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I'd suggest finding a level. Then use it to find a level surface. Then place it on the bottom of the frame, the top of the bed rail, the side steps, etc. and see how close to level you are. A lot of vehicles have wheelwell shapes, door shapes, etc. that create an optical illusion. My last truck (2012 Ram 2500) sat slightly nose down but looked slightly nose high.
A lot of the 2.5” kits I’ve seen seem to be nose high. I purchased a 2” kit for this reason, problem is it’s still sitting in the box in my barn for over a year now. Man I need to get it installed
I'd suggest finding a level. Then use it to find a level surface. Then place it on the bottom of the frame, the top of the bed rail, the side steps, etc. and see how close to level you are. A lot of vehicles have wheelwell shapes, door shapes, etc. that create an optical illusion. My last truck (2012 Ram 2500) sat slightly nose down but looked slightly nose high.
look at a chevy. most any year chevy. the bed rails have rake but the front wheel wells are molded higher than the rear so it gives the illusion theres less rake. so when people try to make chevys level at the bed, the front wheel wells are several inches higher than the rears and it looks stupid as can be IMO
Last I checked leveling was for looks with no functional benefits so... as others have implied... forget the effing level, how does it look?
it looks like your *** is dragging, and there aren’t even groceries in the back. God forbid you use the truck, you’ll look like a dog bum-scooting unless you add air bags.
In in all seriousness, great looking truck. It is .75” - 1” too high. I’d err on the side of a little rake to avoid bum-scoot.
OP, The angle of your photo makes the rake look worse than it is and this can be partially due to the hood profile can give an impression of the truck being higher on at the front. Scroll through the photos here in the threads above and of my truck, all of which have been leveled and you can measure against the bottom of the forum window screen to see how level these trucks are. IMC, I leveled mine by means of +2 in the front with a BDS/Zone under coil kit and -1 at the rear with PDF blocks, maintaining about a 1" rake rear to forward.
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