GEN 2 Deaver +4hd measurement

Hey guys im stuck between going deaver +3 or +4 both would be paired with bypass rack and 4.0s. i was wondering if anyone could give me measurements from center of the rear axle to the fender. trying to gauge which route will be best. thank you.

on 35s I’m 42” fender to ground with +4s (non HD) with 350lbs in the bed

Hopefully getting mine this month and can fill you in after install. I’d reach out to @Nick@Apollo-Optics and run through your desired setup. He’s super knowledgeable on different combinations and has competitive pricing too.

Here's what I got.

- 2019 with Deaver +4HD, Eibachs and stock shocks
- 3/4 tank of gas
- Retrax Bed Cover (close to 100lbs)
- New Yokohama X-AT - 35in tires
- 36psi in front tires and 34psi in the rears


A little over 42 inches fender to ground on both sides with jack and case (guessing over 100lbs combined) This stuff is always in the bed.



Without case and jack
42 1/8 driver
42 1/4 passenger

Fender to center of wheel
25.5 inches on both sides

What's nice about the HD springs is that the rear barely sags even loaded down with several hundred pounds of stuff on top of what I have already in the bed.

So the height is the same as stock? That's odd. I thought +4HD would bump it up to 44" or a bit more.

GordoJay said:

So the height is the same as stock? That's odd. I thought +4HD would bump it up to 44" or a bit more.

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Could be that the lighter part of the progressive spring is negated by his extra weight he is carrying and that any additional weight will result in a less deflection.

Not sure though. At ~300lbs above stock I would have expected more height as well.

stock shackles or drop shackles is the other variable,
different years seem to have different stock heights,
also raising the front pushes the rear down a bit,
if I had it to do again I might go +5

Stock shackles and I have about 15,000 miles on this set up. A couple of off-road trips with some jumps.

I also have about 50lbs of extra stuff like tools and a console safe in the cab as well.

Without the Deavers the rear sat lower than 42 after only adding the bed cover. I've got a lot of extra weight (around 300lbs total?) And the rear is really close to where it was when I bought the truck.

Here's an old thread on this subject with measurements before and after the springs were installed. I know it says drop shackles in the post but I took those out and put the stock shackles back in.

https://www.fordraptorforum.com/threads/deaver-3-or-4.73286/page-2

Deaver is now making custom +6 HD rides is 100x better over the +4HD was shocked how big of a diff it was mine is 45 inches now ground to bottom of flare with about 500lbs of weight on bed see my post

https://www.fordraptorforum.com/threads/rpg-traction-bars-and-rpg-deaver-6-hd.80553/