leveling the truck out !

[stevens]

so already i got a 6" zone suspension lift on the truck. im really wanting it a bit bigger? up to 8" maybe. i know there is fox 2.0 racing shocks in the rear...but im unaware of whats in the front! but there is a rake on the truck...what do you guys think i should do? get bills in the front and level it out? then get like a 2" body lift spacer? what are your guys thoughts! i just want it bigger haha....

 

[Little Red]

so already i got a 6" zone suspension lift on the truck. im really wanting it a bit bigger? up to 8" maybe. i know there is fox 2.0 racing shocks in the rear...but im unaware of whats in the front! but there is a rake on the truck...what do you guys think i should do? get bills in the front and level it out? then get like a 2" body lift spacer? what are your guys thoughts! i just want it bigger haha....

Bilsteins @ 1.7 - 2.1 will level and bring your frontend up to 8". To gain an even front to back 2" lift (should achieve 10/7-8" increase), your best bet is a body lift. It'll cost a lot less than a whole new lift.

 

[stevens]

Bilsteins @ 1.7 - 2.1 will level and bring your frontend up to 8". To gain an even front to back 2" lift (should achieve 10/7-8" increase), your best bet is a body lift. It'll cost a lot less than a whole new lift.

im unaware on how high my rear is atm, wouldnt it be 6" in the rear? or is that 8" in rear 6" front...level front with bils and that gives a total level 8" truck lift? correct? then maybe....a body lift? 1.5" or whatever.

 

[Little Red]

im unaware on how high my rear is atm, wouldnt it be 6" in the rear? or is that 8" in rear 6" front...level front with bils and that gives a total level 8" truck lift? correct? then maybe....a body lift? 1.5" or whatever.

Lift kits are marketed based off the front lift height, since that's where you see the most lift. It sounds like you have 5" rear coils, because you have a very noticeable rake. To level your front with the rear, you need to raise it 2.1" with bilsteins. This will give you a front lift height of 8.1", and rear 5" (measure to confirm levelness). Now to gain more front to back height, you'd need a body lift (range from 1" - 4"). Say you get a 2" BL, your final lift height from stock, would be 10.1" front, and 7" rear.

Due note: these are just on paper numbers. Without measuring your wheel heights, you won't get your actual height numbers. For example: real world measured heights (as of now) could be 5-14/16" and 4-11/16"

 

[stevens]

Lift kits are marketed based off the front lift height, since that's where you see the most lift. It sounds like you have 5" rear coils, because you have a very noticeable rake. To level your front with the rear, you need to raise it 2.1" with bilsteins. This will give you a front lift height of 8.1", and rear 5" (measure to confirm levelness). Now to gain more front to back height, you'd need a body lift (range from 1" - 4"). Say you get a 2" BL, your final lift height from stock, would be 10.1" front, and 7" rear.

Due note: these are just on paper numbers. Without measuring your wheel heights, you won't get your actual height numbers. For example: real world measured heights (as of now) could be 5-14/16" and 4-11/16"

thankyou and whats the best way to mesure? from the hub center? up to top fender?

 

[brandonjansen]

A Zone 6" lift kit by itself actually provides 5.5" of front end lift. The rear lift depends on the coil size selected by 5" is most common. Adding Bilsteins to the front end to bring it up is the most common way of leveling it out. When installing Bilsteins you won't use the 5/8" preload spacer that came with the Zone kit so then the 4 7/8" strut spacer is the only thing being used. That being said, the Zone lift with Bilsteins at 2.1" will give you approximately 7" of front end lift. That will generally look level as you want to retain about 0.5" of rake and most trucks have approximately 2.5" of rake stock.

You can either measure from the ground to the top of each wheel well which is most common. Or from the center of the hub to the top of the wheel well. Either will determine what your current rake is.