I want to get rid of some of the rake that my 4x2 has. I don’t quit want the front to be completely level with the back, so a leveling kit is not what I have in mind. A good inch to an inch and a half is what I would like to have in the front. I have found a few rubber or Teflon spacers, but I hear they are cheaply made and will reduce ride quality. Keeping the factory ride is important. Does anyone have any suggestions for me?

 

Why not just go with a 1 inch or 1 1/2 inch Autospring leveling kit?

 

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Have a local machine shop make some custom spacers for you. It wouldn't be that expensive. Just a note: any difference in rake change will slightly alter your factory ride, even if it is just barely.

 

Sooo, do you have a front end leveling kit that made your ride worse than factory, please explain...

 

Me personally, no... my friend's Toyota Tacoma has one, though. Even though it's only a few inches, it was just enough to throw off the alighnment a little. If you never drove the truck before, you wouldn't notice that, but since he's owned the truck so long, he can feel it. All changes to suspension will change the factory ride, be it small or big suspension changes. Some will be more noticeable than others.

 

I did this about 1 1/2 years ago with an adjustable coilover setup by fabtech. They are adjustable from 0" - 3" and are dirtlogic coilovers. They were not cheap but i did not feel comfortable putting spacers on like daystar. The nice thing is you can really dial in the front lift to make it like you want.

 

i got you covered!!!! i just purchase a 2.5" leveling kit and am only useing half of it! its a procomp kit comes with a coil spacer and a spacer for the top of the coilover im only using the coil spacer.... so if you want ill sell you the other part of the kit should lift your truck 1.5"..... if you interested let me know ill send you a picture of it.

 

I finally remembered the alignment term I looking for: positive rake. Any rake change will affect the ride quality, but I regress, it won't affect it very much at all with a 1.5" leveling kit.

 

This is the cheapest route, but you will have a little rougher ride, not much, but will need a front end alignment as you would with any leveling kit. But If you have torsion bars, at the back is a bolt called a torsion key. If you measure the distance of your tire to the body, and then jack the truck up, and turn each key a few times, this will raise the front. Lower the truck and measure the change. Repeat until you've reached the desired height. Don't go over 2in. though, this will cause stress on your cv shafts and ball joints. Once your finished you will need to get the front end aligned.

 

i agree just tighten your torsion bars just a little. if you have any

 

I tend to advise people to avoid torsion bar lifting. The truck will lose downward wheel travel as you tighten the torsion bars. Over bumps, you won't feel much, but you'll feel the difference in pot holes. While cranking up the torsion bars is cheaper, I'd go with the spacers instead, IMO.

 

I thought only the 4x4's have torsion bars.

 

no i think any 90's ish and up f150 trucks with independent front suspensions have torsion bars

 

no just 4x2 have them...which sucks