Leveling Kits

Looking for recommendations for leveling kits and if i need to do just front or front and back or an actual lift. Have original stock tires and rims and toying with the idea of putting Hankook Dynapro AT2 in 285/75R16 on the stock rims. Not sure if i need a front and back leveling kit, 3" front and 1.5" back to fit those or just a 1.5" or 2" front will do it? I want the factory slant to the front gone and slightly bigger tires but don't want to over stress anything on the truck. Open to any ideas or recommendations! Thanks

 

What are your plans with the truck? Pavement princess or lots of offroad. Might be able to get away with a spacer lift if a pavement princess. I have a Fox 2.0 leveling kit on my F150 and really like it a lot

 

Not a ton of off-roading in anything crazy, just running round in the mountains exploring and camping, fishing, hunting. ill check out the fox stuff, thanks!

 

As mentioned above more info on intended use is needed to give a better direction.

But a few things for consideration. If you remove the rake from the truck it makes it far less practical to use as a truck. Any weight added and your nose high which drives horribly. Blinds everyone if you drive a night. It's just all round bad. Trucks come with rake for a reason best to keep it.
Lift does not result in tire clearance, the tires end up in the same place. Having said that if it's a street truck that will never cycle the suspension this is less important. With the correct alignment and wheel offset you can clear a 285/75r16 without a cab mount chop on a lower lift without any real issues most of the time. Every truck is a bit different and not all tires are the same size regardless of what the size says it is.
What stock wheel are you on? Spacers or a new wheel with a different offset might be required to clear the upper control arm.
Weird vibes and increased maintenance can become issues with a higher lift. 2" or less is ideal on these trucks in a mid travel set up. Get familiar with the clamshell bushing issues driveline shims and carrier drops if you lift the rear aswell.
Mpg drop and power loss will be noted if your coming off stock street tires.
Lots will tell you they had 0 issues post lift others will tell you it's been a nightmare. So the suggestion I will throw out is the consider leaving everything bone stock and trying a more agressive wheel around a 0 offset and a 265/75r16 virtually 0 mods required gets a beefier look and no downsides besides a bit of mpg drop.
A few pictures to help visualize the options.

265/70r17 duratrac
17x9 +1
all stock suspension

285/70r17 duratrac
17x9 +1
3" front 2" rear

295/70r17
17x9 -38
2" front 2" rear

The further I go down the rabbit hole I find there's alot of days I miss the first set up.

 

Thanks for the info I appreciate it! Honestly, I like the look of the first picture the most. That is more of what I'm looking for is beefier look I guess maybe I should focus on tires/wheels and leave everything else stock and I would get more of what I'm looking for without adding a bunch of unnecessary other issues. I have the 16" rims that came on the TRD's in 2019 but I have found there is not a ton of options for tires with 16" the couple places I inquired about tire quotes also told me if I had 17" rims there would be a bunch more options

 

It's not wrong 17" gives you more options it's why I have stayed with them as opposed to dropping to a 16" even though the increased sidewall is better aired down off road.
The nice thing is if you go that route and down the road you still decide you want to go bigger you have a wheel that will accommodate a 285 no problem and you can enjoy a fresh look on the truck while you research the right mods for your needs.