the truck in my sig sits extremely low it seems. i have people asking me all the time if its 2 or 4 wheel drive. i saw a truck the other day just like mine and it sat way higher but it wasnt lifted. is it the shocks or coil springs up front? the rear seems fine but i know fords sit 2 inches lower in the front anyway. how do i find out what coil springs i have upfront? can i match the spring code up from the door jamb and find out what spring? ill go outaside now and put it on the pad and measure from the ground to the top of the fender well on both sides and see what i get and see what all you guys think.

 

Mine sits pretty low too.....Just saves me the hassle

I lowered my rear end 2"....Needs about another 1" to sit level....Some trucks are just like that....My dads 92, f150 2wd, same exact truck as mine, except his is a 302, easily sits 3" higher...

-Wes

 

the back fender wells are right at 3foot and the front fender wells are at 2 feet and 9 inches.

the spring code is L I or L 1 whichever.

 

Idk....

-Wes

 

lol yeah but mines 4x4. i dont like driving a big heavy 4x4 truck and it looking like its 2wd!

 

anyone?

coil springs? how do i tell which ones i got? i know its a heavy truck and its still going to squat but i feel like im driving a lowered 4x4

 

An old trick that some people do to lower the front end of a vehicle is to heat up the coil springs with a torch. They get hot, the vehicle drops down on to a block of wood or jackstand set at the height they want, the coils cool down, and viola--the front end of the vehicle is lowered without spending any money on new springs or drop spindles. It's possible that a previous owner did that with your truck to make it look really kewl or something.

 

so coil springs are about the only thing upfront that controls the height right? that would mean its my coil springs? do these things get "worn out"?

 

yea springs will get weak

 

Can't wait for mine to sit low. 31x10.50s look good but for a truck you have to climb in and out of suck ***.

I'm gonna sit it on some 235/75s soon which will lower it a bit.

 

Got alot of miles? The coils could be worn out.

 

Mine was sitting low, but never really noticed, turns out one of my coils had broken... Thread on my discovery/replacement

Both springs were a little weak, and my leafs are all sorts of broken so it's sitting lower in the rear than it should

Before


After (Moog 844)

 

Coils get weak with time but you can find new for alot cheaper than I thought or I would not have messed with making spaicers for my 94

 

Any idea how to tell which springs i have?

Ill check and see about any breaks in them. Its got 85k miles on it so thats not really that much

 

True, but I've only 150k on mine. Then again most of that 150k was spent on a ranch. I believe the door tag says something about the suspension, anyone?

Edit: Found it,

http://www.fordf150.net/howto/decode.php

Example: Mine says D 7


Granted that'll only work if they're still the stock springs.