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Your truck looks lower in the front. Is it stock ?
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Your truck looks lower in the front. Is it stock ?
It’s not stock. Here is the other side, in case there is some issue with the camera on my iphone.
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Is being level an actual thing you measure, or is it a perception?

This is my truck. Is it level or not?

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To me that looks great. I wouldn’t want to go any higher personally. All the 2.5”-3” kits end up looking like reverse rake in pictures to my eye at least.
 

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All the 2.5”-3” kits end up looking like reverse rake in pictures to my eye at least.
This is my point. I agree that there is “rake,” but how much?

Here is a picture of my truck loaded down so much in the back that the headlights are pointed up in the trees. To me it looks the same.
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I was considering the 2.5" Bilstein front shocks also, is an alignment required following install?
 

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Just a question because I’m not completely clear on this. I am having a 2.5 rough country leveling kit installed next week. I ordered 17x8 wheels with a 0mm offset. I will be running 265/70r17 tires. Does anyone know if I am going to run the crash bars with this setup? Pic of truck now! Thanks!

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I put a Readylift 3” SST levelling kit on mine. It comes with a 1” lift in the rear as well. Still has a slight front rake which will level out when box is loaded. It looks good.
 

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Just a question because I’m not completely clear on this. I am having a 2.5 rough country leveling kit installed next week. I ordered 17x8 wheels with a 0mm offset. I will be running 265/70r17 tires. Does anyone know if I am going to run the crash bars with this setup? Pic of truck now! Thanks!

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This is mine with the 2.5” Rough Country level kit, factory rims and tires. Its almost perfectly level, any weight in the bed will probably bring the nose up.
This is definitely how the truck was meant to look!

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I have a 2.5" level and to the eye it looks level but there's still a little rake. I wanted it that way as I work out of my truck and some days I have a good amount of weight in the bed. Just keep that in mind if you're going to go 3" because if you weight the bed down it'll be nose high now.



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Everything Bilstein is back ordered. Did you install 6112 in the front?
 

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Mine is just the RC 2.3" level kit.
I've been calling around town...nobody is in stock with Bilsteins. I'm gonna have to wait. My oldest son lost his job, so I had to stand down to be sure he was back in place. But, I learned about the 6112...something else to think about. Sometimes slower is best.
I'm slow......
 

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I've been calling around town...nobody is in stock with Bilsteins. I'm gonna have to wait. My oldest son lost his job, so I had to stand down to be sure he was back in place. But, I learned about the 6112...something else to think about. Sometimes slower is best.
I'm slow......
I know just about everything now a days is backordered. I'm wondering if Bilstein used up a lot of their inventory for the new Bronco? There's a very high demand for the Badlands model and the Sasquatch package both have Bilstein shocks standard.
 

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I have eibach leveling struts set to 3" and it's still not perfectly level. The front still sits just a smidge lower, which I don't mind. It looks great! It's crazy how much lift is required up front to get these leveled. I definitely needed an alignment afterwards. My alignment was JACKED after my strut install. One recommendation I can make, don't get alignment right away. Wait till you get 100-200 miles. I have to go back because after my springs settled, my steering wheel is not aligned anymore and I have to go back to get readjusted.

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Just a question because I’m not completely clear on this. I am having a 2.5 rough country leveling kit installed next week. I ordered 17x8 wheels with a 0mm offset. I will be running 265/70r17 tires. Does anyone know if I am going to run the crash bars with this setup? Pic of truck now! Thanks!

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When I got my Fox 2.0 IFP installed, they said that they pre load it to 2.75 inch and I still have about 0.5 inch rake in the front. I put a 17x8.5 wheels and 295/70R17 Nitto Grapphler and remove the crash bars and did some trimming on the felt liner and some plastic. Still rub on the fog lights housing but soon I'll be getting a 3.5 inch lift and hopefully I'll get another 1.5 inch of clearance in the front well wheels, I need that for the mild off roading here in So Cal. There are lots of nice places to see when off roading.
 
 



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