F150 Coilovers

Choosing the Right Coilovers for your F150

Coilovers make for one hell of an upgrade for pretty much any F150, but there's a few different types that fit varying performance needs and budgets. Leveled Struts, 2.0 Coilovers, 2.5 Coilovers, and Coilover Packages all serve different needs and one may be better for your particular truck application than another.

Leveled Struts
The first "tier" of coilover upgrades is Leveled Strut Assemblies. Leveled Struts includes parts like the Bilstein 5100s and the Eibach Pro-Truck Sports and are bare strut assemblies that require you to transfer over your factory spring, upper mounts, and possibly other hardware. Leveled struts come with an adjustable perch that allows you to choose your ride height. Leveled struts provide an all-around improvement in both on-road and off-road handling thanks to their monotube design and revised valving. While off-road performance is improved, they're still not going to have the off-road performance or fade resistance of 2.0 coilovers, much less 2.5s. The fact that you have to transfer over stock hardware. However, leveled struts are much less expensive than 2.0 coilovers, which makes Leveled Struts perfect for folks that need a general improvement in their truck's suspension performance without breaking the bank.

2.0 Coilovers
2.0 Coilovers are true coilovers and come with a full shock assembly with a coilover spring and mounts, letting you just drop them right into place of your stock coilover assemblies. Like Leveled Struts, 2.0 coilovers provide a general improvement in both off-road performance and on-road handling though 2.0 coilovers tend to a little better with violent impacts and fade mitigation. 2.0 coilovers also offer up fully-adjustable ride height settings using preload collars, allowing you to choose a wider range of ride heights than Leveled Strut Assemblies. While 2.0 coilovers tend to perform a bit better than Leveled Struts across the board, they are a bit more pricey, and can push your build's budget if you're just looking for general performance and leveling.

2.5 Coilovers
2.5 coilovers are some of our favorite upgrades for the F150s, but definitely aren't for everyone. 2.5 coilovers are built specifically for thrashing your F150 around off-road. 2.5 coilovers will absorb and handle extremely violent impacts and are perfect for F150s that are going to do some seriously aggressive off-roading. That being said, unlike 2.0 coilovers and leveled struts, 2.5 coilovers are not "balanced" and that amazing level of off-road performance costs you a bit of stiffness and on-road ride quality. 2.5 coilovers can also come with remote reservoir coilovers and compression adjusters which further help to mitigate fade and allow you to dial in the coilover's compression to just where you need it. There are some minor differences between brands of 2.5 coilovers, so check out our Fox 2.5 vs. ICON 2.5 coilover video below.