leveling kit?
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leveling kit?
i have a 2005 F-250, crew cab, short bed FX4, 6.0,and i want to put in either a 2 inch or a 2.5 inch leveling kit with new shocks and steering stabilizer, overall just beef-up my front suspension, bds and rancho look pretty good but, theres a lot of brands, and a lot of different prices, so if anyone has any recommendations???
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Not too many positive reviews on Ranchos, look in to bilsteins, a lot of companys will have buy 3 get 1 free on them. As far as leveling kits go I don't know that one is better than another.
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I went with Donohoe and an very happy with it.
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make sure your front axle isnt the dual i beam, because i have that and they dont offer appropriate alignment with the 2" spacers. i need the axle drop down brackets, but they only make it in the 6" lift kit by FABTECH, so im saving up, and now i have to take out the 2" spacers so my tires dont mess up
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One thing to keep in mind if your lifting or levelling is that the new shocks have to be longer than stock to fit with the taller springs. When I bought my kit, the new longer shocks came with it.
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Some kits come with brackets that allow the use of the stock shock. I have the Readylift SST leveling kit and it came with brackets. I eventually took the stock shocks off and went with a longer shock (Rancho's).
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Do yourself a favour and unless the shocks that are on it now are something really special; dump-em and go with new shocks when the kit goes on. If they're the original shocks that came with the truck; they'd be junk anyway.
