I know I know it sounds so bad..... Lowering my truck.... Everyone I talked to says you get these results : Ither you love it and everything works the way it is suposed to... Or it mess's up your steering and it is stiff and rides very hard...

I was told "why lower somthing that weigh's so much" but when I thought about it... My truck is one of the lightest ones out there, it has a 302 and its a f-100 shortbox with a manual tranny.... Weight reduction is posible, I have done it to another 77 F-100 but that also required alot of money and time.... And knowing where to find people who fabricate fiberglass body parts....

So I started geting more opinions and looking at kits and different companys and qualitys..... I came to find that there arent many lowerd 77 F-100's, and I wanted to be Original. So I went to my local shop and found somone who has done it called him up, and talked to him and looked at his truck. He even let me drive it !!! All he did to it was put new springs and shocks on it, also is ritch and put the best of the best and some... He had sway bars front and back. It wasnt slam'd it was actualy at a rake angle. And that is what I wanted, he said it makes for better handling and not so bumpy ride.... He even told me he would help me instal everything if I needed any help.... Ford owners are so kind.... Anyways, I have priced and it seems that kits start from 200$ all the way to 6 or 700$, and my buget is 3-400$. If anyone could give me more information that would be awesome. I also would like to know more about airbags.

Thanks ~

 

if you use shorter springs on the front the wheels will be leaned in at the top. so how did this guy remedy that problem? and how did he do the back? mudder trucker.

 

You can get lowering I beams online, do a search.

 

Racerdave, I lowered mine 6/9(including lower tires). It is a 77 F100 shortbox stepside. I bought lowered I-beams, and had 2 coils cut off my front springs. This did bring the tops of the tires in a bit. It took about 5 years of summer driving to wear out the outside of the tires, and I didnt bother to get an alignment after it was lowered. The rear end I had a welder fab up a 2" lowering block, bevelled to the radius of the axle, and welded into place. Dont forget to drill a 1/2" hole in the center for the nipple on your leaf springs to sit in. Then I had new U-bolts fabbed up, and a C-notch installed in the rear frame. If you want to see pix of it, under my other name: 4RDGASM, I have a gallery called "my first love." I am in the middle of a frame off, restomod...etc. Hope this gives you some options, as you can go wild like I did, or pick and choose what I did to go mild.

77lowrider

 

I don't recommend A.I.M. lowered beams. my picks don't show the lowering job.