BCS Lift Shackles (SUPER SOLID) in rear w/ longer rear shocks. This raises the rear 1". Icon Extended Travel 2.5" C/O's up front. Will need new Upper Control Arms. BDS has those too (as does Icon) . BTW - tall blocks suck. You will die from Axle wrap / wheel hop. 3" Block lift in rear...
Installed the the BDS 3.5" Lift Kit. It has the BDS rear shackles. Perfect lift. Disconnected the front sway bar also, super smart t improve articulation. . Perfect mods. In re the front end, Originally just went w/ the lifts in the the BDS 3.5" Lift / Level Kit. Stock shocks & springs up...
Looks like lots of cosmetic stuff. The only performance upgrade over stock is a 3.5" lift. Other upgrades to improve performance like upgrade bumper to integrated w/ bashplate, performance exhaust, 2.5" C/O's for the front are add on's
I have an intake kit as well as the Flowmaster FlowX Cat back exhaust, wrapped in fiberglass, painted w/ silver hi temp brushon paint, muffler deleted. I killed all the stupid fake engine / exhaust noise with Forscan. I LOVE the way my truck purrs at cruise, and rips when I squash the pedal...
The underseat storage is a terrible waste of space. If you remove the plastic buckets you can see tons of empty, inaccessible space. They should have put the front of the rear seats on pillars with slide out drawers between the pillars. Would have saved some weight too.
NOW you tell me! Live and learn. Alas, BDS did not even offer a 2.5 Coilover when I got my Lift / level kit, and I was not studied up enough to know the difference.
I cannot say. I went with the When I upgrade my shocks, I will go to the 2.5 shocks, that is 2.5" diameter, which is a lot more beef than a 2.0 (2" shock). I think the real crap component on my susension is the stock Fx shocks up front. That is where my next upgrade will be. Planning to go...
I want to upgrade
I want to upgrade my shocks all around. I got the BDS 3" lift / level and left the stock shocks up front. On bumpy roads (6"-9" rocks), the truck rocks side to side violently. It is horrid. I was thinking external reservoir but they all seem to say tear it down and rebuild...
This helped my firm up all the way (It makes a HORRID SOUND, do not be alarmed):
Brake fix
do not open bleeder screws
do not do anything to truck except the forscan part
open FS (ForScan)
key on not running
set ELM to left / MS… mode
FS hover over connect to vehicle. Do it
FS will tell...
I live in Tucson AZ, hot as hell and dry as talc. I bought an engine cover after I looked and saw the naked ugly top of the motor, thought someone had stolen the cover. I don't wash under the hood. Turns out Ford put that only on the Lariat version. In any case, I feel like I should pull the...