Perch vs Leveling Kit

[BIRDMAN]

Bird, I hope I didn't insert foot in mouth here. The alignment sheet came home with my wife who works for a GMC dealer and their alignment tech is a good friend of mine who I have worked with in the past. I just went and looked at my upper control arms and they look fixed. I will call him tomorrow and see what he adjusted, but the numbers on the sheet look good. I'll get back to you.

FSM

here's my alignment sheet. -1.1* was still in the "green" and that's on the top perch. middle perch would probably be less pronounced.

http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f9/top-perch-mod-alignment-1732/

 

[FSM06]

here's my alignment sheet. -1.1* was still in the "green" and that's on the top perch. middle perch would probably be less pronounced.

http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f9/top-perch-mod-alignment-1732/

That may be why, I'm on the middle perch.

FSM

 

[BIRDMAN]

That may be why, I'm on the middle perch.

FSM

the tech that did your alignment probably saw it was a bit negative but within tolerance and didn't mention it

 

[ISFast]

The arm will hit the coil but mine only does on one side and not the other. But in all reality its not enough to hardly know and the CV joint still turns just find so no big problem i see thats for sure. Plus i dont jump my truck very much so its all good.

 

[OneArmedViolinist]

I went middle then went back to stock later...that's the good thing about the perch adjustment

Interesting..... why did you go back to stock?

 

[SVTCALI]

I did the middle perch and haven't had any problems with it. I will be doing the top perch mod when I have the wheels off for powder coat.

Are you guys re-adjusting your headlights after doing these mods? I'm only on the middle perch and I feel like I am blinding people.

 

[pirate air]

The lower control arms adjust to make alignment corrections. The uppers do not adjust. The lower arm bolt holes are slotted on the frame. A camber/caster kit like this one Ford Raptor Alignment Cams should be installed and used to make the adjustments. Its much easier with them.

 

[bstoner59]

Thanks for the quick responses guys!

What made you go back to stock bstoner?

I blew the front shocks out and when Ford replaced them they had to put it back to stock height. I like the stock height with the Deavers better.

 

[BIRDMAN]

The lower control arms adjust to make alignment corrections. The uppers do not adjust. The lower arm bolt holes are slotted on the frame. A camber/caster kit like this one Ford Raptor Alignment Cams should be installed and used to make the adjustments. Its much easier with them.

can i adjust my cabmer by pulling in the lower control arms?

 

[nodak]

after going to the top perch i noticed that i cant turn as sharp a i used to. i have an 11’ with the offroad gauge deal, and my wheels used to turn to 40 degrees and now they only go to 38. not much but will this change after i get an alignment?..