front end lift
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front end lift
my buddys got a 89 f-150 2wd. we put 32's on it and it looks awsome in the rear. the front sits too low. and the tires a cocked in on top. so the tires sit like this / \ what can you do to make the front end look decent? i was thinkin 4x4 coil springs? or maybe the spacer piece underneath the coil spring on a 4wd. lemme know what you think. thanks, Josh 
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Unfortunatly not with out an extreme effort from a front end shop. F150 are but without ANY adjustment for this. It may look goofy but your truck won't turn properly without this camber(?) set properly. Both F150's I've owned were like this. With smaller tires it isn't very noticabkle. With wider tires it is more noticeable. I have not noticed any excessive wear on my tires (if they're looked after) - ie proper inflation, rotation.
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If your front tires are leaning in that far on the top, then you iether have a lift kit that was not a complete kit (not all the drop brackets were put on) or you have a worn out frontend (balljoints or axle beam bushings). Running the frontend with excessive negative camber from a poorly modified suspension or a worn out front end will result in tires that wear quickly on the inside edge. The proper camber angle is very small and difficult to notice just by eyeballing it from the front of the truck. Since you noticed it easily and became alarmed enough about it to post a question about it here, I would say it is in need of fixing.
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I took my 2WD 1994 F150 I6/Auto with 31" tires to a spring shop to have it leveled and aligned. They replaced the coils with some designed for (I believe) a 2WD F250 with a 5.8L V8. The 1994's I know have adjustable caster/camber via offset bushings on the axle. I found a web site that talks about that and they say this can be done on 1982 F100's and F150's and above.
http://members.aol.com/carleyware/library/bfe1096a.htm
http://members.aol.com/carleyware/library/bfe1096a.htm
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my bronco sits like that, i put a 4" lift on it and its not that bad but im worried about tire wear. anyways will 4x4 springs bring up the front end on a 2wd truck? are they taller that 2wd's?
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They make cam bushings for older trucks ( not king pins) in 82's there put in from underneath the upper joint and will not affect caster when adjusted, older trucks you have to bend the axle change camber..
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2wd Front End Lift
Actually, here's the real deal... Some years of late 80-early 90 Ford trucks had "adjustable" camber plates, but they only go so far. If you have that, (I don't remember if 89 did) you may be able to go to an alignment shop and swap yours out for a set that's more angled. If you don't have that setup, or the adjustable plates won't go far enough, then you'll need a set of drop brackets for the inboard ends of the Twin I beam axles. You can get them from a 2wd suspension lift kit manufacturer, just like when you lift a 4wd. Once you have those, then you also need to go up a comparable amount at the springs. So your best bet might just be to buy a whole front lift kit. Also, if you lift it high enough, you'll need a drop-pitman arm for the steering gearbox, or longer adjustment on the tie-rods, else you'll have too much toe-in. Again, the lift kit will brobably include this...
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