Newly installed 3" leveling kit

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Jan 10, 2008 | 04:15 PM

little big red

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Newly installed 3" leveling kit

Just for those who are interested, I just put in a 3" leveling kit on my 05 F-150 4X4. For me it wasn't easy, I had a friend help me. We took it too a auto shop where you can rent bays with lifts. It took about 2 hours, but you still need allot of tools that I didn't have but they did at the bay. My advice get some help from someone and watch your brake lines when installing it. If there are any other questions, just ask, I will try to help...

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Jan 10, 2008 | 04:17 PM

Fosters

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what kit was this, what company? did you have to take apart the strut/spring assembly?

Jan 10, 2008 | 04:22 PM

little big red

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I bought the kit off ebaY, from hellbentsteel company, a real solid piece of steel. I took the whole shock off the vehicle, it made it easier..

Jan 10, 2008 | 04:55 PM

BrianFX4

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Is your truck sitting level? I ask because from earlier posts you were not sure if it would be nice up or not.

Jan 11, 2008 | 09:45 AM

DaMole

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That is good you got it on there. Take some pictures of it if you can and post them.

Jan 11, 2008 | 11:05 AM

Fosters

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I bought the kit off ebaY, from hellbentsteel company, a real solid piece of steel. I took the whole shock off the vehicle, it made it easier..

aye, you have to take it off the vehicle for all of em, but did you have to take the shock and spring apart from eachother?

Jan 11, 2008 | 01:29 PM

mrpositraction

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I never separated my lower shock mount when I put mine on.

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Jan 11, 2008 | 02:47 PM

grandaddy's66

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just about to get going on mine Sunday, so I'll be dropping in this thread some over the next few days...

PICS!!!

Jan 11, 2008 | 10:59 PM

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i just got a camera so i'll post pics of mine in the next couple days... got a kit from truxxx it's 3" front and 1" rear. really simple to put in. took about 3 hours. just an impact gun, ratchet and sockets was all i needed. looks a lot better than my buddy's 2 1/2" leveling kit.....

Jan 11, 2008 | 11:00 PM

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and as far as i know it was able to be aligned fine... they just had to adjust the toe out

Jan 12, 2008 | 01:48 PM

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little big red

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Here is a picture of it after a 3" lift. I still have stock tires, but I am going to put some 285/70/17 on it. I measured the truck and it is pretty level. The front is 39.5" and the rear is 40".

Jan 12, 2008 | 05:10 PM

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mbogosia

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Man that looks good. I just went from a 2" to a 2.5" and I thought I was squeezing it in there. LOL Hopefully yours works well and it doesn't cause any ball joint issues.

Jan 13, 2008 | 10:08 AM

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that's a leetle peekchure.

Jan 13, 2008 | 10:28 AM

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Man does your control arm not hit the spring? Mine is very close with my 2.5" kit on there.

Ya I no i havent told yall i put it on last Friday im waiting to take some pictures on a good day.