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Old 03-17-2017, 07:30 PM
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Front Lift Spring question

Been a long time since ive been on this site, but I have searched for hours on here and google trying to find specs on stock ride height of my truck so I can figure out how much lift my truck has. Its a 99 F250 Superduty ext. cab short bed with a 7.3 ive had it almost 3 years now and most of the time ive owned it the front passenger side has been sagging a bit everytime ive looked I couldn't find anything obvious and figured the spring is old and worn out. well over this winter the sagging got alot worse and now I see it has a broken leaf and the back end of it is completely gone. The lift looks like its been on the truck a very long time. It definitely has lift springs on the front and looks like it just has 1 inch aluminum blocks under the rear stock blocks, doesn't look like it has an add a leaf in the rear but I could be wrong. it has 315/75-16 tires on it also. I measured the distance from the top of front axle to bottom of frame at 12 inches on the drivers side since the passenger side is considerably lower. I cant find any information on what the front axle to frame distance is stock. If anyone can help me out that would be great, i'd hate to buy the wrong springs.
 
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Does it have two front springs or five?
 
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Five springs in front
 
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I just measured my truck with v10/diesel 2.5 inch front lift Springs (2004 f350). drivers side leaf spring measured from top of spring right in front of top ubolt plate to bottom of frame straight up. I have 8 1/2"...
 
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I only have the 2.5 inch lift springs and only run 285 75r16 tires BUT I've had 35's on my truck and they fit.
 
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Ok thanks. I'll measure tomorrow from the same point and see if I get the same measurement or at least close
 
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2.5 inch Springs should be roughly 8 inches like I have, if it's more than you have 4" Springs or possible 6" Springs if there's a huge gap
 
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I measured 9 inches from top of spring to bottom of frame
 
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I would assume then you have 4" front lift Springs, weight of diesel plus them being sagged and passenger side broken
 
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I have procomp 22210 diesel lift springs on my 5.4 and love them. I suggest looking at 22410 procomp 4" front lift Springs.
that's what I'm buying for my 4" lift you can get them on ebay from us sellers with free shipping for around 130-140 a piece
 
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I'm thinking it's also a 4 inch. I probably should of added that I have a plow on it plus 700 lbs of weight in the bed
 
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I have the spec sheet at home on procomp Springs, they are equal to a factory Ford v code which is standard on the diesel and option upgrade 1 over stock Springs on a gas truck
 
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Ok. Thanks for part numbers and specs. My factory spring code is U
 
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I think U is lower than the V code I believe
 


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