Choose my new ride height VOTE

[01exp4x4]

Hey guy's.
Jimmy here.
Bought an 03 with 29000 on the odometer last week.

Bought some FX4 wheels.

Now I am trying to decide what ride height looks best.

I am worried about having to much geometry on the cv joints and wearing them out...

So I put a jack under the front and back.
I measured from the ground to the blue tape on the fender.
Then I took pictures of the different lift combinations below.

I just want the truck to look like a 4x4, not a 2wd...
I tow a boat, and have a factory warranty from ford.
So I realy don't want to mess with the rear end geometry and hear some BS from the warranty.
ANyhow:

0 back and 2 front


.5 back 2.5 front


1 back 2.5 front


1 back 3 front


1 back 3.5 front

 

[MoHawk]

Go the opposite way

 

[FordandPolaris]

I am partial to the 3/2 lift, but seeing as that is not one of the options, the 2.5/1 would be my pick.

 

[sgtowing]

The 3/2 is an option on 2nd gens

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[sk8ordie]

hmmm i was worried about the same thing 01exp4x4. what size tires do you have now?

 

[GAINMOB]

Drop it 2" all around and and anti-sway bars on

Holy Rollerz Christian Car Club (HRC3)

 

[mindgame]

Now I am trying to decide what ride height looks best.

Go for broke!!! Raise it to 8" !! Having a Gen2 is the last of the models that has this ability..

 

[01exp4x4]

hmmm i was worried about the same thing 01exp4x4. what size tires do you have now?

the tires are:
PIRELLI SCORPION ATR P275-55-20

 

[01exp4x4]

Drop it 2" all around and and anti-sway bars on

Holy Rollerz Christian Car Club (HRC3)

I would like the sway bars, any suggestions?

Not going to lower it though.

Mostly want to level it.

 

[01exp4x4]

Go for broke!!! Raise it to 8" !! Having a Gen2 is the last of the models that has this ability..

It's mainly my wifes car, so she would not like climbing in and out of an 8 inch lift.
...and I have a lifted truck already with about 20 inches of lift.

Thanks for your opinion

 

[MoHawk]

I would like the sway bars, any suggestions?

Not going to lower it though.

Mostly want to level it.

Hellwig is good. Hotchkis is good too

 

[tallsville]

id say a 3/2 is a good lift option. I mainly do fire roads through the mountains. So i dont really need the extra clearance. But i like the added clearance when i cross rivers. dont have to worry about water coming in.

 

[mindgame]

It's mainly my wifes car, so she would not like climbing in and out of an 8 inch lift.
...and I have a lifted truck already with about 20 inches of lift.

Thanks for your opinion

Just add another side step... Getting in would be a breeze... She may like it.. a his and hers

Now if there was a 20" lift for the expy... I just might also go that route also Nice ride btw..

 

[KWT2000]

1/2.5 would be my choice

 

[01exp4x4]

1/2.5 would be my choice

You live in 9 mile falls Washington?
I used to live in Suncrest growing up...

Long Lake,
Tum Tum,
Big Sandy???

9 mile store
the dam...

How about that off-road area by 7 mile?

 

[KWT2000]

You live in 9 mile falls Washington?
I used to live in Suncrest growing up...

Long Lake,
Tum Tum,
Big Sandy???

9 mile store
the dam...

How about that off-road area by 7 mile?

Yep my wife works in suncrest I'm about 3miles from the ORV park. I don't go their much anymore due to the discover pass...

 

[MoHawk]

I used to go camping every summer near Tum Tum

 

[01exp4x4]

Small world...

I live in Nashville Tennessee now.

On a side note, or back to the thread...

A 2.5 inch front leveling kit for an F150 = 2 inch lift on an expedition due to the weight. According to Daystar...

Can't find a 1 inch rear