Hello everyone,

I'm kinda new with this, so bear with me. I was looking for an older 4X2 Ford truck to haul firewood and such. An old 1983 F-150 (300 CID, C-6 tranny, 9" rear 350 gears) recently came to me ($100.00, and drove it home) in really sad mechanical shape. However, the body is in great shape. Right now its sitting in my garage stripped to the frame. (alot of time on my hands) My question is, will F-250 front coils fit where the F-150 coils go? I've already added an "add-a-leaf" to the rear, (that I had laying around the garage). and I want to get the front end out of the dirt to fit larger tires. I was looking at a friends 4X2 F-350 dually, and everything looked quite similar. Any inputs?

 

i wanted some lift in the front. my front springs are tired but not broken. i went to autozone and bought a pair of coil over shocks. they are around $50 and they give me 2" of lift.

 

The problem with ford front ends is, you can't lift the front end with heavier coils above stock height without throwing out the the alignment.


If you bring it back up to stock height with the f-250 coils, that'd be fine, but beware, you can change the camber/caster in the early model 2wds without bending the ibeams.

 

the will fit, but what is a better idea is go to your local parts outlet and buy a pair of cargo(heavy duty coils) for you model of truck, they are the same lenth as your stock coils but have a much stiffer spring rate.

 

That really won't do anything but make it ride like a stone wagon. The best bit is to go buy factory coils, they have the number/letter listed on the door post. That way it'll have the factory ride height, and the factory ride.