How to install a lift kit on a 2019 Ford F150!
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2020
- Ever wanted to know how to install a lift kit, Well now you can watch me install this step by step. I was fortunate enough to help my buddy with his vehicle, this is basically his dream truck he's been talking about for awhile, and he's worked hard to make it a reality. I was glad to get to have a small part in making it come together. Hope you like it, and if possible, post up some comments about what you liked about the video, what I could do differently, or what you would have liked to see in more detail.
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Would this void the factory warranty?
That's a great question, and one that doesn't have a perfect answer. I can only speak to my experience as a dealership tech. Technically, installing the lift should only affect your warranty based on the factory parts that would be directly affected, like ball joints, tie rid ends. Wheels bearings, ect... But 95% of the time it comes down to your relationship with the dealer, usually if you bought the truck from them they are willing to overlook the lift and cover everything. If you didn't buy from them, or are consistently a pain in the butt for them, they can easily claim the lift caused this issue or that issue and won't cover it. They can even stretch this to say the larger tires caused a premature trans failure ect... Unfortunately the factory leaves this sort of leeway up to the dealers and they don't have a lot of sympathy for the owner if they've modified the vehicle. Short answer, check with your selling dealer before you do it, some are cool about it, others not so much.
@@ReignitedAuto thank you
Make sure you have a very good relationship with your dealership. Many excuses can be used to void your warranty thus you need a great relationship. If it's a personal home install it will almost guarantee a void.
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I was stupid lost my account password. I love any tricks you can offer me
@Enzo Andre instablaster :)
Just installed my kit and all thanks to this video it’s awesome it’s as if I’m standing there just having a convo with you and Can easily understand everything thank you for being very informative !
Great video! Appreciate you keeping the project realistic and injecting a nice dose of why your listener can be confident doing it themselves
Thank you for watching!
You did an AWESOME job on my truck bro! Thanks again so much 🤙
That really gave me a clear idea of what’s involved in lifting one of these. Transformed the look of that truck!
Thanks man, appreciate you watching the video! 👍
Wow! I learned so much. It totally kept my attention for the 40 minutes. Great stuff! Good job Sky!
Thanks Heather! Way to stick it out for the whole video! 😄👍
Great video! Love the shop you built.
Loved the tutorial man. Mine is a readylift 7” and couldn’t be happier. Thanks again.
Great job Sky. I've watched a lot of how to automotive trash videos. This was an excellent tutorial. RC should have a link to it.
Fantastic video. One of the most instructional videos I’ve seen. Keep up the great work!
Nice ! A lot of work but the look was definitely worth the effort. Really like how you made it look easy while telling us what to watch for like getting those splines to line up, that’s something that you won’t know you did wrong until your stuck in the mud miles from home. Can’t wait for the next vid!
Thanks Joe! Appreciate the support!
Awesome look. Did not realize how much involved to put a lift on a truck. Good job
The independent front suspension trucks will always be more involved, straight axle trucks are usually quite a bit easier. Thanks for taking the time to watch! 👍
I have a 2020 platinum and thought about leveling the front but really haven't decided yet but lifting it is a big difference this video I've learned a whole lot you did a great job
Thanks for watching Larry!
Great tutorial and install sir. Super chill and informative thank you for a great detailed video keep it up!
Priceless reaction! Nice work
Thank you! And I appreciate you watching 👍
Dude I just sat for the entire 40 odd minutes watching you instal the lift on this truck and must say that I dont usually have the time to sit and watch such but you did a great job of holding your audience attention. Great job bro and yes the bit about the KEEPS sponsoring was great. Hope you’ve grown some hair now. great job bro.
Wow that looks really good. Nice work!
Thank you for watching!
Awesome job Sky! Looked great and I loved the owners reaction. What I would like to see you do next is..........my truck!!
That can be arranged 👍
I like the attention to detail. Very well done!
Thank you!
Super dope I love it I think it especially looked hella dope with the truck being my favorite color and you did a heela of a job dude
came out super nice!
Thanks for watching! 👍
So I have been seeing that some people pull vacuum on the 4x4 portion you talked about but you didn’t is it necessary to do so or not
Great job brother,great job.
Thanks for watching Julio!
You did great made it look easy
Great video.
I wish I lived close by you I would let you do 2018 F150 in a heartbeat amazing Tutorial video stay kind keep up the great work
Thanks for watching! 👍
Dude, are you seriously doing a commercial about HAIR LOSS. Lmao 🤣🤣🤣 that's hilarious. Excellent video. I'm fixing to do this for my 17 f150 4x4 myself. I also have a two post lift in my shop 👍👍👍
Sweet! a two post is by far the best way to attack this job, makes it so much faster!
