FOX OR RANCHO FRONT END
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FOX OR RANCHO FRONT END
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.
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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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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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
Does he have his receipt?
Limited Lifetime Warranty / 90-Day Risk-Free Ride Offer
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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.
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!!
Thanks! Got your PM too. 
Matt
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.
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.
MattThe 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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