I ment to say ball joints, on the uppers you have to replace the whole upper control arm $50-$115 roughly each. On the lowers you can just repace the ball joints, $25-$50. How many miles on the truck, how long have you had the leveling kit on it, and do you hear any squeeking or grinding in the front end?

 

iv got about 17,000 and ive had the leveling kit for about a year and did the leveling kit when i had about 13 to 14,000 miles roughly and i replaced the 2 upper arms with the same upper arm i had cause i broke the sleave that covers the ball joints and i dont hear any noises coming from it

 

no need to worrie about ball joints or cv's for that matter. I ran a 3" level for about 2yrs and I had 40k on my truck when I put the lift on and all of my stuff is ok.

 

how many miles have u got on ur truck with the lift? sounds to me like all u have to do (from what ur sayin) is get the kit put the parts on and tires on and theres nothin left else to do beside get front tires alinged am i right?? i wouldent think it would be that easy but idk, i dont have a lift figured it be more to it then just putting the kit parts on and thats it, but id like to know what all i need to look for when installing?

 

I just put the lift on the Saturday before last so mabey 500 miles. A lift and air tools are a great help, there is some minor cutting involved to the rear cross member. The instructions are great on the rc lift. Also you can download them from their web site so you can get an idea of what you are getting into.

 

yea i pulled it up like how they give u good detail pictures on what to do, do u drive mainly on road or off or both? good lookin truck by the way very nice

 

thanks man mainly on but did some minor offroading last weekend while going fishing lol. There is a little off road park I like to take my truck to but haven't since the lift.

 

ah cool yea i do little offroading in mine the only time i offroad in mine is on main dirt roads and gravel roads, i use my old f150 to trail ride in, but i want a lift for looks but i also want it to function properly and work properly when on road and off

 

Forgot to mention Pro Comp lifts are also $250 off at 4wheelparts and then another $250 off if you install with them.

 

ok so i was lookin at the intalle instructions for the 6 inch lift from rough country and came up on 2 install intruction but both r listing a different set of parts can somebody explain why there not the same and which one i should look more into

here is the website to the first one
http://roughcountry.com/ford_4wd_f150_6.html
and here r the instructions
http://roughcountry.com/install/576S.pdf

here is the second site
http://www.ntwonline.com/04-08_FORD_...P13816C185.cfm
and here r the instructions
http://www.ntwonline.com/images/Inst...ns/HEC576S.pdf

look at page 3 on both and tell me why there different thanks

 

The one on ntw's site I believe is old one, rc has changed the lift but the one on the rc web site is the one I have.

 

oh ok makes since, yea im lookin real hard into the rough country 6 inch cause its just 100 dollers more then the 4 inch and its only like 1400 so thats a pretty good deal in my opinion

 

the 6" is only 1300 on ntw's website it is the suspension special.

 

oh ok i dident see that thanks, hey does rough country make a skid plate peice that goes from like the front bumper down to the tires, if u know what im tryin to say, and r the kicker braces somethin i would need to and how do they installe? i do 75% on road and about 25% offroad

 

I dont know about the skid plate I would check with them. I bought the kicker braces and they come with instructions they are real easy to install. I paid $1321.10 shipped with kicker braces call and talk to them they are really helpfull