Leveling kit pics

[jvencius]

As was requested in THIS thread, here are some pictures of my truck with the Revtek 2.5" leveling kit installed.

Some initial impressions:

First--the truck seems more "planted" in turns, i.e. when I start into a turn, there isn't that overly-softly-sprung/wallowing from side-to-side feeling like I had from the stock springs.

Second--I REALLY like how it sits--level looks just right, although now the 285's I've got look just a hair out of proportion small. That's no big deal, but when it comes time for new tires, I might give a thought to 295's or something else that's just a hair bigger than what I've got.

Third--it's suprising how much difference a 2.5" lift in the frontend makes--I had forgotten just exactly how much the front has sagged.

Fourth--the shop I had install the kit said that the Revtek kit is a lot easier to work with than a mini spring pack add-on or an add-a-leaf since it is a whole new spring pack. It's more expensive to buy, but the decreased labor time for install made a wash of the difference. I thought about doing the job myself, but decided that the hassle just wasn't worth it when we've got a good garage here in town with reasonable, but not exactly cheap, labor rates. Sometimes, it's worth it to me to just pay the money and get the job done right for certain tasks vs. fiddlefarting around with it myself.

 

[Tx_Atty]

nice looking. did you lose the Ford emblem?

 

[jvencius]

nice looking. did you lose the Ford emblem?

Thanks. Yep--on the way when I was driving down here, I hit two pheasants at ~ 70-75 mph. One of them took out one of the lights I used to have on the bumper (I ended up removing the two remaining ones just so they looked symmetrical) and the other knocked the emblem out of the grill and destroyed one of the screen grille inserts I had. Instead of paying something like $25 for a new emblem, I traced the shape onto 1/8" aluminum, rounded the edges, and then painted it satin black. I like the way it looks and it was a heckuva lot cheaper than a new emblem.

 

[powerboatr]

looks better
to bad about the pheasant

 

[architect-builder]

Thanks. Yep--on the way when I was driving down here, I hit two pheasants at ~ 70-75 mph.

I hope you stopped to get them. Thems good eatin. They should have been pre-cleaned for you.

(Truck looks good btw).

Barrett

 

[nascar_fan28]

i just put fabtech 2inch lift on front of my 05 f350, lookes good and doesnt look like front is higher then back like most leveled fords ive seen, too many too name, once i get pics ill post

 

[Blane]

looks good.

i work in a body shop so i just pulled a ford emblem off an expedition about a month ago. low and behold i go and buy an F350 with some stupid aftermarket emblem (i dont even know what it is lol) so free ford emblem for me haha.

 

[ranger boy]

Thing looks awesome!

Why did you downgrade to an XL grille?

 

[jvencius]

Thing looks awesome!

Why did you downgrade to an XL grille?

Thanks--I just like the look of the XL grille better. Ultimately, I'd like to get rid of all the chrome on my truck and the grille swapout was a cheap way to get started. When I swap out the front bumper, I'm going to have the replacement sprayed w/bedliner material so I won't have any chrome there to keep clean.

 

[ranger boy]

ahhh, you should just buy bumpers from like a red 03 with the sport package, then you'll have color matched bumpers