Tremor 2” level from ford ranger lifts.

[awd.nv]

Interested in the 1” level. What is a reasonable price to pay to have someone install ?

It shouldnt take more than 2hr labor, shop might charge 1.0hr per side. I lived close to Robby of Ford Ranger Lifts and he was able to knock it out in about an hour but he probably does quite a bit of them. From there just factor in their shop labor rater per hour.

I had my alignment done after but honestly, it didnt really need it. JUST MAKE SURE the shop has the Tremor in their system. When I did mine it was hard finding a shop with the Tremor which actually does have different alignment values than the FX4. The before numbers were not really too bad but I didnt want to change any kind of weird wear on the tires.

Oh and if you are in So Cal, just take it to Aldo at Central Tire #5, their alignments are excellent.
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[CATX]

Awesome thank you for this info. Very helpful.

 

[CATX]

Just got the 1” level from fordrangerlifts installed.

I like the change - subtle but perfect in my opinion. Still minimal rake but much improved.

took shop 2 hours to install, including alignment. They charged $450 (including alignment) which I thought was a little high but they did a good job.

Off road kings in El Monte, CA.
Attached are alignment numbers - don’t know what they mean really but they did say they used Tremor Specifications.

 

[LowKeyTremor]

That's what my Tremor came with stock, so I think a 285 70r 17 would fit with aftermarket crash bars and slight trimming.

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I was about to mention that I strongly agreed, with a strange abundance of confidence, that 265/70 R17 would fit like a charm… Mainly because it’s not at all and increase in size

I have 1.5” hubcentric wheel spacers (at that size, they probably are all hubcentric… Definitely should be). **WARNING**

• It’s flat out looks perfect! More aggressive stance, plus I am actually surprisingly a pretty big fan of that tires they use & like seeing more of the tread pattern!

**Something To Beware**
The spacers (1.5” in my case) give it that great look, wide stance, and probably allow for bigger tires in certain situations. BUT:

They do change where the tire needs the most clearance, so I quickly learned that this new awesome look/Aggressive stance came with a cruel joke… That joke being:

• My STOCK TIRES THEN RUBBED IN MULTIPLE SPOTS.
• Sometimes in stock configuration, wheels tucked under, they can handle a larger diameter than if you were to have a spacer, or possibly the new wheels w/ offset that kicked it out a bit.

But in the big picture, all I did was Speed up, but I was already planning

1. I went ahead and immediately bought the EZ Lift High Clearance crash bars/anti-intrusion bars. I just wanted to keep the safety feature there… Because it actually looks to me like these new ones are much stronger, as the stock ones are big, but they are hollow and the steel is not as strong as might be expected. On the flipside, the new ones have thicker walls, even in the high clearance area, which has little fins, even on that, which are thick, and would improve strength. Feels like a win-win to me.
2. I bought the rough country 2.5 inch leveling kit… Unfortunately, between the shops, I will only use their own parts for being able to back them, and of course, being able to make the profit on the sale, plus the other two shops I use, they immediately checked, and saw that it specifically stated not to use on the Tremor. Even offering to basically take them off the hook for their entire installation, they refuse to install it. So the second shop, I pulled the sticker off, but they still knew the trimmer had some differences, and with a call to rough country, I got a big, no way, not installing!

PLAN B FOR THE LEVELING KIT

1. I was going to just go ahead and install it myself. I’ve done way harder things installation, wise and I just didn’t have the time, but I was going to make it work.
2. Luckily, I came across Ford Ranger Lifts and saw a 2 inch specifically for a Ford Ranger Tremor! I didn’t even have to think about it… Reached out to Robby, loved what I heard, and immediately bought it.

I haven’t had the time, but I think between now and the weekend, and should be able to go ahead and get that completed, along with an alignment immediately after.

I’ve got any saggy issues already handled and sitting in my garage, next to the 2 inch front spacers.

 

[jdamtb918]

To those of you that’s gone with the 2” level kit, do the stock Grabbers now look too small? Like, do you get that annoying voice in your head that says “yep now I freaking have to size up cuz these don’t look right” Any of that going on with you fellas? I’ve always done a level kit to my Chevys when I drove a full size and that made them look so much better but I always just dropped it off at a shop and said please make my truck level and i never cared enough to ask any details on how many inches itit had to come up.

