2021 F350...leveling kit?
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Thanks..... was thinking the same thing
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Agree with muhford. My 2020 has the Heavy Service front springs, and the 2020 F350s were lowered in the rear like 3/4" over previous years. Between those two things, my truck is level enough for my liking. I like a little bit of rake. Nose high looks dumb to me!
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I've leveled my last 3 trucks ( 2015, 2017, and now 2020) and I tow a pretty good sized GN horse trailer. about 13,000 lbs when loaded.
Leveled my truck looks good for my daily driver. I'm vain enough that is important to me.
When I tow, I added air bags ( Firestone on the 2015 and 2017 trucks and AirLift on the 2020) and I have an Airlift Wireless compressor. When I hook up the trailer, I push a button and add 50 psi to the airbags and it levels out the truck. Nobody is flashing me at night, Everything rides just fine.
My 2020 truck was 40 3/4" front fender and 42 3/4" rear fender before leveling. And when I hooked the trailer up, I squatted to 40 1/4" rear fender. I used the ReadyLift 2 1/2" leveling kit that replaced front spring, Track bar relocation, and all new Bilstein shocks. Which set me at 43 3/4" front and 43 1/2" rear. So I keep 12-13 lbs of air in the airbags and that levels me at 43 3/4"
So my thoughts are, If you are going to level the truck for daily driving, You will need Airbags for towing.
Leveled my truck looks good for my daily driver. I'm vain enough that is important to me.
When I tow, I added air bags ( Firestone on the 2015 and 2017 trucks and AirLift on the 2020) and I have an Airlift Wireless compressor. When I hook up the trailer, I push a button and add 50 psi to the airbags and it levels out the truck. Nobody is flashing me at night, Everything rides just fine.
My 2020 truck was 40 3/4" front fender and 42 3/4" rear fender before leveling. And when I hooked the trailer up, I squatted to 40 1/4" rear fender. I used the ReadyLift 2 1/2" leveling kit that replaced front spring, Track bar relocation, and all new Bilstein shocks. Which set me at 43 3/4" front and 43 1/2" rear. So I keep 12-13 lbs of air in the airbags and that levels me at 43 3/4"
So my thoughts are, If you are going to level the truck for daily driving, You will need Airbags for towing.
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I agree, not a fan of leveling the truck for looks, when it has no functional component to it, just aesthetics. I pull a dump trailer once a month with up to 15K weight, don't need it to tail drag in a 1 ton truck, just really dumb. Unless you are building just a poser instead of a functional working truck, not a good reason to chuck money down the manhole cover.
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level it and put air bags on it if you want it to look good. people spend 80k on a pickup then settle for it looking like a high school kid's car because they're too cheap to put a few hundred bucks into airbags. makes no sense to me.
Dodge figured it out and you can get factory air bags. Ford doesn't seem to be able to get it together but for some reason I keep buying them and installing air bags. .
Dodge figured it out and you can get factory air bags. Ford doesn't seem to be able to get it together but for some reason I keep buying them and installing air bags. .
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I've leveled my last 3 trucks ( 2015, 2017, and now 2020) and I tow a pretty good sized GN horse trailer. about 13,000 lbs when loaded.
Leveled my truck looks good for my daily driver. I'm vain enough that is important to me.
When I tow, I added air bags ( Firestone on the 2015 and 2017 trucks and AirLift on the 2020) and I have an Airlift Wireless compressor. When I hook up the trailer, I push a button and add 50 psi to the airbags and it levels out the truck. Nobody is flashing me at night, Everything rides just fine.
My 2020 truck was 40 3/4" front fender and 42 3/4" rear fender before leveling. And when I hooked the trailer up, I squatted to 40 1/4" rear fender. I used the ReadyLift 2 1/2" leveling kit that replaced front spring, Track bar relocation, and all new Bilstein shocks. Which set me at 43 3/4" front and 43 1/2" rear. So I keep 12-13 lbs of air in the airbags and that levels me at 43 3/4"
So my thoughts are, If you are going to level the truck for daily driving, You will need Airbags for towing.
Leveled my truck looks good for my daily driver. I'm vain enough that is important to me.
When I tow, I added air bags ( Firestone on the 2015 and 2017 trucks and AirLift on the 2020) and I have an Airlift Wireless compressor. When I hook up the trailer, I push a button and add 50 psi to the airbags and it levels out the truck. Nobody is flashing me at night, Everything rides just fine.
My 2020 truck was 40 3/4" front fender and 42 3/4" rear fender before leveling. And when I hooked the trailer up, I squatted to 40 1/4" rear fender. I used the ReadyLift 2 1/2" leveling kit that replaced front spring, Track bar relocation, and all new Bilstein shocks. Which set me at 43 3/4" front and 43 1/2" rear. So I keep 12-13 lbs of air in the airbags and that levels me at 43 3/4"
So my thoughts are, If you are going to level the truck for daily driving, You will need Airbags for towing.
Do you tow a 5th wheel or bumper pull? If 5th wheel, do you find that you're towing nose high?
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How level is your current setup right now? Can you post pics of your trailer hitched?
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