Gracias por tan buen video, muy buena la panera como explicas todo y gracias a tu video pude hacer la instalación de un RC kit de 4” en el patio de mi casa yo solo en dos dias un par de horas.
Gracias pues me ahorre como $3,300. Pues era lo que me cobraban por la instalación.
Instead of loosing your steering rack, take out the other 2 bolts from the differential, loosen the bolt in question in then push the passenger side of the differential toward the rear slightly and it will give it enough angle to easily clear the steering linkage.
I’m going to attempt to install the 4” in my 2017 Expedition 4x4. I’m having problems with my upper control arms hitting my springs. I replaced them with a lifted set of upper control arms which made more room but now they make contact in a different location. The F150 uses the same front part numbers as Expedition. At the moment it is lifted with a 3” shock spacer and Monroe 2” lift shocks but set on the lowest setting that seems higher than stock. I’m wondering if you have any ideas for lifting an Expedition of this generation. I really like my expedition and don’t want to get rid of it. Thanks
I just started laughing when you went to bring the truck down and lift was so slow it looked stuck. I thought “he did all that work and lift broke on him” haha
😄 In this video the lift is essentially brand new, so it was pretty dang slow coming down, it's a little better now, still not very quick. It's a side effect of going with such a huge lift with big cylinders.
Hilarious I started rolling as soon as you said keeps¡
Awesome!
My rear crossmember hole is not lining up with my diff drop bracket. I seen that I’d have to put a bolt through them both to make it stronger but it doesn’t line up. It looks like yours is doing the same thing at 25:20. Did u end up putting a bolt through there or just left it?
Love it man I really want to try and do it myself
Compared to a lot of the other work that I do, this is definitely achievable by the average guy, it's a lot of work, but it's not overly complicated. 💪
@@ReignitedAuto thank you for response. Now would it be doable without a lift?
@@JohnHarrisCountryBoyCooking you can get it done with jack stands, but they have to be the larger ones like the 6 ton style, and I recommend that you do the front first, then after that is all backtogether again move to the back. 👍
Awesome 👏
Thanks for watching! 👍
Could you tell me what is the offset on those wheels? I’m trying to decide how much negative offset I am putting on. Thank you!
Nice!!!!
Very very detailed. Do you have any other videos?
Spot on bro!!!
Thanks! Just getting the channel restarted now, I'll be posting new videos every Monday and every Thursday 👍
Hey great video I’m thinking of ordered a 6” RC lift kit for my 2018 F150 do I have to get the traction bar kit ? And is it fine without the kit it’s an extra 500$ that I really don’t want to spend
Same truck and same lift kit a custom shop did but the rear sags about 1" lower then front. They said I need 5.5" ready lift blocks. Have you noticed this?
Great job man I appreciate the comments as I'm thinking about doing mine in the driveway. Gotta say the only thing I'm concerned with is getting that front diff out by myself
It's definitely a bit of a fight, but you'll get it out 👍
@@ReignitedAuto hey did those 35s rub?
@@stevenakn1 not a bit, I did cut the slightest bit of the lower plastic valance on the front bumper, but no rubbing at all 👍
@@ReignitedAuto that's great to hear thanks👊🙏
What’s the torque spec on those u bolt?
What part of texas are you located?? I would like to do the same lift on my 18 f150
Yes
When reinstalling the 4wd actuator, did you have to add vacuum back to it?
You have to reconnect the vacuum tube, but you don't have to prime it or anything, it'll do that automatically 👍
Nice.
Thanks for watching!
I hope my local shop is detailed in doing my kit
Thank you for this educational video question how long did this whole job take you in real time ?
Two full days, but if I wasn't filming I probably could have done it in one long day 👍
What’s the name of those rims
How long did this take?
Question: Did the spacers front and back actually measure 6”? My truck claims 6” BDS lift from the dealer, but front and back spacers measure 5”? Is 5”,normal? Thanks! Great video!
Ya very common for the lift to not exactly measure what it says it is. 👍
Would you recommend him or someone in a similar situation to grab some upgraded Upper control arms? Or will stock do just fine you think?
Stock is just fine unless you are planning on doing some hard core off roading 👍
@@ReignitedAuto alright sounds goods brother I appreciate the quick response your video is top notch to! Keep it up man
Nice how to
Thanks for watching!
Nice where to buy those rims
Did you use the origanal cam bolts for the front cross member? I didn't see any in my kit and I have the same one.
No the kit came with new ones, there is a portion of the video where I talk about how I had to clearance the new offset washers slightly to slide over the new bolts.