 

[awd.nv]

To those of you that’s gone with the 2” level kit, do the stock Grabbers now look too small? Like, do you get that annoying voice in your head that says “yep now I freaking have to size up cuz these don’t look right” Any of that going on with you fellas? I’ve always done a level kit to my Chevys when I drove a full size and that made them look so much better but I always just dropped it off at a shop and said please make my truck level and i never cared enough to ask any details on how many inches itit had to come up.

I felt that way with the 1" level lol

I went with a 1" level, 1" wheel spacers and 1" taller tire. It almost looks like the Ranger Tremor in the Ford app now lol

 

[jdamtb918]

I felt that way with the 1" level lol

I went with a 1" level, 1" wheel spacers and 1" taller tire. It almost looks like the Ranger Tremor in the Ford app now lol

Did you have to remove crash bars due to rubbing? I have the 2” spacers from Ranger Lifts and plan to have them put on next week. I just recently added 1.5” wheel spacers and the only time I’ve noticed rubbing is when backing up and turning left. It looks so much better tho lol

 

[awd.nv]

Did you have to remove crash bars due to rubbing? I have the 2” spacers from Ranger Lifts and plan to have them put on next week. I just recently added 1.5” wheel spacers and the only time I’ve noticed rubbing is when backing up and turning left. It looks so much better tho lol

When I just had the 1" level and 1" spacers I did not have to remove the bars, from memory I just needed to push one side away from the tire a little. Only removed the crash bars once I put 285/70/17 (~33") on the truck.

Sometimes I get the itch for the 1.5" wheel spacers, that looks good. Mine is pretty much flush with the fenders which was what I was going for at the time. What was funny was that the truck handles cross winds when towing noticeably better with wheel spacers, didn't think 1" on each side would make such a difference.

 

[jdamtb918]

Can someone who had the sense to measure where headlights were before they got the 2” from FRL ? I forgot to do that before I had my level installed. Is there a rule or something I could look up possibly?

almost forgot..

 

[OGMix376]

Can someone who had the sense to measure where headlights were before they got the 2” from FRL ? I forgot to do that before I had my level installed. Is there a rule or something I could look up possibly?

almost forgot..

Idk what the specific height is, but DOT I think is the beam top should be approximately 2-2.5 inches below the height of the headlight fixture at 25ft.. don’t know if that’s the top of the fixture or center of fixture or bottom of fixture though. So if you have a flat level area with a wall that can give you the 25ft away

 

[jdamtb918]

Idk what the specific height is, but DOT I think is the beam top should be approximately 2-2.5 inches below the height of the headlight fixture at 25ft.. don’t know if that’s the top of the fixture or center of fixture or bottom of fixture though. So if you have a flat level area with a wall that can give you the 25ft away

That’s just the info I was looking for. Thank you sir!

 

[999BS]

When I just had the 1" level and 1" spacers I did not have to remove the bars, from memory I just needed to push one side away from the tire a little. Only removed the crash bars once I put 285/70/17 (~33") on the truck.

Sometimes I get the itch for the 1.5" wheel spacers, that looks good. Mine is pretty much flush with the fenders which was what I was going for at the time. What was funny was that the truck handles cross winds when towing noticeably better with wheel spacers, didn't think 1" on each side would make such a difference.

I'm looking to put 285/70/R17's on my 2022 Tremor, I'm going to be keeping the stock wheels on but I have a question, are you running wheel spacers? What I'm seeing some people have rubbing on the upper control arm but not from others. I'll be doing the 2" FordRangerLift and removing the crash bars and adding the low profile ones to suffice for the lateral spacing.

 

[LowKeyTremor]

