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New Leveling Option - SDI Upper Mount
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<blockquote data-quote="BlackRaptor757" data-source="post: 1992092" data-attributes="member: 70613"><p>I purchased these back in June 2023 and finally got around to installing them on New Year’s Eve. Put about 500 miles on them so far since.</p><p></p><p>First off, if you do your own wrenching like I do just know you will need a very big torque wrench for this job. 406ft lbs for the lower shock bolt… and hope you’ve been doing your deadlifts at the gym. Also you need a spring compressor obviously (wall mounted).</p><p></p><p>The install was fairly straight forward. I ordered the new bolts/nuts from Ford Dealer as the originals had to be broken loose of the one time locking goo ford uses. I prefer to do things by the book. Speaking of- helm has a digital mechanics manual for the truck as well with torque specs etc…</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]441362[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Ok now to the details. Personally, I have not noticed any difference on the road as far as ride quality goes. I was however surprised by the “reverse rake” look that it now has.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]441363[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p> What’s more interesting is that the truck IS actually now truly “level” according to the body line measurements I just took.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]441364[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]441365[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>It seems that since the trucks come raked from the factory, the gap between tire/fender is different between front and back when you level the front- with the front being a bit of a bigger gap. This gives the false appearance of a “reverse rake” look which obviously no one wants, but it is merely due to the fender/tire gap as stated.</p><p></p><p>My original reason for going with the SDI front buckets was to strengthen/bulletproof the top hats and level the truck for a better look. I have since not been a fan of what I will call the “false reverse rake” look and I’ve had a few people from competing performance parts companies elude to the SDI buckets messing up the OEM suspension geometry, although the guy at my dealer says they won’t (I take dealer mechanics with a grain of salt and only use them if I have to for things like alignments).</p><p></p><p>Anyways, hope this is helpful and would love some feedback on the “geometry being messed up” comment I keep hearing. I wish we could interview a ford performance engineer on this stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BlackRaptor757, post: 1992092, member: 70613"] I purchased these back in June 2023 and finally got around to installing them on New Year’s Eve. Put about 500 miles on them so far since. First off, if you do your own wrenching like I do just know you will need a very big torque wrench for this job. 406ft lbs for the lower shock bolt… and hope you’ve been doing your deadlifts at the gym. Also you need a spring compressor obviously (wall mounted). The install was fairly straight forward. I ordered the new bolts/nuts from Ford Dealer as the originals had to be broken loose of the one time locking goo ford uses. I prefer to do things by the book. Speaking of- helm has a digital mechanics manual for the truck as well with torque specs etc… [ATTACH type="full"]441362[/ATTACH] Ok now to the details. Personally, I have not noticed any difference on the road as far as ride quality goes. I was however surprised by the “reverse rake” look that it now has. [ATTACH type="full"]441363[/ATTACH] What’s more interesting is that the truck IS actually now truly “level” according to the body line measurements I just took. [ATTACH type="full"]441364[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]441365[/ATTACH] It seems that since the trucks come raked from the factory, the gap between tire/fender is different between front and back when you level the front- with the front being a bit of a bigger gap. This gives the false appearance of a “reverse rake” look which obviously no one wants, but it is merely due to the fender/tire gap as stated. My original reason for going with the SDI front buckets was to strengthen/bulletproof the top hats and level the truck for a better look. I have since not been a fan of what I will call the “false reverse rake” look and I’ve had a few people from competing performance parts companies elude to the SDI buckets messing up the OEM suspension geometry, although the guy at my dealer says they won’t (I take dealer mechanics with a grain of salt and only use them if I have to for things like alignments). Anyways, hope this is helpful and would love some feedback on the “geometry being messed up” comment I keep hearing. I wish we could interview a ford performance engineer on this stuff. [/QUOTE]
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