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Any advice for leveling my truck?

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Old 06-29-2011, 11:04 PM
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Any advice for leveling my truck?

my buddy's dad took a look at my truck the other day (hes a head mechanic at one of stealerships) just to look over stuff on my truck, scan it

etc (no codes!) i asked him about leveling my truck. My f150 has a 4 inch lifting coils and 3inch blocks in the back though there is a very

noticable stagger to it still. I figured this was because the rear leaf springs were replaced after the old ones fell apart puting the blocks in,

making it almost a 5 inch lift in the back. He said to get new coils in the front though the coils are not even a year old yet! so what I did was I

put the truck on solid pavement and measured from the center of the rim to the edge of the fender - 22'' in the front and 24.5'' out back.

What caught my eye was coil spring spacers.. I plan on getting 2" ones. Now is this a good idea? what would it take to install them? thanks!

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keep in mind that will throw your front end alignment all out of wack.... You might want to copy your post and put it in the 4x4 thread instead of the 87-96...
 
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Old 06-30-2011, 10:39 AM
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keep in mind that will throw your front end alignment all out of wack.... You might want to copy your post and put it in the 4x4 thread instead of the 87-96...
yeah I already know its gonna need an alignment and its a 2wd pavement pounder. Id be lying if I posted in the 4x4 thread so I would assume I would post in the forum for my truck correct?
 
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take the 3" block out and get a 1" block or 2 heavy duty overload leafs and cut the leafs down to act as spacers , then bolt them all together !
 
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