Leveling Kits

[purduefarmboy460]

I am getting more and more serious about trying to level my truck out, I have bags on the back, which I keep a small amount of pressure in. I want about 2.5"- 3" of lift in the front. I have looked on the internet, and seen some of the stuff out there, but I would like to make my own. Something like the spring relocation brackets you can buy on eBay... but I'm sure the guy making them isn't going to email me specs :p so I was wondering what you all reccommend, or maybe have already tried. Any and all ideas at this point would prolly be better than what I have so far. Thanks folks!!

[Ramsmoker]

Hey Farmboy. I've been building my own lift kits and spring locators for years now. It isn't hard at all especially for you. Like you never have to fab things on your farm. The guy on e-bay is Cameron Nixon of Nixon performance in Utah. My youngest boy got the 3" kit to kick up his 10' spring pak. His are just mild steel and the only problem I found with them is they only mount under the frame rail and the bracket for the side didn't line up with any holes. Without the side bolts you get some noise when turning, pop's and bangs. The first Superduty leveling kit I made bolted on to the existing spring hanger in front. I think tough country suspension still makes these. I just made two templates. One on the outside of the factory bracket from above the spring bolt hole down to the length you want to raise to. The other temptate is made from under the bottom edge of the factory bracket to the length of the outside plate. This system will bolt on using the factory spring bolt through the new holes and a longer bolt in the upper hole. These can be tack welded in a few spots for more stability. Also on the upper bolt, you need a sleave that fits tight between inside of the spring hanger. I'd show you what they look like but the truck went on e-bay 3000 miles away. I still haven't had time to price out the parts or take pic's of the auto-stik conversion. I'm getting a little over a mile per gallon using this. It takes a bit to master taking off with the converter locked. I didn't forget you.