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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 09:45 PM
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Measurements for leveling

Heres my question; see lots of folks quoting how much rake their truck has in inches and then trying to determine what amount of front leveling to run .... where is everyone measuring for their determination? I m guessing the bulk of the measurements are from the floor to the bottom of each wheelwheel/fender and then comparing front vs back but just curious? Doing such a measurement assumes Ford built these trucks with the exact same wheelwell radius front and rear.

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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 11:30 PM
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Your thinking is right, measure from the ground to the bottom of about the center of the fender. No need to over complicate the measuring, 2.5" seems to level them real nice, but you might opt for 2" if you still want a tiny bit of rake.
 
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Yup ground to wheel well. That's how ford does it on the lean TSB.
 
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Thanks for confirming TSB method; that makes the most sense then!
 
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Correction: measure from wheel lip to wheel well opening.
 
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