Suspension Upgrade Questions

[Sig Oris]

Not Mustang related, but curious on the F150 suspension upgrades.
I had an ‘04 Lariat FX4 that I put Bilsteins on at ~175k and they were a huge improvement to the worn out OEM. It is running strong at 290K (sold to a friend who still tows with it) on the same suspension. I had a similar experience with Bilsteins on a ‘97 Ram1500 that went 275K for me.
But for more modern trucks, I currently have an ‘18 Plat and a ‘21 KR with 190K and 90K respectively. Both have the FX4 and trailer package and both ride Caddy smooth on the highway and towing on the factory set up.
Are you referring to off-road upgrades or normal highway use? What were the differences?
Curious as I plan to put a lot more miles on these vehicles.

I have a MY23 F150 Lariat Poweboost with FX4. I believe I installed Bistein 5100’s bought from Stage3 Motors. Changed the ride of the truck day and night. For towing I added a Helwig sway bar and Summo Springs. I’m also running Load E tires. Check the Ranger 5g forum and the F150gen14 forums. Lots of good posts on shocks and all confirming the OEM’s are trash.

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[TMR]

Got it. Most of my current towing is utility trailers and doesn’t get close to the limits where I need LT tires. So sounds like different use case.
I will say I had a ‘15 Denali that probably could have used the upgrades.

 

[Sig Oris]

Got it. Most of my current towing is utility trailers and doesn’t get close to the limits where I need LT tires. So sounds like different use case.
I will say I had a ‘15 Denali that probably could have used the upgrades.

Agree on the planned use. the Ranger fit my needs perfectly until management wanted to get into RVing.

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