so i was thinking today about whether i should step up to a 2 or 2.5 inch leveling kit in the front, and it hit me, just put a jack under the front and measure the fenders and see what each looks like.

this is what the truck currently looks like with a 1.5" autospring and nothing in the rear except for the factory 2 inch block.



so today i put it in my driveway, and measured the ground to fender height. here it is with its 1.5 level. front fender measured 40.25 on this side



then i put the jack and board under it, to the frame rail in front of the front diff, and jacked it up till it measured 40.75 (it was .5 inches higher on both sides of the truck, driver and passenger) and this is what that looks like, so this is essentially a 2 inch leveling kit



then went another half inch, so the fender to ground measured 41.25, and again it was 1 inch higher than stock on both sides, so this in theory is a 2.5 inch level



i know it seems like allot of work because im trying to figure this out. i want the front a little higher, but pictures confuse me. this guy on f150forum says this is a 2.5 and 35s, i pmed him about it and he said at one point it had a taller block, but im still waiting to hear if this pic was with or without that taller block.



then the pic that really confuses me, this is mdhawkins truck everyone, not mine. he has the same color, same year, same tire size (trail grapps, not terra like mine) and he has a 2.5 inch level in the front



see how his doesent look like the fronts higher?

im thinking 2" is the way to go, however, if i went with a 2.5 id rock it for a while, see how i liked it, and if i wanted to bring the back up id make a .5 inch zero rate for the rear, then id be .5 inches taller all the way around. the good about the 2 inch is that i could do rancho quick lifts

what are your opinions

 

I did that when I was contemplating a lift. It's what helped me decide on a 4" over a 6".

 

An I would just do 2". I had to replace my cv axle three times with 2.5"...

 

It's tough to judge pictures of different trucks against each other, every truck sits a little different from the factory and the springs wear differently, so it's just a guessing game sometimes

 

did you measure before putting in the 1.5? Did it give you 1.5" of lift?

 

i think it gave me a little less than 1.5, it was 37 before, then went to a little bit over 38, like 38.25, then the tires got me to 40, i think because they are 10 play and bigger and more tread.

 

"ply"

Im putting a 2.5 quick lift on tomorrow, then 35's on 20s wed. Ill take some pics so you can see what it looks like.

 

Ah sorry, phone autocorrect for the L. I thought quick lifts did 2 inches? You have an 05, your back is an inch higher than mine from the factory, id still like to know how many inches it gets you, rancho's site says 2.5 everywhere else says 2.

 

it all depends on how worn the springs / struts are. to achieve the best lift, you'd ideally use new equipment plus a spacer, or the quicklift struts that Rancho makes.

 

how did you have so many problems with a 2.5, when nearly all of the 04-05 guys run them?

 

Not sure why some do and others don't, but a couple months after having my 2.5" leveling kit on, a boot was torn and grease was slung all over the place. I blamed it on the leveling kit, but ran it about another year with no issues before removing it and installing my Rancho.

 

I have no idea man. It just happened over and over so I got the rancho with 9000xl shocks. Ended up only 900 bucks in after I sold my old struts, blocks, and knuckles for everything new.

 

I did the same exact thing when I was trying to decide.