I bought it and installed it last week then drove 800 miles. Rides great and sits perfectly level.
Nice, but we are gonna need more pics, and video action shots, preferably off pavement.I bought it and installed it last week then drove 800 miles. Rides great and sits perfectly level.
Plus the stock struts and socks are defective imo. The rears I removed wouldn't fully extend without pulling them.
Thanks for the initial review. How off was the alignment? Definitely need more pics from side front and rear. For some reason it looks like more than a 2" lift. Are you running the stock 235/65R17 Falkens?I bought it and installed it last week then drove 800 miles. Rides great and sits perfectly level.
Plus the stock struts and socks are defective imo. The rears I removed wouldn't fully extend without pulling them.
To my surprise I needed no alignment thankfully. I stopped in for one and they pulled it in, then pulled it back out almost immediately. He said it's spot on.
If you gained 3.5” up front there is something wrong (and it may be the lift itself). The CV joints aren’t designed to work at such a steep angle created at those lift amounts.
Everything's been checked over the angel is fine. In all fairness my front struts were toast and I could visually tell the truck had gotten lower in the front since I bought it. 65,000 miles is all I has on it but I have no idea what they were supposed to be good for.
You must have gotten the first first first edition and the struts were pulled off an escape because they didnt have the mavs developed yet lol. There is also settling to happen still, could drop an inch after a lil wheeling. When ever I do a suspension change or really any suspension work I go to a good spot that will fully flex out most anything at every corner. Then I come home a retorque. As they say on tv "just set it and forget it". That process usually settles things good. I guess its time to go wheeling a little and get them action shots eh
?The build date was September 21st, 2021. I mentioned the possibilities of exactly that with some buddies that "helped" me install the lift. They could very well have used a different set up on mine like you said from an escape with it being built somewhat early.You must have gotten the first first first edition and the struts were pulled off an escape because they didnt have the mavs developed yet lol. There is also settling to happen still, could drop an inch after a lil wheeling. When ever I do a suspension change or really any suspension work I go to a good spot that will fully flex out most anything at every corner. Then I come home a retorque. As they say on tv "just set it and forget it". That process usually settles things good. I guess its time to go wheeling a little and get them action shots eh
Funny thing about the Tremor shocks, production started on em like this last week. The shocks were only finished being developed this summer. And by september i think Ford had only ordered a small run of em. So it is possible with all the delays and supply chain stuff that you got a early sub par set of struts depending on alot of factors. Maybe they were standard hybrid units? Who knows.
But you are riding high now!
Are you planning on going with larger tires? It's really hard to get a sense of the lift with the upgraded "stock" tires with the photo you have, any chance you could post photos from the side? I wouldn't feel comfortable going with that much of a lift if it really is closer to 3+ inches which is solidifying my thought of going with the Eibach lift springs.
One thought and granted it raises costs but maybe you could recoup that a bit on resale. But in theory one could put eibach front springs on those rough country struts, for a custom tuned lift. You get the better rough country dampners that way. Then resell the RC springs. But that would really make you an official "4x4 builder".
You can get the bottom of wheel to fender measurements and I can compare them to 2" heights to see if you are indeed 1.5" off.
Big difference beside price and quality between the two would be adjustability. RC kit has none, I believe all FlatOut kits are adjustable for ride height, are rebuildable and have at minimum rebound adjustment. None of those are true for the RC kit. It's like comparing a Maverick Tremor to a FWD ecoboost XL.