@@ReignitedAuto I meant to hook up the top of the front cross member to the frame itself. I did get new cam bolts for the lower part of the front cross member. Thanks for the quick reply! You're video helped me alot as I went back and referenced threw it as I installed the same kit on my 2018 F-150 last weekend. The top bolt is my only problem because it just says to use the old hardware. Great video!
@@TheMackchuck ah gotcha, yep reused the original bolt for the top. 👍 Hope your lift turns out the way you want!
Do you have a link to the rims and tires? I like these a lot
Unfortunately I don't, the customer purchased these himself. I agree they look great!
Do you know the offset on those rims? Thanks
Unfortunately I don't, the customer ordered those rims himself.
What is round about install time?
Give it two full days to install properly 👍
How much would something like that cost me I’m about to get my first truck
Parts and labor or just labor? Labor alone is probably going to be about $1500
What’s your thought here? I have a 2020 F150 FX4 Supercrew with a 3 inch ReadyLIFT kit installed by the dealer. Bought it drove it 2hrs home and noticed a left front tire rub. Took it back days later and they “fixed” that. Then about a week later I developed a sight wobble. Two balances later (2 in one day at 2 different shops) we minimized the wobble. Then in just three weeks it started pulling right more than usual. Took it to a local dealer, they did an alignment. Left and I had a significant pull left. Had another alignment done at a local tire shop and the pull remained. Rotated the tires and the pull remained with a worse wobble. A 4x4 shop AND the 2nd alignment shop both said it was the tires. I bought 4 new AT Tires and the pull/wobble remains. It’s now back at the original dealer with video of what it’s doing sent to them. I have receipts for everything including pre- and post-alignment #’s. In your opinion...and I know Ford will decide how to go, what might be the issue? BTW the truck only has 2300 miles on it...yes 2,300 not 23k.
I was trying to find a little more info on the ReadyLIFT kits, looks like it's just a coil spacer in the front and lift block in the back correct? What size tires did you end up going with? Are you still on the stock wheels or do you have aftermarket wheels? The only reason I ask that is because most aftermarket wheels have a larger hub bore diameter than stock, and they require the use of a plastic ring spacer to make them fit perfectly. Sometimes if you don't have that spacer it can cause a wobble.
@@ReignitedAuto maybe that’s it. I wish I could attach a photo here. Ford put Cooper Discoverer LT285/65R20’s on there and I have a photo showing no pre-load spacer in the front. I bought (at the recommendation of the shop) Falken Wildpeak A/T3W 285/6520’s.
@@Trout2054 That's still not a very big tire though, I think that's maybe equivalent to a 33-34" tire? You shouldn't be having any sort of wobble issues at that size.
@@ReignitedAuto yeah about that size. I agree. I sent the Ford dealership a video of the bad wobble. It’s not a “death wobble” but it’s severe with that left pull. When I go over an overpass on the interstate, the front end feels like it wants to get loose.
@@Trout2054 I'm sure they have, but it might be good to do a once over of all the bolts they touched when installing the lift, just to make sure they're all torqued properly. It's easy to miss one when it's all going back together.
What is the offset on the wheels
Unfortunately the customer supplied the rims to me, so I don't have any of the specs on them. Thanks for watching though!
No way I will do it by myself. I will hire someone else.😂
Where in tx are you located?
North Austin area
You wouldn’t happen to know all the torque specs for everything would ya ?
Offset?
Unfortunately the customer ordered the wheels/tires so I'm not sure. Sorry about that.
Great video! But if you're doing this at home, don't do it in the garage unless you have a very tall door.
😂 True that!
@@ReignitedAuto What is the height after the lift?
Do you think this is something a guy could tackle in his driveway?
It'd be a battle, but I have no doubt if you've got a set of high lift jackstands it could be done. 👍
@@ReignitedAuto im doing the project right now! I'm about where you are at the 18 minute mark in this video. Im having a hell of a time with my front drive shaft spacer. It fits so tight on the front dif that I had to lightly hammer it into place
@@flatnastyproductions5810 💪👍👏
@@ReignitedAuto thinking i may have been sent the incorrect drive shaft spacer. Ive given up for the night. Front end is close to finished but I can't figure out this spacer fitment.
What’d the Dad say??!!
Gteat job ,that suspencion the truck loses the warranty
I actually did an entire video about this if you're interested, but the short version is, the warranty is only affected by the components that the suspension directly affect. 👍
Lol....take all parts out, then decide if you're able to complete the job or not ...seems like a lot of wasted effort. If you're still deciding by that time.....anyway