 Heritage with extended cab and 4 X 4. I also purchased on Amazon a Supreme Suspension lift kit (2 inch blocks for the rear and a torsion key for 2.5 inches of lift in the front) and it in the front. but to know for sure, i need to know the stock measurement from the center of the wheels to the bottom of the fender wheel well. I have spent hours look online and can find that info nowhere. if anybody can help me with that measurement, it would be greatly appreciated. but as it is now - it is looking like i may have to return the lift kit. question is then - do i keep the bilsteins and have them installed. shocks i have no are OK.
I just purchased a 2003 Ford F150 Heritage with extended cab and 4 X 4. I also purchased on Amazon a Supreme Suspension lift kit (2 inch blocks for the rear and a torsion key for 2.5 inches of lift in the front) and it in the front. but to know for sure, i need to know the stock measurement from the center of the wheels to the bottom of the fender wheel well. I have spent hours look online and can find that info nowhere. if anybody can help me with that measurement, it would be greatly appreciated. but as it is now - it is looking like i may have to return the lift kit. question is then - do i keep the bilsteins and have them installed. shocks i have no are OK.
02-03-2018, 07:42 PM
#2
Senior Member
You don't need the torsion keys they just allow you to go crank farther than you should. Your max measurement from center of wheel hub to bottom of fender is 24.25" any more than that and you start destroying your front end. No clue on stock height tho.
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02-03-2018, 08:11 PM
#5
so do you think i would be unable to use the below linked lift kit they sold me telling me it would work with my vehicle? when i called supreme suspension and told them i had a 2 inch factory block in the rear already, they said it might be OK to stack the block they gave me on top of the factory block, and that doe snot sound correct to me.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
02-04-2018, 12:17 AM
#6
1. Bad idea
2. Do you have long enough bolts?
If I was gonna lift my truck, I'd crank torsion bars 1/2-3/4" in, and cobble 1" homemade body lift. You wouldn't be able to tell it. At 1"you can redrill mount holes for bumpers it appeared when I looked.
Big Body lifts look dumb, so do cranked torsion bars, imo. But a mix of small amounts of each is really cheap and would look better and most important..ride better than heavily cranked tbars.
Then I'd stick to 33-34" tire with 4.1 gears
2. Do you have long enough bolts?
If I was gonna lift my truck, I'd crank torsion bars 1/2-3/4" in, and cobble 1" homemade body lift. You wouldn't be able to tell it. At 1"you can redrill mount holes for bumpers it appeared when I looked.
Big Body lifts look dumb, so do cranked torsion bars, imo. But a mix of small amounts of each is really cheap and would look better and most important..ride better than heavily cranked tbars.
Then I'd stick to 33-34" tire with 4.1 gears
Last edited by mbb; 02-04-2018 at 12:32 AM.