Theres a reason you have your truck and I have mine, we have different tastes and preferences. There really isnt any reason to call anyone out for leveling their truck because YOU like the rake or think youre not a 'real' truck guy if you dont have an 8 foot bed, a 3" rake and a fully loaded bed all the time..Which by the way doesnt sound like anyones everyday truck and if it is you have a work truck that is used as a business vehicle and cannot really be compared to a truck people treat well and customize. You made your own argument invalid when you said that your own opinion is it looks better/is better not leveled. Those of us who have our trucks level, disagree. I would never buy an 8 foot bed truck and keep factory rake because a) I have no need for it, and b) It doesnt look appealing to me. That doesnt mean I dont 'deserve' to buy a truck, it just means I want a DIFFERENT truck than you. But that doesnt make either right, its all what we want for our own truck. The end.
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BTD07,
Whoah...I never said anyone did or did not "deserve" to buy a truck. Nor did I "call out" anyone. I merely asked one member why his stock rake was "killing" him. Then I made some general observations,
based solely on responses by posters in this very thread, who listed negatives of "leveling" that they'd experienced, just as the OP requested them to. "The end."
And you're wrong, as my four-door, 4x4, 8' bed truck is not a "work truck," as you allege. Rather, it is the vehicle I need to move the things I need to move, in the most efficient manner possible. Therefore, contrary to what you ASSUME, my truck
is like yours, and you are wrong when you (falsely) allege that it
"...cannot really be compared to a truck people treat well and customize." (It's spotless, door-ding free at 42,000 miles, and I'm currently working on $7,000. worth of mods, not including audio, none of which include changing the truck's stance, paint, or other, non-functional aspects.)
Why no changes to suspension/tires? Because I don't think I'm smarter than the engineers and designers who spent millions of dollars tuning the entire package, for the best compromise of load carrying, handling and ride comfort, etc.... If folks feel otherwise about themselves and their trucks, then I hope they're right.
But...if you're going to start putting words in people's mouths, and making false accusations, then unfortunately, I'm deleting the detailed response I had made to a number of folks who responded thoughtfully and seriously to me, because I've learned (admittedly, too slowly--LOL) not to take the bait. I left high school behind decades ago....
Play games if you want to,
BTD07, but without me. I was asking a serious question, and commenting based on the serious responses the OP got to his question.
And credit to the OP for asking his question, as I suspect "leveling" is (at least partially) popular due to peer pressure/group-think, based on changing tastes due to generational differences (as opposed to any real world benefits--unless people consider being able to stuff oversized tires under their "leveled" truck to be a "benefit"--of course, for serious off-roaders/rock crawlers, leveling
would be an actual benefit).
At least the OP had the critical-thinking skills to ask his question, before simply following the herd, and possibly being dissatisfied with the result.
Peace Out.
it did not set high enough and had way to much rake to it, they have that much rake because the factory aprings are way to soft and allows for to much squat.
