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Hey guys, I'm here to pick your brains once again! I'm planning on lifting my truck when I get home from out of the country but I want to do something a little different... I'd like 4" of lift but I just HATE the leaf spring/TTB combination. I think that the TTB is really cool and I'd love to stick with it and after some research, I came across this kit Dana 50 Level 1 Coil Spring Conversion. The price is a little steep, but it looks like a great kit, although I can't find any reviews or even pictures of anyone that's done it, so I was wondering if anyone here know of or has seen something like this done, or if you have done it? I really want to see pictures and if you've ridden in one how it rode.
I too think the ttb/leaf combo is a stroke of pure idiocy. It combines the least
desirable features of several systems, with very little gain. And a lot of bind
at any real suspension travel.
I was looking at a 2wd 250 in the junkyard yesterday (wishing it was a 350 for the solid axle)
and then a 4wd 150 with coil springs and radius arms (only a stroke of mild idiocy, compared to the 250)
and I can see why that kit costs like it does- there are quite a few unique parts the 250 would need.
That said, the 44 and 50 front ends ARE physically quite similar, and if I was headed down this
path, I think I'd start with the front frame clip off a 4wd 150 just to see how far I could get with it.
Understanding that quite a bit of welding, adaptation and fabrication might be needed. There
wasn't a 4wd 250, so I couldn't compare actual sizes of things...
Good luck! In your shoes, most of us go to a solid axle and never look back. But that shouldn't slow you!
I too think the ttb/leaf combo is a stroke of pure idiocy. It combines the least
desirable features of several systems, with very little gain. And a lot of bind
at any real suspension travel.
I was looking at a 2wd 250 in the junkyard yesterday (wishing it was a 350 for the solid axle)
and then a 4wd 150 with coil springs and radius arms (only a stroke of mild idiocy, compared to the 250)
and I can see why that kit costs like it does- there are quite a few unique parts the 250 would need.
That said, the 44 and 50 front ends ARE physically quite similar, and if I was headed down this
path, I think I'd start with the front frame clip off a 4wd 150 just to see how far I could get with it.
Understanding that quite a bit of welding, adaptation and fabrication might be needed. There
wasn't a 4wd 250, so I couldn't compare actual sizes of things...
Good luck! In your shoes, most of us go to a solid axle and never look back. But that shouldn't slow you!
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The size difference of my front axle and my buddie's bronco's front axle is quite large, the d50 is much more beefy than the d44 TTB... I hear you on the solid front axle swap, but my thought is I would have to find one, and it seems that most of the guys that sell them think they're sitting on hold, and I'd still want coils over leafs... Plus I'd have to go through and regear, and reseal and just do maintenance on the d60... After all is said and done its probably be about the same price... And it would have a harsher ride than the TTB with coils still IN THEORY I suppose.
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