I have a 1985 Ford F150 4x4 and I'm looking to give it a little bit tougher stance. Is anybody familiar with putting a leveling kit on in the front? I just want to raise the front 2 inches and not raise the back. I looked on Ranch Hand and found coil springs. If I go the way where I do larger coil springs, do I have to get larger shocks? I am planning to get new shocks anyways because I'm pretty sure they are stock. Do you think I might have to get new leaf springs also since they are 30 years old? Thanks in advance for the help.

 

I'm not sure I can answer your questions, but I can share my experience. I also have an '85 F150 4x4 and it sits level as stock. I did have a broken rear leaf that made it tilt to one side in the rear but the new springs took care of it. Pretty easy to replace, only took about 2 hours total.

I'm sure Ranch Hand can answer your questions though.

 

I have 32" Cooper Discoverer AT on it. They are amazing tires. When I got the new tires and wheels, I went from 15" rims and 27" tires to 16" rims and 32" tires. The truck looks like it has a lift on it already just because of how high it sits off the ground. The roofline is only a couple inches higher than my dad's truck, but the distance between the floorboard and the ground is a lot. Anyways the front of the truck looks to be about 2" lower than the rear and I was looking to make it level by putting in the larger coil springs.

 

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That's what I intend to use to level mine. Mine has the "heavy duty" rear springs, so I assume yours does as well, which is why they don't sit level.

 

Oh man I love the color of your truck. Thanks for the advice on those coil spacers. But make sure you do them right or have them done professionally because my buddy did those coil spacers and didn't put them on quite right. Which made one of his front wheels come off while driving. Luckily it didn't do much damage but it could have been a lot worse.