2022 F150 Screw STX 4x4 on 2" Rough Country Lift Kit

MDmann · Sep 26, 2022

Got the quick before and after pics attached. Ended up with 2.5 inches of lift. The puck was only 1.75 inches thick, so I’m lost as to what happened.

I didn’t tighten the suspension till it was resting on the wheels. (Upper A arm bolts where a pain to get torqued down with the wheels on. Lower a arm bolts were no where near 257 ft lbs from the factory.)

It rides as nice as before, dropped it off the alignment around lunch, they had it done in about an hour. I was hoping it would relax some and get closer to 2”.

Has anyone had a similar issue? I really didn’t want to be over 2”.

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MDmann · Sep 26, 2022

My driveway in the last pic is not a level surface. So it looks more than 2.5-3”. I’ll update tomorrow if it relaxes at all.

780 · Sep 26, 2022

MDmann said:
The puke was only 1.75 inches thick, so I’m lost as to what happened.

No clue what happened but that's some thick puke.

MDmann · Sep 26, 2022

It was a rough night before, real thick puke. I drove about 50 miles and I’ll check it when I get home, this evening.

Im still in shocked, it didn’t change ride quality.

GIjoe · Sep 26, 2022

It’ll probably be easier to just add a bigger block in the rear if you think the front looks too high. Go a size up in tires and it would look really good

Graygoose2021 · Sep 27, 2022

Mine looks off too, but I've heard, put a level on the rear pinch weld under doors, see how level you are. Don't measure ground up to bottom of the wheel well, as the rears are much larger than the fronts, from the factory.

Rockman5159 · Sep 27, 2022

MDmann said:
Got the quick before and after pics attached. Ended up with 2.5 inches of lift. The puck was only 1.75 inches thick, so I’m lost as to what happened.

I didn’t tighten the suspension till it was resting on the wheels. (Upper A arm bolts where a pain to get torqued down with the wheels on. Lower a arm bolts were no where near 257 ft lbs from the factory.)

It rides as nice as before, dropped it off the alignment around lunch, they had it done in about an hour. I was hoping it would relax some and get closer to 2”.

Has anyone had a similar issue? I really didn’t want to be over 2”.

My Rough Country Struts 2" raised my front end 2.75 inches. It took it almost a month but then settled to just a touch over 2"

MDmann · Sep 27, 2022

It is settling down. It’s a little over 2” now. Attached are 3 photos. Washed and added black out lettering for the tailgate.

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Graygoose2021 · Sep 27, 2022

@MDmann

Looks good, maybe add the Ford OEM smoked emblems , would look great against that darker truck

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hotrodmex · Sep 28, 2022

MDmann said:
Ended up with 2.5 inches of lift.

Rockman5159 said:
My Rough Country Struts 2" raised my front end 2.75 inches. It took it almost a month but then settled to just a touch over 2"

As far as I've seen, RC has just ported their Gen 13 parts to the Gen14. The Gen 14 has a different motion ratio, though, so the lift will end up higher on a Gen 14 for the same spacing.

MDmann said:
The puck was only 1.75 inches thick, so I’m lost as to what happened.

The spacer is multiplied by the ratio of shock movement to wheel movement. I think Gen 14 is about .7:1, where Gen 13 was .6:1 or so. I haven't looked it up yet, but someone said the track was widened a bit on the Gen14, and if they did that from the inside that would move the ratio that way.

MDmann · Sep 28, 2022

hotrodmex said:
As far as I've seen, RC has just ported their Gen 13 parts to the Gen14. The Gen 14 has a different motion ratio, though, so the lift will end up higher on a Gen 14 for the same spacing.

The spacer is multiplied by the ratio of shock movement to wheel movement. I think Gen 14 is about .7:1, where Gen 13 was .6:1 or so. I haven't looked it up yet, but someone said the track was widened a bit on the Gen14, and if they did that from the inside that would move the ratio that way.

Holy cow. It’s relaxed to a little over 2” now. I didn’t know that about the ratios of shock travel. That gives me something to read about while the hurricane is hitting my state.

Rockman5159 · Sep 28, 2022

MDmann said:
Holy cow. It’s relaxed to a little over 2” now. I didn’t know that about the ratios of shock travel. That gives me something to read about while the hurricane is hitting my state.

Stay safe and good luck down there

MDmann · Sep 28, 2022

Rockman5159 said:
Stay safe and good luck down there

Thank you, We are in Jax, so we will get our tomorrow/Friday. As a native Floridian, we stay pretty prepared, but also don’t get too stressed. Generator and vehicles are gassed up.

tre_77 · Sep 29, 2022

Great looking truck! More pics!

Mscott2 · Oct 3, 2022

MDmann said:
Got the quick before and after pics attached. Ended up with 2.5 inches of lift. The puck was only 1.75 inches thick, so I’m lost as to what happened.

I didn’t tighten the suspension till it was resting on the wheels. (Upper A arm bolts where a pain to get torqued down with the wheels on. Lower a arm bolts were no where near 257 ft lbs from the factory.)

It rides as nice as before, dropped it off the alignment around lunch, they had it done in about an hour. I was hoping it would relax some and get closer to 2”.

Has anyone had a similar issue? I really didn’t want to be over 2”.

A 2” Readylift kit is the best to use, and after you will still have a slight unnoticeable rake. Which is a good thing!

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