Looking to level out the truck. Opinions from those of you who haven't done either. Borrowed these pics from a couple of members here. We're talking about keeping stock wheels and tires. What do you think looks better?

Raise the front (Blackscrew's truck)

Is there too much wheel well? Do the tires look too small?

Or lower the rear (Ford4me2's truck)

Should it be higher?

 

I vote raise the front. I haven't done either.

 

Some people might say raising the front looks funny, showing more wheelwell and thereby you might want to or need to get larger wheels/tires. This is not the case with lowering the rear.

I guess it all depends on whether you want to get larger wheels/tires or keep the pseudo stock look.

I just installed the 2.5" daystar (no pics yet), and more wheelwell showing doesn't bother me and I like sitting up higher, but it is nice to know that if I ever wanted to I could go larger.

 

In short~ I say raise the front.

AS LONG AS YOU DON'T GO MORE THAN 2" OR 2.5"!!

As far as wheel wells are concerned, paint the rear wheel well (on the inner bed) black to close the gap. AutoZone (or any parts store (Wal-Mart)) sells black rubberized paint. It makes the rear wheel well 'close'. It's obviously just an optical illusion. The front you'll just have to get used to.

The rear wheel well paint job I would recommend to anyone...lift or no lift.

I would never consider raising the front end with the crappy Generals I have (255/70/17's) They look bad enough without the rise, with the 2.5" Daystar they'd look terrible.

I bought the 2.5" Daystar and haven't installed it yet. I am waiting to be able to buy 285's first, then do it all at once.

I am sure that in time, more people will post pix of better tires than mine. I for one am interested in seeing pix of the front end raised with the 255's...YIKES.

Whatever you decide won't be wrong. It's your truck.

If you lift it, you need to put bigger tires on it...if you have the 255's.

 

Lift up your skirt, do you see the twig & berries? If yes, then you must lift the front. If you see nuthing but fuzz, then by all means, go ahead and drop the rear.

I think I'm going to raise the front, place some helper springs (airbags) in the rear to prevent a saggy ****. Maybe even some slightly larger tires when I burnout the stockers...

 

 

I'm dying here. Too early to be laughing so hard.

 

4X4 = Lift front end
4X2 = Lower rear end

Now sound off like youve got a pair!!

 

Do both, lift the front and lower the rear, you’ll have the best of both worlds.

 

You drive a truck.

Truck's are designed to be big, loud, and have bad gas mileage.

This is how I see it. (crazy 17 year old mind)

 

Went out and took a couple of pics of my truck. One stock. One with a simulated 2" of lift on the front. (please disregard the jack in the pictures)

stock


simulated 2" lift


I think I'll be going with an autospring lift in the front.

 

You’ll like the Auto Spring!

 

RED WING NUT, did you jack it up to "simulate" the 2" lift?
Good thinking, I wish I would have tried that, might have got my daystar earlier.

 

LOL, now put 1500# of cement in the back to see what a 2" drop would look like.


Grim

 

1500 lbs of cement in the bed gona make the front sit higher than the back with or without a lift. You gota get a set of Abags for the back if you’re gona be loading it up like that.