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Hate to do it but...
I have a 2020 F250 FX4 on 20" Fuels. I use a wheelchair from a spinal cord injury and I need to lower the truck 6-8" in order to get in and out. What is the best, economical way to go about this?
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The most economical way would be to get a 2wd truck, possibly not a Super Duty. The 4wd Super Duty only has about 1-2" of travel before you are sitting on bump stops, no way to get a 6"-8" drop out if it. I'm not familiar with the 2wd Super Duty front end.
(travel referring to front suspension up-travel incase it wasn't obvious enough)
(travel referring to front suspension up-travel incase it wasn't obvious enough)
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Well shoot, I'm sure there is a way to fab/modify the front end, but I have no idea of what all is involved or how much it costs.
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The lowest he could lower the front suspension would be maybe 1.5", the rear 2"+, or whatever the block size is plus any leaf spring mods. That combined with a smaller wheel/tire could drop it a couple inches up front, and a few in the rear. Not 6-8" though. Also, it would then drive like a slammed truck with almost no up travel, meaning it could be rough and require caution over bumps.
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It 60r20's on it. I think I'd get about 2" f I went to a 55r17. As for the suspension question, I'd have to get someone to look at it.
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Last edited by MMarsh979; Mar 30, 2024 at 03:49 PM.
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4wd Super Dutys are by nature very tall SOBs. I think my stock 250 with 33 inch tires is taller than a 37 inch tire f150 Raptor and I have to look slightly downward to look at regular F150 Raptors
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Get a hold of these guys, they'll slam that ruck to the ground with air bags and set it up just the way you want it to roll right in. They do stuff like this on their show on tv and do outstanding work from what I can see.
https://www.ekstensive.com/
https://www.ekstensive.com/
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Get a hold of these guys, they'll slam that ruck to the ground with air bags and set it up just the way you want it to roll right in. They do stuff like this on their show on tv and do outstanding work from what I can see.
https://www.ekstensive.com/
https://www.ekstensive.com/
You can get an inch lower from smaller tires but go look at your truck and see how close your axle sits from the bump stops at static height even with no load.
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how are they going to "slam that ruck to the ground" without massive changes to the suspension parts and axles mounts? This isn't some low rider hobby for the OP to have as a mall crawler to show bling at the vape lounge, it needs to be able to work and do so reliably, I assume.
You can get an inch lower from smaller tires but go look at your truck and see how close your axle sits from the bump stops at static height even with no load.
You can get an inch lower from smaller tires but go look at your truck and see how close your axle sits from the bump stops at static height even with no load.
And from what I can tell, there's a bit over 7" between the bump stop and the axle. I obviously can't get to it but there seems like quite a bit of room.
Last edited by MMarsh979; Mar 30, 2024 at 04:55 PM.