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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 05:46 PM
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2" leveling kit?

someone told me about a 2" leveling kit for my f150 2wd and i looked on summitracing.com but didnt find jack. was i searching for the right thing? if not what else would it be called. does anyone have any good online stores to shop from or magazines to look at? thanks
 
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 08:30 PM
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I've been looking for the same thing for awhile.. They're hard to come by, I saw one on Ebay a few weeks ago though.. And I know they have them here but they're over priced.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 08:35 PM
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check out roughcountry.com and see what they got, before i wrecked my truck i had the 2.5 inch lift on it for the 2wd, i liked it quite nice. now that i fixed it i went even bigger and had specially made i beams that i put on. alot of trouble though, anyhow check out that website, that have alot of stuff for 2wd fords.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 09:45 PM
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thanks ace, great site. i still wanna shop around and see what others got.

justin, they have a 1.5" leveling kit and a 2.5" lift. is the 1.5 the one u were talkin about?

1 more thing, has anyone ever heard of combining suspension and body lifts? is it possible?
 
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 10:03 PM
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Originally posted by hyperpunkguy[F150]
thanks ace, great site. i still wanna shop around and see what others got.

1 more thing, has anyone ever heard of combining suspension and body lifts? is it possible?
No problem, that site is addicting..

Yes that is possible, but most people I have talked to that have put body lifts on say it wasn't worth all the work put into them.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 10:48 PM
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Rough country isn't the best out there. Go with skyjacker, available at ntwonline.com. Summit racing sells them, but they don't put everything they stock on their website.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 10:58 PM
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hey mustang, how are the two lifts different, im not being sarcastic or mean im just curious. and isnt a leveling kit just a new set of springs?
 
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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 11:13 AM
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from what i have learned, a leveling kit is jsut a new set of coils and nothing for the back. but i wanted to make sure that what justin was talkin aboiut is the 1.5 or the 2...
 
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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 11:19 AM
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well what do you want? the front to be a little higher or the whole truck to sit a little more stout? when i put on that 2.5 lift it took a good 6 hours or so for me and my dad to do it. new springs shouldnt take long at all. just all about thwat you want
 
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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 11:52 AM
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really what i wanna do is to just put 32" tires on and justin told me that i need a 2 in leveling kit to do that. well roughcountry.com has 1.5 leveling kit so i was wondering if thats what he was talkin bout.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 08:34 PM
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1.5" and 2" kits are essentially the same. Most manufaturers say their coils will provide between 1.5 and 2 inches of lift. It seems that Rough Country aired on the conservitive side.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 11:17 AM
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Suspensionconnection.com,try that out.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 06:09 PM
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Eibach makes a 2" kit Be sure to have your truck aligned after
 
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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 06:33 PM
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I have a 73 f350 4x2 super camper special XLT, i to wanted to level the truck up however the lift-kits are designed for 4x4's, they tend to have a longer and moreopenly flexible stearing, I bought a basic body lift 3" from summit racing and some parts I couldnt use, for example the stearing at the knuckle before the gear box will raise however much you lift the truck in a linear movement "straight up" that one had me stumpt for a bit, so I made a gear box that would attach at the column with a gear on a chain down to another gear for the gear box , all enclosed in two pieces of 1/2 x4x6 plate bolted together with the gears and chain encased for strength and stability.

bottom line you can use the spacers but as far as stearing be-carefull on what you come up with and good luck.
 
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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 10:09 PM
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wow sounds a lil too complicated and time consuming... thanks for the tip though!
 
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