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I re took the measurements today an the 18” was to the bottom of the body, my mistake. It is 15” from the bottom of the frame to the ground

Thanks for the info

I am wondering if the risers FR sells are the same as the ones on the Hood River Edition

What is your clearance from ground to frame? We have the East Coast edition, 2018 with 15” tires an the torsion bar appears to be “clocked”. I believe our frame clearance is 18”, but I will recheck tomorrow.

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After owning our 177 for 8 years (as of 10/2018) we decided it was time to add the riser kit as it was getting bothersome to unbend the rear stabilizers on a somewhat regular basis.  Purchased the kit from FR, cost was $ 150 including shipping.  Instructions were straightforward and all I used was 2 good floor jacks and simple hand tools.  Total time was just under 1 hour to do the job.

That being said we have noticed no difference in towing or gas mileage when using either our '13 Explorer or '11 F-150, both vehicles averaged 12 mpg which includes city, highway and a lot of mountain driving in the Rockies.  Have not had any issues with either sway or wind drag; we use a simple Curt anti-sway bar, works well for us.