Stupid ??leveling kits
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Nope. Just raises the front with a spacer. Keeps the original shocks and springs.
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I like the look of a "level" truck.
But: the worst looking thing ever IMO is a truck that is lower in the rear than it is in the front. Looks weak IMO, because it kinda looks like the thing is dragging a$$.
So that's why I am not a big fan of leveling kits. Looks good empty, but as soon as you put 50 lbs in the bed, the nose is up, and that looks so much worse than a truck with a higher rear.
It may work fine if you never haul or tow anything, I guess.
But: the worst looking thing ever IMO is a truck that is lower in the rear than it is in the front. Looks weak IMO, because it kinda looks like the thing is dragging a$$.
So that's why I am not a big fan of leveling kits. Looks good empty, but as soon as you put 50 lbs in the bed, the nose is up, and that looks so much worse than a truck with a higher rear.
It may work fine if you never haul or tow anything, I guess.
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Nothing wrong with leveling a truck, gives it a little more ground clearence, and gets rid of that "hot rod" look. That's kinda what the stock trucks remind me of, those old hot rod cartoons. Probably showing my age with that comment.
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I'm curious, how does leveling the truck decrease mileage? I sure didn't lose any mpgs when I leveled mine. As a matter of fact when I first got the truck I was lucky to get 10 mpgs highway, I'm now getting around 18 highway and that is with the leveling kit and larger tires. of course that's not what increased my mileage, I should have actually lost a little with the larger tires, but I did a few other things to it to get some gains in that department.
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I like the look of a "level" truck.
But: the worst looking thing ever IMO is a truck that is lower in the rear than it is in the front. Looks weak IMO, because it kinda looks like the thing is dragging a$$.
So that's why I am not a big fan of leveling kits. Looks good empty, but as soon as you put 50 lbs in the bed, the nose is up, and that looks so much worse than a truck with a higher rear.
It may work fine if you never haul or tow anything, I guess.
But: the worst looking thing ever IMO is a truck that is lower in the rear than it is in the front. Looks weak IMO, because it kinda looks like the thing is dragging a$$.
So that's why I am not a big fan of leveling kits. Looks good empty, but as soon as you put 50 lbs in the bed, the nose is up, and that looks so much worse than a truck with a higher rear.
It may work fine if you never haul or tow anything, I guess.
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I went with the 1.5" leveler as I put larger mudders on the truck.Looks good plus keeps my tries from rubbing except for extreme turns (maybe I should gone higher with the leveler). Chris
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Hey Chris, where in Cecil are you? Your more than likely only an hour away from me
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Now that I think about the stance my truck had when it was stock, it did not sit nearly as high in the rear as some other f150s I have seen stock. It seems like some are way more extreme than others. Mine is a long bed super cab, so it probably wasn't as noticeable as say a regular cab shorty or even an extended cab w/ a 6.5 bed on it. I need to find my pics of the truck before I leveled it and post it with the pics of after leveling for comparison
