question about rough country 4" lift. (not tire related. lol.)

[turboranger91]

if i were to go with just the front portion of the kit, along with some f-150 spring seats, could i just flip the rear to match? also, will f-150 spring seats actually work with the 4" lift? when i used the superlift 5.5" on my last explorer, i wasn't able to use them. it threw the coil springs out of whack.

 

[Baddecision93]

I did the 4" RC in the front and flipped the rear and run it as is. There really isn't much noticeable rake at all. So far, so good for me.

 

[turboranger91]

would you mind posting a picture of your truck?

 

[Baddecision93]

If you check out the link in my signature it goes right to my registry and I have pics of it going through the lift, as well as pics of the finished product so far.

 

[SkyJumper]

If I am reading your question correctly and you go to F150 springs and do a SOA, you may get too much lift in the rear with those springs compared to Xplorer stock springs. If you are doing a front lift, why not just use the stock springs along with the front lift install?

 

[Baddecision93]

If I am reading your question correctly and you go to F150 springs and do a SOA, you may get too much lift in the rear with those springs compared to Xplorer stock springs. If you are doing a front lift, why not just use the stock springs along with the front lift install?

I believe he's looking at using front coil spring seats off an F-150. Those can net extra lift on the front.

If I'm not mistaken you can't use the F-150 leafs in the back without some modification anyway (they are like 1/4" wider so you would need to replace the frame bushings). But I don't think that's what he's getting at anyway. I could be wrong though (I often am lol).

 

[turboranger91]

If you check out the link in my signature it goes right to my registry and I have pics of it going through the lift, as well as pics of the finished product so far.

right on. you're right, the rake is nowhere near what i thought it would be.

I believe he's looking at using front coil spring seats off an F-150. Those can net extra lift on the front.

If I'm not mistaken you can't use the F-150 leafs in the back without some modification anyway (they are like 1/4" wider so you would need to replace the frame bushings). But I don't think that's what he's getting at anyway. I could be wrong though (I often am lol).

correct. i would be using the seats with the stock explorer springs.