2009 Ford F250 - Super Duty Makeover - Ready Lift Leveling Kit

For a daily driver truck that you don’t want to have to make compromises for, then this is it. Completely manageable for commuting, pulling a trailer, or traversing over your favorite dirt trails and hills, this Ready Lift-equipped rig is the perfect combination of style and user friendliness.

2009 Ford F250 Super Duty Continental Tires

1. Receiving our suspension gifts was this '09 Ford Super Duty 4WD. It was a nice truck as is, but we'll be applying a light touch to really make it stand out and perform even better.

1. Receiving our suspension gifts was this '09 Ford Super Duty 4WD. It was a nice truck as

It's our incessant need to add some personal flair to the trucks we love to drive on a regular basis. In the case of this '09 Ford F-250, that flair came in the form of a mild suspension alteration. The slight altitude adjustment allowed us to fit larger tires wrapped around wheels that had plenty of eye-catching ability compared to the plain Blue Oval offerings we were replacing. Since we would be spending plenty of time traversing asphalt and roaming on the occasional rock-strewn trail, our choice in suspension heights was kept minimal with a Ready Lift 2½-inch front coil spacer and a 4-inch rear block. Before you try to figure out the odd front to rear equation, know that the factory 2-inch rear block gets removed. With the Ready Lift 4-inch block in place of it, our rear lift number only equals two inches over stock. A perfect elevation addition to clear the LT305/70R18 (35-inch) Nitto Dura Grappler tires and 18x9-inch Ultra wheel's Mavericks. With all of the towing and mild off-roading we do, the E-load rated Dura Grapplers were the perfect choice, and they have a 45,000 mile warranty. Outlaw Offroad is situated just a hop, a skip, and a jump from our offices, in Santa Ana, California, so we headed over there to receive our two-hour makeover. The install was easy and can be performed in your driveway in a day, but best of all, the new Super Duty transformation cost less than $2,900.

2. Ready Lift's front components are made from 1/4-inch plate steel for strength and longevity. These parts are over-engineered and designed to last the life of your truck. The front kit (PN: 66-2905, $252.95) includes 2 1/2-inch coil spacers with urethane isolators and shock extension brackets to allow the use of your original front shocks. Ready Lift also offers longer shocks should you so desire.
2. Ready Lift's front components are made from 1/4-inch plate steel for strength and longe
3. To permit the Ready Lift spacer clearance, we needed to allow the suspension to droop a little. We began by removing the front shocks, which in hindsight we weren't required to do. All that was necessary was to remove the lower shock bolt.
3. To permit the Ready Lift spacer clearance, we needed to allow the suspension to droop a
4. It's never a good idea to allow brake hoses to stretch under the axle's weight, so we pulled the bolt attaching the bracket to the frame. We'll be modifying this before we button everything back up.
4. It's never a good idea to allow brake hoses to stretch under the axle's weight, so we p

5. Out came the bolt from the upper track bar mount on the driver side, and the final obstacle to getting the front axle to drop down was the sway bar endlinks.
5. Out came the bolt from the upper track bar mount on the driver side, and the final obst
6. With the front axle safely supported on hydraulic floor jacks, we let the jacks down until the coil spring's tension was safely unloaded and the coils could be removed.
6. With the front axle safely supported on hydraulic floor jacks, we let the jacks down un
7. Normally, it would not be necessary to completely remove the springs from the truck, but we felt it would better show how the spacer fits to the coil. As you can, see it is a very basic product that works exceedingly well.
7. Normally, it would not be necessary to completely remove the springs from the truck, bu

8. Back in the truck, the Ready Lift parts slipped right into the upper coil spring pocket with zero modifications.
8. Back in the truck, the Ready Lift parts slipped right into the upper coil spring pocket
9. Using the factory hardware, the shock extension bracket set down into the saddle where the shock eye would normally reside and the shock eye then fit right to the bracket.
9. Using the factory hardware, the shock extension bracket set down into the saddle where
10. After completing the passenger side, both sway bar endlinks and the track bar were reattached.
10. After completing the passenger side, both sway bar endlinks and the track bar were rea

11. Remember we told you about a future modification to the brake line bracket? Well here it is. Simple as it is, it is also ingenious. Instead of requiring extended brake lines for the mild suspension lift, the bracket was simply lowered on the frame and a new hole was drilled for the attaching hardware.
11. Remember we told you about a future modification to the brake line bracket? Well here
12. With the bracket bolted in the new hole, it could pass as factory to nary any casual observer.
12. With the bracket bolted in the new hole, it could pass as factory to nary any casual o
13. Adding inches to the rear was this simple 4-inch block kit (PN: 66-2904, $159.95) with included longer U-bolts.
13. Adding inches to the rear was this simple 4-inch block kit (PN: 66-2904, $159.95) with

14. As we did in the front, the rear axle was supported on jacks so we could remove the Ford's stock U-bolts. That set us up to lower the axle away from the truck enough to gather the stock 2-inch blocks from the truck and install the new 4-inch Ready Lift counterparts.
14. As we did in the front, the rear axle was supported on jacks so we could remove the Fo
15. The included U-bolts were fit in place and tightened to factory specs. If you add up the inches, we have only nudged the nose of the Super Duty 3.33 inches vertically (2.5 with the lift added to half of the new tire diameter difference). Out back we came to just a tad less with 2.84 inches.
15. The included U-bolts were fit in place and tightened to factory specs. If you add up t
16. Outlaw Offroad has everything it needs in-house to complete a job such as this. That consists of tire mounting and balancing machines and then some. Compared to the original equipment, our new Nitto Dura Grapplers are only 1.65 inches taller overall and will fit nicely under the newly lifted fender arches. Going from 18-inch stock wheels to 18-inch Ultra Motorsports wheels may seem counterintuitive, but tire replacements will be much easier to locate and less expensive than a larger diameter hoop.
16. Outlaw Offroad has everything it needs in-house to complete a job such as this. That c

SOURCE
Nitto Tire 6021 Katella Avenue Suite 250 Cypress CA 90630 877-565-8448 www.nittotire.com	Ultra Wheel Company 570 N. Gilbert Street Fullerton CA 92833 714-449-7120 www.ultrawheel.com
ReadyLift 3201 W. MacArthur Boulevard Santa Ana CA 92704 800-549-4620 www.readylift.com	Outlaw Offroad 1703 E. Carnegie Ave Santa Ana CA 92705 1-949-581-5001 http://www.outlawoffroad.com/