Rough Country 5" Lift Kit (fits) 1997-2003 F150 4WD | N3 Shocks | Lifted Knuckles Suspension System | 476.20

Good kit if you are mildly handy. Wish it came with more replacement hardware cuz my truck is an old PoS and I broke the bottom bolt to my rear shock (totally my fault). Had to find replacement that was compatible but wish it came with that cuz even the aftermarket ones are “reinforced” so they clearly are prone to breaking. So outside of my own hiccups, you cant beat this kit.

Fit and finish were perfect. Few small tips. Replace radius arm bushings. Replace pivot arm bushings. Come to find out the center of the pivot arm bushings have a diameter of ⅝. The bolt that goes through them is ½. I had re assembled the 1st time and checked wheel play with 9&3 motion. There was ⅛ of slop on pivot bolt and pivot bushing. I drilled the new rc pivot arm brackets out to ⅝. Bought a new grade 8 ⅝x4" bolt. Re assembled and good to go. Another note. When re assembling new coil spring to lower retaining nut and washer on steering knuckle. Make sure spring is set back off of knuckle as it had contact upon first assembly. Used pry bar to persuade it further back off of knuckle. TIP: when removing pivot arm bushings. Use ball joint press to press center steel out of rubber bushing. Use sawzall blade to cut 1 slot in the outer steel casing. this relieves the pressure of the pressed in part of the steel bushing by reducing its diameter. Hammer and flat chisel punch it will come right out with ease. Use balljoint press with proper cup and lube to re press new bushing into pivot arm.