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Old 12-17-2015, 02:28 PM
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level the front end

What's involved in leveling the front of my F250
 
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There are a couple different avenues

An add-a-leaf is the most common but it will ruin what little ride you have

the next is mini packs, But it will most likely raise it so much you will need drop brackets too
 
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When we were kids we used adjustable shackles to jack up the rear of our cars. How about front and rear spring shackles if that's what they'd be called on the f250.
 
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How much higher are you looking to go?
 
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When we were kids we used adjustable shackles to jack up the rear of our cars. How about front and rear spring shackles if that's what they'd be called on the f250.
Cant do that in the front

but It would be a good idea to replace the shackles. The bushings tend to go to hell on TTB trucks pretty quickly

ATS has them for a decent price
 
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Looking to level it. Same height as the rear. So not that much higher
 
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There is a reason for the rake.....it's a truck. Put something in the bed. Trying to raise or lower a TTB Ford truck is very expensive to do correctly.
 
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I drove a tractor trailer for a living.. I am very aware of why the rear is up and the front is down. Thanks though
 
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I drove a tractor trailer for a living.. I am very aware of why the rear is up and the front is down. Thanks though
Yeah, it's so they get better gas mileage. Going down hill all the time
 
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I thought gravity did that!
 
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There is a reason for the rake.....it's a truck. Put something in the bed. Trying to raise or lower a TTB Ford truck is very expensive to do correctly.
i agree, i have 133 thousand miles on my factory original front end parts with the factory nose down stance, surprise surprise i have a set of tires on the front, that never got rotated (opps) that with 40 thousand miles on them are getting close to the wear bars, these tires have wore ***** dead even the entire life of the truck.

Granted my truck is an f150 to your f250 but my 150 rides *** low nose high enough the way it is with a 8 foot bed of firewood. (looking to step up to a srw 1 ton in the near future so i can restore this f150)
 
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