Ford F-150 Lift Kit Cost: Every Tier, Installed

Our general guide how much does it cost to lift a truck prices the tiers for any truck. This page does the narrower, more useful thing: it prices this truck, using the actual F-150 kits in our verified dataset — the leveling kits and the 3-inch-and-up lift kits — plus the labour and alignment ranges from the same cost research. No figure on this page is new: kit prices are the manufacturer-page prices in each kit’s record (checked 2026-11-03), and every labour and alignment figure comes from the tier table in the cost pillar. Where a kit has no verified price, the table says so instead of estimating one.

The four lines are always the same: kit + labour + alignment + tires. Alignment is $75–$200 on every row. Labour bands: $150–$400 for leveling work, $300–$1,800 for full-lift installs generally, and $1,000–$1,800 specifically for 6-inch professional installs.

The all-in table, kit by kit

Kit (record in our dataset)	Kit price	Labour band	Alignment	Installed total, before tires
Rough Country 2″ level (2021+)	From $149.95	$150–$400	$75–$200	$375–$750 at the base configuration
ReadyLIFT 66-2120 2″ level	$249.95	$150–$400	$75–$200	$475–$850
Bilstein B8 5100 RHA (front pair)	Not published — dealer-priced	$150–$400	$75–$200	Labour + alignment alone: $225–$600, plus the shocks
FOX 2.0 Snap Ring IFP (front pair)	$659.90 (2 × $329.95)	$150–$400	$75–$200	$885–$1,260
Rough Country 3″ lift	From $699.95	$300–$1,800	$75–$200	$1,075–$2,700
ReadyLIFT 3.5″ SST 69-21350 (2021+)	$949.95	$300–$1,800	$75–$200	$1,325–$2,950
ReadyLIFT 3.5″ SST 69-2300 (2015–2020)	$949.95 (dealer listings)	$300–$1,800	$75–$200	$1,325–$2,950
ReadyLIFT SST2.1 Falcon (62-21440)	$3,149.95	$300–$1,800	$75–$200	$3,525–$5,150
BDS 4″ (BDS1583)	From $1,966.60	$300–$1,800	$75–$200	$2,340–$3,965
Rough Country 6″	From $1,399.95	$1,000–$1,800	$75–$200	$2,475–$3,400 at the base configuration
BDS 6″ (BDS1579)	From $2,018.60	$1,000–$1,800	$75–$200	$3,095–$4,020

Read the “from” rows carefully: a configurable kit’s installed total is only as low as its cheapest configuration, and both Rough Country rows climb steeply with loaded-strut and premium-shock options (the 6-inch kit’s M1 configuration is listed at $2,009.95 in dealer listings before labour). The bands above also land where the independent anchors in our cost research say they should: 3–4 inch suspension lifts total about $1,200–$3,000 installed, and 6-inch-plus builds about $2,500–$5,000+ — the table is those anchors with F-150 part numbers attached.

One truck, priced three ways

Take a mainstream 2023 F-150 4WD and run it through the table at three ambitions. The stance truck: a ReadyLIFT 66-2120 level, professionally installed and aligned, keeping the factory tires — $475–$850 out the door, and the job is done in a day. The 35-inch truck: the same truck on a ReadyLIFT 69-21350 SST — $1,325–$2,950 installed — plus a set of 35s at $1,500–$3,000+, for a project total of roughly $2,825–$5,950 depending on where labour and tires land in their bands. The 37-inch truck: a BDS 6-inch system at $3,095–$4,020 installed, plus 37s in the same $1,500–$3,000+ tire band, plus a wheel set if the truck’s stock wheels fall under BDS’s 18-inch minimum — $4,595–$7,020 before wheels. Notice what moves the total: not the badge on the kit, but the tire line and the labour band. The spread inside each band is your region’s shop rate and your configuration choices, which is why this page publishes bands and arithmetic instead of a single seductive number.

The fifth line: tires (and sometimes wheels)

Nobody lifts an F-150 to keep the stock tires, so add $1,500–$3,000+ for a set of 33–37 inch tires where the lift’s purpose is a bigger tire. That is the range our cost research verified, and it swamps the difference between most kits on the table — a ReadyLIFT SST installed with 35s ($1,325–$2,950 + tires) can cost more out the door than a BDS 6-inch installed on existing wheels and tires, if such a build existed.

On wheels, we will be specific about the constraint and silent about the price, because our sources verify one and not the other: BDS’s systems require 18-inch or larger wheels and bar the stock 17s and 18s from going back on; Rough Country’s 6-inch knuckle requires 20-inch or larger wheels. If your truck needs a wheel set to clear the kit, that is a four-figure-shaped hole in any budget that omits it — get the wheel quote from your installer alongside the kit quote.

DIY, honestly priced

The DIY saving is real at exactly one tier. A 2-inch level is bolt-on work; doing it yourself removes the $150–$400 labour line and leaves the $75–$200 alignment, which is not DIY-able to spec. Everything at 3 inches and above involves control arms, knuckles or crossmembers; the 6-inch Rough Country kit requires cutting the truck. Our standing advice, repeated from the cost pillar: beyond a spacer level, professional installation is the default — and if a shop’s quote for a 6-inch install comes in far under the $1,000–$1,800 labour band, find out which line they have left out before you celebrate.

Which tier fits which budget

• Under $1,000 all-in: a 2-inch level, professionally installed, on your existing tires. The FOX strut route lands here too if your dampers need replacing anyway.
• $1,200–$3,000: the mid-lift tier — Rough Country’s 3-inch or ReadyLIFT’s SST — which is also where the honest 35-inch builds live (see how much lift to fit 35s on an F-150).
• $2,500–$5,000+: full systems. BDS if the tire goal is 37s, Rough Country if it is 35s at the lowest entry price — the kit records in best lift kits for Ford F-150 carry the exclusions that decide between them.
• $4,000–$8,000+: the premium band — SST2.1 or FOX-configured BDS systems, installed, on new tires. Nothing in our dataset reaches this band on parts and labour alone; it is reached the honest way, with the tire line added.

Sources for this page: kit prices from the manufacturer pages in each kit record (cards below; checked 2026-11-03); labour, alignment, installed-total anchors and tire ranges from the sources cited in how much does it cost to lift a truck — JCDR Ontario’s lift cost guide, American Fusion Wheels’ installed ranges, and EngineerFix’s labour analysis. Platform hub: Ford F-150 hub.