im looking for some taller springs my 69 ford f100 im hoping to get about 5" of lift i know auto fab makes a kit but i dont need the beams or trailing arms i just need the springs. does anyone know if like springs from newer f250 or f350 are taller and will bolt on??

thanks for any help

 

I would think you DO need the beams and radius arms to keep the geometry correct. With just the springs your front tires/wheels would be at some ridiculous angle and running on the sidewalls. Only other thing is to fab new brackets on the frame for both the beams and arms that lower attachment points for both in the neighborhood of 5 inches.Then there is the issue of stock shocks and brake lines being short. Seems risky and dangerous. If you want/need 5 inches of lift better buy the kit

 

Dittos on rattler12, you can not add longer springs to the existing setup without screwing up the front end.

Never used a lift kit but that is what you would have to do to achieve your desire.




John

 

don't know if dropped spindles are available for the 69F-100 but that could be an option also. I found them for a 2000 2wd chevy 3500 crew cab that i once owned. Only raised it 3 inches though but it looked great. Was able to use stock springs and shocks and brackets were provided that dropped the stock brake lines..... only trade off was it really widened up the steering radius and it took 40 acres to turn it around. I wouldn't imagine a 5 inch lift would be available by going that route. I've stiil got the Chevy spindles but that doesn't help you. They weigh about 50 to 60 lbs apiece

 

Because the twin I beam system uses kingpins, you can't really vary where the spindle mounts, it has to be within the kingpin bosses on the beam.
You will need to do something, my F250 has slightly taller coils due to having had a winch on the front, and now has a major problem with wearing the outside edge of the tires.

 

ya i know that the beams will have to be changed and i will bend them i just need a set of taller springs to get at-least 5" of lift

 

nobody knows of any type of taller springs that will bolt on??

 

Bub, How else can we say this, YOU CAN NOT DO WHAT YOU ARE ASKING.




John

 

Coil springs do not bolt on. There is no way to know which springs are taller because parts catalogs do not list the length.

You cannot go by the lengths of old springs because...by now, they have sagged.

Besides...as everyone that has chimed into this thread has told you, you cannot do what you want to do...the way you want to do it.

If you do, your front tires will end up like this: / \

 

ya i know the camber would be all off with stock beams but i already have bent beams, i have this kit

http://www.autofab.com/F100_Lift_79.gif

just with out the springs and since this isn't any crazy lift kit and i highly doubt this guy pays some shop to custom make springs, so im just thinking that he got them off some different truck

 

Why not just ask Autofab what they use for springs? The 67-72 springs are ~2" shorter than the 73-79 ones (shorter spring buckets in 67-72), so they may be able to point you in the right direction.
FWIW, F100 4x4 springs are retained the same way as the twin I beam springs, so once you find out the correct lift amount, you can just use those.

 

alright thx thats helpful so when u say 4x4 does that mean solid beam front end and ttb 4x4 beams? and i tried to wright john at auto fab but he hasn't replied to me yet

 

By 4x4 I mean 67-79 F100/F150 4x4. They have a straight axle, but use a three link arrangement with coil springs, and the springs are the same shape as well as retained the same way as the 2wd springs.