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Old 07-04-2016, 10:15 AM
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I know things have been beaten to death about front end leveling. I am looking at the FOX front end shock ( coil ) leveling system and the Rancho shock coil system.


I think the 2" system will work best for me and they say ride quality is much better with better handling as well. Sure this is a truck not a Mustang or a sports car I know. I know the front and rear shock package is over $1000.00 and that's not cheep. Wondered about thoughts on weather or not it's worth the coin and with any benefits.
 
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Old 07-04-2016, 03:13 PM
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My only experience is with Rancho. My son in law has a Rancho Quick Lift on the front of his truck. It has settled/sagged to the point where it looks like stock again. This happened in less than a year.
 
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Old 07-04-2016, 04:56 PM
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Go with the Fox setup for sure. Can't go wrong.
 
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Old 07-04-2016, 07:09 PM
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Fox

So it seems you get what you pay for about every time. Thanks much guys..!
 
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Old 07-05-2016, 07:14 AM
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Does your son have a bumper or the like on the front of his truck?
Does he have his receipt?

Limited Lifetime Warranty / 90-Day Risk-Free Ride Offer

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My only experience is with Rancho. My son in law has a Rancho Quick Lift on the front of his truck. It has settled/sagged to the point where it looks like stock again. This happened in less than a year.
 
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He has a Frontier Gear grill guard. About 90 lbs. The Rancho QL has been installed for 4 years and 50k miles. They function well, just settled to the point where there is no lift benefit anymore. I see the warranty says nothing about ride height.

Besides, 4WP is where we had it installed and I've found them to be notoriously more and more difficult to deal with. I would rather not go back there for any reason. I now use a local shop.

Our plan is to leave the QL in place and use a simple levelling kit to ge the ride height back.
 
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The Rancho Rep above will help you any way he can,he has me with replacements on the steering stabilizers on my truck for a hand full of times an even upgraded me to the next shock above on this last go around however I recently noticed them leaking when changing my oil 2 weeks ago.
 
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Gotcha. We built the quickLIFT LOADED around a stock application, the added weight will "droop" the front. And you are on the ride track too, a small leveling kit should be fine, watch those angles though!!

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He has a Frontier Gear grill guard. About 90 lbs. The Rancho QL has been installed for 4 years and 50k miles. They function well, just settled to the point where there is no lift benefit anymore. I see the warranty says nothing about ride height.

Besides, 4WP is where we had it installed and I've found them to be notoriously more and more difficult to deal with. I would rather not go back there for any reason. I now use a local shop.

Our plan is to leave the QL in place and use a simple levelling kit to ge the ride height back.
Thanks! Got your PM too. Matt

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The Rancho Rep above will help you any way he can,he has me with replacements on the steering stabilizers on my truck for a hand full of times an even upgraded me to the next shock above on this last go around however I recently noticed them leaking when changing my oil 2 weeks ago.
 
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