Has anyone installed a leveling kit? If so what brand. How had was it. I'm starting to dislike the "nose down" look on my truck.

 

I would look at this thread and I hope it helps.
https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...hreadid=149537
I have installed one in mine and it has not negatively affected my handling at all (at least I haven't noticed any).

 

If you have the extra cash (+/- $300), then by all means get it. You'll really like it. I got mine done by the local 4WheelParts.com store for just under $300. It's the Daystar 2.5" leveling kit.

 

Has anyone actually done this themselves....my originally misspelled post was supposed to have read..."how hard is it?"

 

I'm installing mine today. I"ll let you know how it goes. Funny that 4wheelparts.com wanted to charge me 420 bucks to install it. And thats AFTER I paid 140 for the procuct.

THe only difficult looking part is that you have to compress the coils. But you can rent a coil compressor at most of your local auto parts stores.

I'll try to take some pics and post them when I'm done.

 

DON'T get the rental compressors unless you want bloody knuckles or to lose an eye. A local shop will probably let you use their wall mount spring compressor for $20. This will save you a lot of time and profanity.

 

bone doc

Installed a www.autospringcorp.com 2 1/2" metal levelling kit
Kit was $110 on ebay
$100 to install
No change in ride or handling

 

I keep posting this on all the threads I see about leveling kits because I hate to see people wasting their money. THIS KIT CAN BE INSTALLED IN YOUR GARAGE!
You will need basic hand tools (metric and standard), floor jacks and stands, a vise and spring compressors. Save your money and do it yourself, the most you should spend is 109 or so for the kit and whatever a good shop in your area charges to align it. I would be happy to answer any questions about this. DO IT YOURSELF!

 

I just sent an e-mail to autospring inquiring about price, availability and installation of their 2" (not 2 1/2") leveling kit. I'll keep you posted...

 

Does daystar include torque specs? And also, I noted the factory torque spec on the shock-A-arm bolt was like 350ft-lbs, the highest torque standard tool i've seen is like 150ft-lbs, how do you pull this off?

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Daystar does not include torque specs. The lower shock bolt is specified as 351 ft/lbs, but I loosened it up with a 15" cresent, since I did not have a deep well 1 3/16" socket(these are hard to find). So I doubt it was or is torqued to 351 ft/lbs, it has to be a misprint. I torqued it back to 160 ft/lbs and then tried to tighten some more with a break over bar, it was already as tight as I could get it. 160 ft/lbs is pretty tight. If you plan on using a torque wrench on this nut you will need a deep well 1 3/16" socket,(which I finally found) preferrably a 6 point. It actually may be a 30mm, but the 1 3/16" worked w/o trying to round or anything, even at 160 ft/lbs.

Tie rod end nut: 111 ft/lbs
Upper ball joint nut 85 ft/lbs
Shock absorber upper mounting plate-to-frame nuts 35 ft/lbs (3 nuts)
Wheel lug nuts 150 ft/lbs

I took the strut assemblies to my Ford dealer and they compressed them and installed the longer bolts. I paid the guy $30 for doing this. I only installed the upper spacer of the Daystar kit. Looks good! The whole project is very easy to do. When you remove the upper ball joint and tie rod end just use a deep well socket and hammer the socket. They both came loose very easy this way. A pickle fork will tear your boots a lot of the time. The 3 new Daystar bolts/nuts I torqued to 35 ft/lbs. I had to hold the bolt with some vise grips and use a open end wrench to put the final 3/4 of a turn on them. The bolts started to spin at about 30 ft/lbs. I've gone back and checked all the nuts and everything is still tight.

 

04fx4scab

When I measure the top of tire to wheel lip, the front IS slightly higher than the rear, so a 2" lift is likely ideal
Talk to Kevin at Autospring, he will fax the install instructions

 

Gracias to all for the input