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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 03:35 PM
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Suspension help
I have a 1980 F-100 I am doing a cab off restoration I am working on the suspension what do you think looks the best lower rear end or front end ?
 
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Lower front. That's the way most, if not all, of them sat.
 
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Do you just change the springs ?
 
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With stock springs, the rear will be higher.
 
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If your rears are sagging, then change them out. Or, you could but the 4x4 spacer blocks in the rear to raise it.
 
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Tail high or level. I can't, for the life of me, figure out why it got popular to have trucks doing the reverse stink bug. Looks retarded.
 
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