1. 2 inch lift from Ford Ranger lifts
   • Shock travel remains the same so no changes needed obviously
2. 2 inch blocks in the rear (irrelevant really)
   • Travel increased on shocks, so it gave me the excuse to put in some really awesome Bilstein 5160s (I think that’s the number)… gives another 2 inches of travel, has a brushed stainless look with a reservoir that can be mounted remotely, or on this really awesome looking piggyback clamp that’s black and went really well with the brushed stainless kind of look.
3. Readylift high clearance crash bars
4. The only thing I see potentially needed is to trim that front wind dam, which is right in front of the tires and off to the side of the skid/bash plate, and it’s secured by a little metal piece sticking out.
   • I ran 1.5 inch spacers, and just looking at it, except for that one part, there is a lot of room even with the spacers!
   • If you are running without spacers, you might not even have to trim or get rid of that little trim piece, because with the 2 inches in addition to the .9 inches
5. And just to give you an idea, I will be running the exact tire size labeled as 33 x 12.50R 20. Those wheels will be 20 x 9, and will have. +0.00 offset
   • That should stick them out around 2”-2.5” on each side. That’s quite aggressive, I will admit for sure, but I actually am doing it on purpose, due to the look I’m going for which will require a part that will tame the overly aggressive tire stance
   • I am putting on fender flares and they are generally adding 1.5 to 2” of coverage on the width, which would put these tires probably at about .75”-1” past the fender flares
   • To me, it’s absolutely perfect and will give the illusion that the truck is actually wider than it is. The Raptors always have that wide look and it will be similar, except for I also believe they have a bit wider quarter panels and rear quarter panels or whatever they call them.
   • But the tremor has a wider track and I’m not sure if that has anything to do with the actual panels or whatever. I don’t really care, because I think I will be very happy with the set up.

The picture above is when I put on the dual 6 inch light bars that go in the little trim piece that looks like it should’ve included them in the first place. It gives a nice view of the high clearance crash bars from Ready Lift!

This picture shows the difference between the stock crash bars and the ready lift hi Clearance. You gain practically 2 inches… Maybe 1.5 inches in the front and 1.5- in the back.

also, with the high clearance ones in the picture above, where they are basically installed and the factory bars are just sitting on top of it, you can just see how much more stout they are! You’ll see the three horizontal pieces that are thick and extremely strong. The whole thing is much thicker and it’s going to protect much better! The other one is just big… It doesn’t necessarily protect and I have a feeling that it would be like a straw under any type of force. Not the ready lift model

So to me, the gist is that you will have plenty of room, and the only reason it was even tight was because of my spacers that kicked the wheels out and changed the geometry.

But now that I’ve added the crash bars and I’m ready to pull out that wind dam, it’s going to be plenty of room for wheels that are the equivalent of spacers along with the bigger tires!

I marked out some of the pieces with different colors. The red is where the bash plate secures and as far out of the way.

The yellow circle is roughly where that little air Dam Goes, and the highlighted piece is a support piece so it doesn’t flap around. I’m pretty much planning on taking it off automatically and either cutting that support piece way up pie or if it’s bolted, That way.

As you can see, that ends up being the closest spot in the least clearance, so when it boils down to it, that might be the only part that needs to be changed. I really have a strong feeling that’s the case; especially if you are going with a factory offset! And maybe because of that you won’t need to touch it

but it’s also nice and I don’t have a picture, but the rear crash bars also free up a noticeable amount of space.

And if you look at the aftermarket crash bars, you can see that the metal is much thicker and has these horizontal support pieces that just makes it stronger. The factory is quite thin, and I would trust the aftermarket ones and the strength of them way before I would trust the factory ones! They feel like just hollow and weak after thoughts for (Direct) collisions to the tire, and then into the cab from there

I hope this helps!

General does have the grabbers in the 33 x 12.50 R 20 size… I’ve been pretty happy with them, so I think I’m gonna stick with them

I hope this helps! I hope it answers the questions and shows you that you’re gonna be A-OK!

 

[awd.nv]

I'm looking to put 285/70/R17's on my 2022 Tremor, I'm going to be keeping the stock wheels on but I have a question, are you running wheel spacers? What I'm seeing some people have rubbing on the upper control arm but not from others. I'll be doing the 2" FordRangerLift and removing the crash bars and adding the low profile ones to suffice for the lateral spacing.

I run a 1" wheel spacer from FactionFab. It pretty much makes the tires flush with the body. No rub on the control arm that I have seen but I did need to remove the crash bars. The suspension can fully articulate off-road. While I do not get to go off-road as much as I used to, I sometimes want 1.5" spacers but since I have zero rub issues, I dont want to change it and have to deal with that.

 

[999BS]

@LowKeyTremor that was an amazing write up!!

I'm thinking I'm gonna play it safe and get the ReadyLift crash bars installed and the 2" lift installed and then take some measurements with a micrometer to really get an accurate gauge of whether they'd work at the 285/70/R17. I might even bribe my guys down at Discount Tire with a couple $20's to have them throw one on each front wheel and take pics and see what works best!

@awd.nv, how have spacers been off road and for your wheel bearings, I've read mixed things regarding premature wheel bearing degradation due to the geometry being changed but also mitigated with using hub centric rings / spacers.

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