You have a 4 door truck with a tool box full of stuff in the bed. 6" was probably an average with all the cab types (single, extended, etc). Your front being high right now is also putting weight bias to the rear, it's not uncommon to have to use small blocks to dial the desired lift height when piecing together parts. Your advertised 6" of front lift could also be high 🤷♂️. The money spend is buying a quality pack that eliminates your stack of blocks and improves the ride characteristics.
You’re not taking into account how the difference was over my worn out factory springs. If anything it should’ve been taller after the fact. My toolbox is all the way forward of the axle as well and only had a 14 gallon air tank in it for my train horn, would make a marginal difference at most. And if we’re going to split hairs why not ask how much gas I had in the gas tank as well.
@Parker_Garage I don't know what to tell you, I bought the Deaver packs through Carli and the advertised height is what I get for F series trucks. With the weight of my tool box and tools I usually have to add a 1 inch spacer to keep advertised height. I don't think you appreciate how weight bias works, anything in the bed of your truck including the cab weight, is supported by the rear springs. There isn't an imaginary line that anything forward of that rest on the front or rear suspension components solely. 🙄
Another helpful tip is that you cannot compare the front to the rear wheel well ….opening is typically not as high in the rear as the front …if that is what you’re comparing? You would be better off putting a level on the bed rail to see what you’re front to rear rake is.
Just so everyone knows deaver leaf springs are not meant as a lift spring it is meant as a long travel better ride leaf spring on suspensions that move that much its going to vary slightly and all leaf springs settle or compress over time do your due diligence and research firs do not use deavers as a lift kit because they are not
They can build whatever requested, and not all builds are made for long travel. They build progressive leaf replacements for vehicles with front leafs or to take on the weight of a camper, they built a custom setup for my 7" lifted Tundra. The guy in the video could get longer shackles to finish his lift.
Hey man helpful info going to put a 6 inch lift on my 05 crew cab z71 soon. One question, how are your droop stops not touching the UCAs. Are those the stock ones? Reason I ask is because before I bought my truck the droop stops were broke halfway off and I didn’t notice until recently lol. Someone cranked the front all the way up and rode it like that. So I think I will just get someone to weld them back on or cut them off and get some blocking welded underneath the bracket so it’ll beef it up. Also, thinking of some 22x12 hostiles with 37s but don’t know yet. I like the fuels but they have been so expensive lately.
At the time of that video they were stock upper control arms. They did not touch, mostly because I only had my keys turned slightly. I now have the Cognito UCAs. You can get limiting straps and put your keys at a reasonable angle, or weld something on lol.
Dude you got a toolbox and a long bed crew cab from what I can tell. It’s the weight on the back bringing you down. Deavers are soft. They extremely improved my ride on my 13 f150. It rides like my dads gen 3 raptor.
Couldn’t help but laugh when you said you’re tired of being ridiculed on a daily for the squat. I could see my buddies doing the same to me. I actually just ordered some Deaver springs for my Tacoma that says it gives a 1” lift and I’m not really wanting a lift. Maybe these springs not measuring up will work to my advantage. How are the springs working out other than the lack of height promised?
because it is 6"' over factory , well factory uses a lift block which you needed to leave in place . for a direct replacement of just the springs
I realize you want the 6". but at this point why don't you just back off the front torsion bars slightly for perfection...
So the tires don’t rub
@@Parker_Garageget some longer shackles?
Sounds like you should have left the factory 2” blocks in.
You have a 4 door truck with a tool box full of stuff in the bed. 6" was probably an average with all the cab types (single, extended, etc). Your front being high right now is also putting weight bias to the rear, it's not uncommon to have to use small blocks to dial the desired lift height when piecing together parts. Your advertised 6" of front lift could also be high 🤷♂️. The money spend is buying a quality pack that eliminates your stack of blocks and improves the ride characteristics.
You’re not taking into account how the difference was over my worn out factory springs.
If anything it should’ve been taller after the fact. My toolbox is all the way forward of the axle as well and only had a 14 gallon air tank in it for my train horn, would make a marginal difference at most.
And if we’re going to split hairs why not ask how much gas I had in the gas tank as well.
@Parker_Garage I don't know what to tell you, I bought the Deaver packs through Carli and the advertised height is what I get for F series trucks. With the weight of my tool box and tools I usually have to add a 1 inch spacer to keep advertised height.
I don't think you appreciate how weight bias works, anything in the bed of your truck including the cab weight, is supported by the rear springs. There isn't an imaginary line that anything forward of that rest on the front or rear suspension components solely. 🙄
Another helpful tip is that you cannot compare the front to the rear wheel well ….opening is typically not as high in the rear as the front …if that is what you’re comparing? You would be better off putting a level on the bed rail to see what you’re front to rear rake is.
Just so everyone knows deaver leaf springs are not meant as a lift spring it is meant as a long travel better ride leaf spring on suspensions that move that much its going to vary slightly and all leaf springs settle or compress over time do your due diligence and research firs do not use deavers as a lift kit because they are not
They can build whatever requested, and not all builds are made for long travel. They build progressive leaf replacements for vehicles with front leafs or to take on the weight of a camper, they built a custom setup for my 7" lifted Tundra. The guy in the video could get longer shackles to finish his lift.
Hey man helpful info going to put a 6 inch lift on my 05 crew cab z71 soon. One question, how are your droop stops not touching the UCAs. Are those the stock ones? Reason I ask is because before I bought my truck the droop stops were broke halfway off and I didn’t notice until recently lol. Someone cranked the front all the way up and rode it like that. So I think I will just get someone to weld them back on or cut them off and get some blocking welded underneath the bracket so it’ll beef it up. Also, thinking of some 22x12 hostiles with 37s but don’t know yet. I like the fuels but they have been so expensive lately.
At the time of that video they were stock upper control arms. They did not touch, mostly because I only had my keys turned slightly. I now have the Cognito UCAs. You can get limiting straps and put your keys at a reasonable angle, or weld something on lol.
Dude you got a toolbox and a long bed crew cab from what I can tell. It’s the weight on the back bringing you down. Deavers are soft. They extremely improved my ride on my 13 f150. It rides like my dads gen 3 raptor.
It’s a short bed
Couldn’t help but laugh when you said you’re tired of being ridiculed on a daily for the squat. I could see my buddies doing the same to me. I actually just ordered some Deaver springs for my Tacoma that says it gives a 1” lift and I’m not really wanting a lift. Maybe these springs not measuring up will work to my advantage. How are the springs working out other than the lack of height promised?
You bought long travel springs. They are soft. And they are meant for an aftermarket shackle that would’ve given you your 6”.
Why don’t people do the minimum lift required for the tire size they want? 6” lifts and wheels that poke give you a useless p.o.s.
Usually it's for looks, if there's more wheel than tire you know they're not concerned with flexxing it out
You should have ginger Billy make fun of your " squatting" lol
I have never laughed so hard at a video. Thank you for this hahahaha. Please do more comedy content on this truck. 🫵🏼🤣
thats a nice ford, my dad had a 1953 GMC pickup
Go drive it and let the front suspension settle