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Front suspension
Be reading about the front coil spacers. Just wondering if will be worth wild for me to do the spacers. Just checked the front of my 2000 F250 SD Crewcab and the shocks are fully compressor. The shocks are 8 months old. Totally miles are 274,000. I have found some Tuff Truck Heavy Duty Front Coil springs for 145.00 and be looking are the air lifts. The front is 3 5/8" lower than rear. Thanks for any info in advance.
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ive been looking at doing this to mine for a while, but honestly, i probably wont.
the spacers are 49-80 bucks depending on where you buy it, but then you have to get a new alignment, which requires new camber bushings, and there is some debate on whether or not you can buy these locally.
then some people say you need to grind the knuckle, some dont.
i dont know if its worth it for me.
if i did it myself, it would probably take all weekend and i'd still need to shell out $50 for an alignment
if you bring it to a shop, they will go back and forth with you on the safety aspects of spring spacers and having to grind the knuckle, then charge you somewhere around 250-300 dollars.
even if you get the toe and camber back in spec, you have permanently altered the caster and cant get that back
the spacers are 49-80 bucks depending on where you buy it, but then you have to get a new alignment, which requires new camber bushings, and there is some debate on whether or not you can buy these locally.
then some people say you need to grind the knuckle, some dont.
i dont know if its worth it for me.
if i did it myself, it would probably take all weekend and i'd still need to shell out $50 for an alignment
if you bring it to a shop, they will go back and forth with you on the safety aspects of spring spacers and having to grind the knuckle, then charge you somewhere around 250-300 dollars.
even if you get the toe and camber back in spec, you have permanently altered the caster and cant get that back
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