Installed aftermarket v in front and modded b in rear both from sdtruck springs.. Rides and handles better, however for some reason front is an inch higher than rear. How can I make the rear an inch higher without making it ride any stiffer.. Do tow camper and a open trailer with ATVs .( not at the same time) trailer 9000#s... Probably wouldn't of had this problem with oem springs.

 

Lift block swap.

 

Yep, swap out the OEM blocks for a set of 3.5" tapered blocks we always refer to, or install the RAS.

Stewart

 

The title is misleading!...
We all like to gain an inch

 

Same thing with mine when I have a full tank of fuel. When I have a half tank, she sits level. But when I load her, she still doesn't squat like before. So I will either add the blocks (like posted above) or put in airbags to level mine out.

 

What was the height before the v/mod b swap? What's the height now?

 

Oh, My God. LOL

My 21 yo daughter was in the room talking to me when I opened this thread.

While talking, she got all red in the face, giggled, and ran out.

It took me a few seconds before I realized she had just read the title to this thread while talking to me.

 

Back to subject:

Yes, used the blocks.

 

Trust me, I bit my tongue when I responded.

Stewart

 

mine has an add a leaf, and the blocks, my local spring shop said they will pull the add a leaf and re arch the springs so I can get rid of the stacked blocks that are on it now.


Moderators Edit: This vid is not appropriate. Not even close.

 

Seem that everyone here do not recommend re-arch the leaf, the prings has been compromise, plus how much does the shop charge to re-arch the spring and the labor to take off, reinstall?
Best be is to find a used V or X, and B codes or even new from Ford, cost a little more but only do it once.

 

mine has a 4 inch lift, and when the PO lifted it they put the add a leaf under the main spring on the pack so there is space between that and the others in the pack. They were going to charge me $300-350 to R&R it and they were going to re-arch the springs to get rid of the second block, they said the spring rate of the springs stays the same, I am doing it to get rid of some axle wrap that it has, due to the add a leafs location, I had talked to them about some ladder bars, but they said if they do that I would not need them on such a small lift. I trust them, but would love to add some anyway, just for the added security, since I am planning on giving Momma a flip chip in the future once the truck is prepped for it, plus they look tough.
It rides decent now, though my wife thought it was a tad rough, I said it's a truck babe, the bilsten 5100s ride pretty good on it, and work even better when it hits the rough stuff.

Sorry Stewart, I will take my spanking for the previous vid...

 

Doesn't rancho have shocks boasting to give an inch?

 

remember the old air shocks everyone used to run back in the day? that would work too.

 

Yeah, remember that one camaro that had one blown out shock too? lol