I baught the shackle kit. then took two 2x4 on either side above the front spring hangar. unbolted them and let the springs spring up agaist the wood and the bed of the truck,redrilled the the holes and bolted them on. I like the stance front tires flush with top off wheel well, as well back. little bit taller tire on back, gives it a little rack.

 

Lol you know they have lowering kits for are trucks and they arnt to expensive

 

hey man i do like ur trk it looks good but like every one else said u have huge set of ***** i have a 77 f100 a lil over a year ago my passenger side spring bucket broke and i wanted mine lowered so i dropped in a set of 4wd spring buckets n lowered mine 2 1/2 in it has the same stance as urs does the only thing i had to do was heat the beams a lil n she still does good w/o all the mods to the steering dont get me wrong im not downing what u did it looks goood but i just wouldnt trust the steering bars w/o some more gusseting

 

if i were you i would look for 2 i beams for spares as the next owner will need to put the originals back in to get a safty inspection and i dont think it matters where you live u.s.a. or canada there is not a mechanic in this world in his right mind that would put his sig or number on a safty with modified steering componants that are not tested and approved i could see these mods for an "off road" truck but for the street.....
but the truck does look good nice lowered stance

 

not every state has a safety inspection...

I see beams done like this (but for lift) done all the time out here. Heck - I see kingpin beams on rangers a lot.

Here's a VERY nicely done kit!
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Look through the "featured vehicles" link if you want to see close up pics - and also if you want to see some CLEAN fabrication!

 

look good to me
i think the best way to modify is to build it your self
it seems to make it that more fun
if you are able to do it
i built my own lift on my 79 f150
i cut the front end all apart and moved every thing 3 inch
i fabed everything only thing i payed for was a bit of steel
if you can weld the sky is the limit

 

I’ve done a lot of shady stuff in the past but this looks alright to me. I’m going to do something similar to this except machine down the sides ¼”and weld in ½” or 5/8” dowels to keep it rigid.

 

Looks good to me. You know your abilities. I had to read it a couple times to get a clear picture of what you did when cutting and welding.

Forged steel I-beams (cast iron I beams would have broke when the truck was new at first pot hole .... I still remember Mr Majestic in that yellow 2wd) which you cut, tacked, then ground a vee in so you could weld to the core, then you boxed them on top of that.

Right or no?

Many old forged Ford solid front axles have been cut and rewelded to lower for hot rods and even dirt track cars in the old days and they were pretty "spindly" looking. Some even had holes drilled with a hole saw to lighten them.

Heating and bending is how they alligned them back in the day.

Many hot rods and even drag cars back in the day also had tie rods dropped like you did to clear oil pans, but I might would have used some heavier steel in my gussets and boxed the ends as well.

I only have a stick welder, would probably have used 5/32 or 1/8" E7014 and whatever the chart says on amps. Gotta get one of them new fangled welders one day.

You say you cut two coils? Looks like someone heated a coil and let it drop and that may someday lead to a break in the spring.

As for the I-beams, my bet is they'll do the job ..... but you could do some really hard turns in an EMPTY parking lot at some speed?

 

This is pretty badass. I saw this a few months back.

I'd love to have this guy welding my stuff!!

 

Old post, but, how has this job held up? Any broken welds? Did you fly off a cliff or is the truck still ripping through corners?

 

The dropped ibeams are now $1300+ on Ebay.