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Old 12-28-2012, 04:28 PM
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6 inch lift for F150 on F250?

I just received my body lift (havent installed it yet) and am already thinking of more lift for my pickup. I was wondering if a lift from a 2wd F150 will fit on my 2wd F250? The only reason im doubting this is because the blocks from the F150 wouldnt support the extra weight of the F250. Heres the f150 lift Ford Suspension Lift Kits and heres the F250 lift Item #186F2K-H / Skyjacker Suspensions Nice difference in price. Help anyone? Like i said i dont think it work but ive been wrong before plenty
 
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Umm
150 has coils in front
250 has leaf springs

Geometry is pretty much the same other then how it's suspended and trailing arms on 150.
Build a long arm setup for the 250 and put the coils in. Buckets will install just fine and just need to secure coils to axle somehow.
 
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Old 12-28-2012, 08:47 PM
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150 has coils in front
250 has leaf springs

Geometry is pretty much the same other then how it's suspended and trailing arms on 150.
Build a long arm setup for the 250 and put the coils in. Buckets will install just fine and just need to secure coils to axle somehow.
My F250 is 2wd and they have coils like the F150s, the lift kit is exactly the same except one says for F150 and the other F250. My only concern is the wait, will the coils and blocks from the F150 lift kit hold up on my F250?
 
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Crap. I overlooked the 2wd part.
And that you were keeping it 2wd.

The pitman arm is different between the two and the ubolts are bigger on the 250.
Coils are likely rated higher.
Frames are different from the 150 to the 250. So the drop brackets could have different bolt hole locations.

Are you considering making it 4wd. Cause coils and long arm suspension would be awesome. One thing I'd like to do to my 90.
 
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I wanted to make it 4x4, but then i thought why spend all that money when im not gonna be taking it offroad that much. Its mainly gonna be for looks. So i decided to keep it 2wd and lift it. What do you mean by coils are rated higher?
 

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The weight rating for the coils will be different. F250 coils will be rated to carry heavier weight. Just buy the F250 kit. The F150 kit wont have the right parts.
 
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Old 12-29-2012, 09:17 AM
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Skyjacker makes a lift for your 2wd F250
 
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Old 12-29-2012, 12:38 PM
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Ya the skyjacker lift was the one i was gonna get, only reason i brought this up was to see if it would work, and like i predicted it wouldnt. Also the F150 lift kit is only 500 bucks and its a 6 inch lift! Mine is 1000 bucks
 
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I have been looking into lifting the front of my 91 F250 2wd for sometime now. It has a nasty 3.5" rake that bothers me to know end and I do not want to drop the rear. I have went as far as looking at the factory(LMC Truck) I beam brackets on an F150 and the F250 and the replacement part is the same part number. My belief is that the brackets are identical.

Superlift has a 3.5" lift for these 2wd F250's. The kit uses the same I Beam drop brackets and dropped pitment arm for both the F150 and F250. The difference is in the coil spring and shocks. My fear is alignment when I am done. TTB alignment can be a pain if messed with.
 
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I put snow plow coil springs in. Gave it a little lift had to put in an adjustable camber bolt.


Before

After



Ill take another after picture tomorrow.
Just had new tires installed today
 
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It looks better and looks like you got more lift. The pic looks like your Camber is off? I would like to see more pics.

Great looking truck btw
 
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it did have excessive camber just had to front tires and alignment done. Still appears to have excessive camber but it it in spec. Barely

Still need to take some photos with new tires




 
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