Front rake & leveling.

[pyates999]

Who doesn’t like the front rake & will install a front leveling kit if possible?

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[HotRodRuby]

I will be 100% hopefully some bigger tires too... Depends on how much the wife lets me spend ?

 

[galion]

I won't. leveling my trucks is the first thing I do, but this new Ranger Raptor is the most leveled truck from the factory I have ever had.

 

[pyates999]

I won't. leveling my trucks is the first thing I do, but this new Ranger Raptor is the most leveled truck from the factory I have ever had.

If it doesn’t need to be done, I won’t do it. I just don’t like the forward rake of the new trucks of today. I leveled my F150 & it’s appearance is so much better.

 

[Ranger#5?]

some people are looking at this backwards. Ford doesn't design them to look "level" when there is no load in the bed. The fact is the rear is higher to accept loads in the bed without bottoming out. If you never plan to haul or tow anything and only care how it looks, level away if that is a real priority to you. The easiest way is add some load or adjust suspension in rear instead of wasting $ on bringing up the front- which screws everything up when you DO haul or tow. YMMV

 

[Stangn]

My RR is a hard road toy. I wanted to lower the rear about 2” but no one from Fox to the spring companies could help. So I bought a 1.5” leveling spacer for the front. Install is this weekend 11-1 and hope it doesn’t sit to high. I’m disabled so I have trouble with climbing into this truck. My F350 has power steps and love them but hear mixed things on them for the RR.

 

[torquemada0911]

Who doesn’t like the front rake & will install a front leveling kit if possible?

Leveling was the first thing I did when I got my XL.

 

[Stangn]

I like a slight rake but there’s 3” difference front to rear on my RR. That’s a bit much for me.
Hell we used to have air shocks to get rake like that for reverse wheels and wider tires, lol.

 

[MonotoneRobot]

I did a 1.5" strut spacer up front. After everything was settled. I am at about 1.25-inch rack in the front. Measuring from my flat garage floor to the fender. Front 39.0" Rear 40.25"

 

[Harlequin_Forest]

I did a 1.5" strut spacer up front. After everything was settled. I am at about 1.25-inch rack in the front. Measuring from my flat garage floor to the fender. Front 39.0" Rear 40.25"

Stock wheel set up? Any chance you could share some pictures of how it looks from the side?

 

[MonotoneRobot]

The only two photos I have with the stock wheels and tires. It’s hard to see but there is still a little rake still.

 

[Lion77]

Rake also has to do with handling dynamics under hard acceleration where the rear end squats. IF you have no rake, the front end will wander all over the place, it also affects weight transfer during braking and you can get erratic steering under hard braking because there isn't enough weight transfer to the front end, so just be cautious about handling dynamics, I would not recommend 0 rake, probably 1~1.5" min and that's if you don't have any off-road equipment in the bed.

If you carry a few items like extra fuel, straps, boards, high lift jack and a few other items, you'll add an inch of squat and may not want to level the front with the added weight in the back. If you run it empty then it's probably not an issue, but even a few items can quickly add up to 150~200lbs+

 

[rocsteady]

^^ This. I hadn't realized how getting rid of the rake can negatively affect handling until watching/reading/hearing about others driving similar vehicles back-to-back with and without the designed rake. I agree level looks better but not at the expense of any handling, performance or safety measures.

 

[superj]

thats why i had to raise the back of mine up a bit after doing the front. to close to perfectly level and it felt weird so now its back to a bit of rake, just 2.5" taller than stock

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