I just picked up a 2005 F350 SC with the V10 4X4 and would like to level out the front end. A 2" kit would do it. Now my question is you can spend from 25 dollars up to a lot of dollars on these kits. So have any of you put just the spacers in? This truck will not be rock crawling or anything like that just a daily work truck. I know i can get new coils but do not want to go through that. I see rubbers spacers , metal, billet , etc top mount botom mount all say the same thing. Keep factory ride no noise easy to install . Any thoughts or advice would be great. Thanks Kevin

 

I used 2" lower perch spacers from BDS, more people end up with the top hat spacers. I don't know what you mean by "not wanting to go through that" with springs. Honestly, installing new springs is easier than the lower spacers I installed, and involves the same amount of work as top hat spacers or new isolators; you'd end up with a significantly better ride, and it really is the better way to level the truck. Going cheap on spacers to save a few bucks isn't really worth it, you'll thank yourself later if you do it the correct way the first time with replacement springs; I know from personal experience because I wish I'd done coils first. Look at Icon or Readylift coils, those are two good names.

 

I put 2.5" leveling spacers ($50 on ebay black polyester Daystar - I believe) in my 04 2wd Superduty gasser about 18 months ago. Just had to pay a $50 refundable deposit to rent a coil compresser at autozone. TexasTech is right (by the way guns up!!!), it would be just as much work if not more with the spacers over just new coils because you got to take the coils out anyway. One advice I have though is don't take it to goodyear or just any other auto shop that has $60 alignments thinking they can align it back to factory specs, because they will only adjust toe-in/toe-out alignment. I made that mistake and my tires wore unevenly real bad. Sears told me I would have to grind down around the ball joints to get it perfect and I wasn't about to do that. I called 4wheel Parts here locally and they do more extensive work to get a true alignment for $270 so make sure you factor that into your cost if you lift it. Other than that, I am happy with the ride height and comfort of the spacers - I haven't had any other problems. You will hear horror stories of ball joints wearing out prematurely due to the harsh angles that the spacers pose on the suspension, but you shouldn't have any problems if you get the alignment done by someone who knows what they're doing. Hope this helps.