Lift kits
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Nothin' *wrong* perse..it's your money. Not my preference to spend money unless I'm improving utility and/or performance. And certainly not spend more for less.. Looks?.. Well I got over that in.. HS
Just stay away from "bullit hole" stickers and "spinner" wheels ummkay:P
Just stay away from "bullit hole" stickers and "spinner" wheels ummkay:P
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You got it tough guy, spend wisley, Im sure Burger King doesn't pay all that well.
Please lead the flock with your abundence of knowledge on how they should build there trucks to your liking.
Please lead the flock with your abundence of knowledge on how they should build there trucks to your liking.
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From: Roseburg OR.
Originally posted by Zebo
So let me get this straight. You made your truck have a Higher center of gravity, get worse mileage and zero performance increase or off-road stature just for bigger tires? Ya maybe you should have stayed with the pimple farmers.
So let me get this straight. You made your truck have a Higher center of gravity, get worse mileage and zero performance increase or off-road stature just for bigger tires? Ya maybe you should have stayed with the pimple farmers.
So I'd say yes body lifts fit their purpose of allowing bigger tires. You still get the same clearance between your axles and the ground and to me breakover angle (which is all they don't help) isn't important to the vast majority of wheelers.
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How are you helping??
Your saying Im a pimply farmer kid, for liking what I like and not building my truck the way you want it to be?
Tell me again how you are helping us.
Flames?? not even, just trying to figure out what you know that we don't
Your saying Im a pimply farmer kid, for liking what I like and not building my truck the way you want it to be?
Tell me again how you are helping us.
Flames?? not even, just trying to figure out what you know that we don't
Last edited by Yeti; Oct 22, 2003 at 10:30 PM.
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From: Frankfort, IL. USA
I have a 3" body lift on my excursion and I'm happy with it. There are pro's and cons for either body or suspension lifts. Ultimately they both allow room for larger tire's which is the only way to increase ground clearance.
Oh! I don't live on a farm or have pimples... but I do have a profile with actual info in it and a gallery with pictures and a description of the truck I own.
What do they call Troll's round there?
Oh! I don't live on a farm or have pimples... but I do have a profile with actual info in it and a gallery with pictures and a description of the truck I own.
What do they call Troll's round there?
Last edited by MrRottnDog; Oct 22, 2003 at 11:06 PM.
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gentlemen,
have you not learned that speaking with one of the whack pack is a no win situation? they were sold on a single solution, that being that the more you spend, the more you get!
it is cool... let them huddle together and pray on unsuspecting new users.... soon it will come to a head that FTE is a place where suspension can not be discussed rationally and we can get back to doing what we do best here....
whatever that is.....
do i hear banjo music from the deer stand??
have you not learned that speaking with one of the whack pack is a no win situation? they were sold on a single solution, that being that the more you spend, the more you get!
it is cool... let them huddle together and pray on unsuspecting new users.... soon it will come to a head that FTE is a place where suspension can not be discussed rationally and we can get back to doing what we do best here....
whatever that is.....
do i hear banjo music from the deer stand??
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From: Dallas
Originally posted by Zebo
A suspension lift (especially the edge or national spring systems) are designed to give you 1) more articulation
A suspension lift (especially the edge or national spring systems) are designed to give you 1) more articulation
Body lifts are just for HS students? Hmm, i believe that attitudes and ignorance liike yours are also reserved for HS students. Body lifts are often used in conjunction with suspension lifts to all0ow room for bigger tires. Sure, Yeti could clear his tires with just his suspension lift, however the body lift gives it a taller look with more fender clearaance without spending a lot of money. Where is the downside to that?
Zebo, you need to be more open minded. People mod their trucks the way that best fits what they want. If someone likes lowriders heck, have at it. Thats their business. Or if someone wants to use a body lift, so be it. Why do you care? Get a life and quit wasting peoples time.
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From: IL, USA
Originally posted by abendx
have you not learned that speaking with one of the whack pack is a no win situation? they were sold on a single solution, that being that the more you spend, the more you get!
have you not learned that speaking with one of the whack pack is a no win situation? they were sold on a single solution, that being that the more you spend, the more you get!
Isn't referring to a group of people as the whack pack a flame????..........no couldn't be since you rarely if ever do that
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From: Florida
Didn't mean to start a fight. I actually think that whoever lifted my old Z71 probably was a high school kid. (Body Lift, big mud tires, big stereo, the works) I bought the truck used as a hunting rig, and I don't think it had ever been off road(too clean, no dents, not even in the driver's door!). I have never lifted a truck before, but I have had trouble in the past with tire rub, especially under really hard driving on dirt roads during a deer chase.
Lifting a chevy is easier with a body lift, I just don't have any experience with a Ford.
The only thing that matters where I drive off road is how big the tires are, which decides how far it is from the "pumpkin" to the road(or stumps, or trees, etc.) and how often those tires hit the fender wells. But thanks for advice
Lifting a chevy is easier with a body lift, I just don't have any experience with a Ford.
The only thing that matters where I drive off road is how big the tires are, which decides how far it is from the "pumpkin" to the road(or stumps, or trees, etc.) and how often those tires hit the fender wells. But thanks for advice
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From: Roswell USA
Originally posted by Hjudge49
Didn't mean to start a fight.
Didn't mean to start a fight.
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From: San Antonio USA
Ah. I love reading the treads, by the first couple of replies, no more information is being passed on, but I laugh my butt off!
I am going to do a 3-4" SUSPENSION lift on my 99 -350. I was looking at a Pro Comp that one of our docs put on his excursion. Looked pretty nice with his 6". He said it took about 8 hours for him to do, but allot of that time included working on the back springs putting in the add a leafs.
I am looking at both driveablity as well as looks. I have used lifts before that made the truck drive like a truck, and with my SD I am kind of fond of the ride it has now, especially in my declining years.
Probably won't have any feedback on mine until I get home from Baghdad the end of March, but will let you know how it goes.
Ahhhh, I love it here! Ya'll make me laugh.
I am going to do a 3-4" SUSPENSION lift on my 99 -350. I was looking at a Pro Comp that one of our docs put on his excursion. Looked pretty nice with his 6". He said it took about 8 hours for him to do, but allot of that time included working on the back springs putting in the add a leafs.
I am looking at both driveablity as well as looks. I have used lifts before that made the truck drive like a truck, and with my SD I am kind of fond of the ride it has now, especially in my declining years.
Probably won't have any feedback on mine until I get home from Baghdad the end of March, but will let you know how it goes.
Ahhhh, I love it here! Ya'll make me laugh.
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From: Florida
I'm pretty new to this board, (only looked for it to see if anyone could help me figure out how to change that $75 air filter), but there are clearly some guys here who have some very valuable info about Ford trucks. With any of my 6 prior Chevy 4x4's I only needed a hammer to made the starter work when wet and muddy, and a spare fule filter and wrenchs to change it when it got crappy. I took my F250 into the woods to hunt for the first time Saturday, and quickly found I badly need tires. I can't get the power to the ground, and that big thing justs sits there and spins the tires when I hammer it. So I guess I need to get to work