Official "leveled" thread
Mountain Pass
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Please excuse my dirty wheel liners. Haha. Fox could have given an extra inch of line (probably tells his wife that it's "12""). Wasn't too bad.
Mountain Pass
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The shocks come with a small off-setting bracket that uses 2 screws to the chassis frame. Carli has a kit that mounts the resi in a hoop on top of the spring/spacer. I though the Carli mount would be preferred if you ran tire other than stock, but for now it looks decent to use the Fox bracket like I did..
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Thanks! The alignment didn't go very well unless you like driving like you're constantly turning right. Should be fixed by weeks end (new caster bushings coming). I knew there would be a problem when the guy said "drives great! that kit works very well and doesn't compress the spring like the others do". I swear!!
What caster bushings u order? could u possibly post a link?
Mountain Pass
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Well, the ones I had ordered were the adjustable Moog bushings. Called ReadyLift this morn and asked what they see/hear- they recommended SPC 23268 (2.3 degree) for the left and 23269 (2.6) for the right (fixed bushings).. Got those coming. The Moog's are adjustable for caster and camber (der, fully adjustable = mo betta), but when you see a guy hitting them with a sledge, the battle was lost before it began.... Again, not happy with the install. My fight isn't finished. They'll make it right.
http://www.spcalignment.com/index.ph...tion&pid=23268
Find them here.
http://www.spcalignment.com/index.ph...tion&pid=23268
Find them here.
Tuned
Joined: Sep 2016
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you seem to be the first person I’ve seen install the leveling springs from ready lift. Are they stiffer or softer than factory? Also that’s a 6.2 right? Just wondering how much lift I’ll get with a diesel.
Mountain Pass
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Nope. Just the standard spring spacer 2.5" kit. The truck drove/drives perfect with the factory spring and I didn't want to mess with an AM "level" spring.
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...SPC 23268 (2.3 degree) for the left and 23269 (2.6) for the right (fixed bushings)...
http://www.spcalignment.com/index.ph...tion&pid=23268
http://www.spcalignment.com/index.ph...tion&pid=23268
i used these bushings and they made my truck pull to the left. the roads around here have a decent crown to them as well. I went back to the SPC 2* bushings that Carli sells (I am running their kit)
my truck drives much better, much straighter
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I had too much pull to the left as well. had to pull the 23269 out and swap for 23268.
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So I have a 2017 F250 CCSB with the plow package. The truck has about 1 3/4” of rake. I would like to bring the front up about 1”. I found a 1” kit from Zone that would probably get the job done. Will I need anything other than the coil spacers for just the 1” kit, or can the 1” spacers just be installed with no other parts needed? Will it really need an alignment?
Logistics Pro
Joined: Apr 2017
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From: SoCal
Not really a pro or con to either. Some of them are quite stout, and offer some advantages, like the Carli RA's have a notch in them so you don't rub on 37's. They are fully boxed and quite a bit stronger than the stockers. They are also $1400... you get what you pay for I guess. But a RA really isn't needed at all for a 2.5" lift. IMO at least.