Sorry if this thread confuses anyone, I'm a little confused myself. I bought this truck in 2008 with 54,000 miles on it and it was completely stock all the way around. Well me being the young buck I was and ready to lift my truck I sent it to a shop to have an 8in fab tech lift installed A-arms, extended spindle, shocks and coil springs in the front and blocks in the back. Keep in mind this is a 2wd truck. Well about a year down the road my ball joints are so blown I'm surprised the front bumper didn't hit the ground. After investigating and taking to specialist I find out the this professional shop did not use the extended spindle that I paid for they put the stock spindle on an 8inch lift ?? Also when I found all this out I attempted to get in touch with the shop that did this, we'll that shop is no longer in business and know where to be found!! Now let me get to my new problem. I bought brand new A-arms upper and lower ball joints also new shocks and put my old coil springs back on. I found it odd that for some reason even with the stock parts my truck sits 2inches higher than when I bought it, so I had so put 2inch blocks in the rear to level it with the front. [B]Here is my main problem. My front tires stick out at least an inch more than the rear do?[B] Also I have started noticing this on some other fords of the same year just by what I can see in traffic, so it's not just me. All my wheels are matching and measure the same tires all match. I'm just lost. Also all my new parts have been measured and compared to other stock fords and everything seems to be the same. And I have gotten at least 5 alignments in the past 8 months. Sorry for being so long but that is the best way I can describe it. Any help would be greatly appreciated thank you..


2001 f150 4.2L xlt 2wd

 

Did you put V8 springs in a V6 truck? That could cause it to sit higher.

 

That could be very possible. I think that is the only part that was not brand new. Thank you for advice I'm going to check into that ASAP.

 

your sure the spindles were stock and not setup with a 2 inch lift ?

 

Yeah spindles are stock. I've measured and compared them to other stock trucks. I have replaced upper and lower ball joints once about 8 months after we lowered truck and just recently replaced bearings on both sides. Now im hearing knocking like I need to have ball joints done again. Whatever the issue is only causes the front tires to hang out about an inch further than the rear.

 

Lift spindles make the front wheels stick out farther than the rears. You might want to check again that those spindles aren't the lift spindles.