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Jun 20, 2004 | 11:14 PM

Muddn351

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Will this work?

Hey guys,
I am currently running a 4" Rough Country Suspension lift on my 1986 Ford F-150. I have seen the 2" coil spacers on ebay and I got to thinking of a setup. Would it be possible..and safe..to put 2" coil spacers in the front and add-a-leafs in the rear and total out about a 6" suspension lift? If its not safe I dont want to try it..but on the other hand I do want about a 6" or better lift without having to buy a whole new suspension lift kit considering the one I have is only about a year old. I like to ride high

Jun 21, 2004 | 06:10 PM

ramboss429

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Do you have rear lift springs? If so I would just put a 2" block in the rear and the spacer up front. Should work no problem.

Jun 21, 2004 | 08:03 PM

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You may not be able to get the camber adjusted right if you add more lift without lowering the axle pivot brackets.

Jun 21, 2004 | 11:31 PM

Muddn351

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No I dont have rear lift springs Ramboss..I have blocks in the rear for my 4" susp. lift...will it still work? Hmm..mrwizard..is that required for a 6"?

Jun 21, 2004 | 11:54 PM

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Buy a set of 6" lift blocks for your rear end. Or else get a set of 6" lift springs (reccomended).

I totally forgot about the TTB and camber.....The front may not work like mrwizard said.

I have a 6" lift that came off an '83 F150 I may be interested in selling, its my buddies actually and he decided not to install it. It is used, he bought it on a pickup and we took it apart to put on his '84.......

Jun 21, 2004 | 11:55 PM

Muddn351

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hmm....i'd have to check about the camber and the ttb...would i need new shocks also or would the 4" susp. lift shocks work?

Jun 22, 2004 | 12:00 AM

ramboss429

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To do it right you would need new shocks, you could run the old shocks for a while until you had the money to upgrade. Someone here has to have some experience with lifting a TTB, my only experience was ripping that 6" lift out of my buddies truck.

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Jun 22, 2004 | 02:24 AM

psdpower

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It depends on your current alignment setup. If with the 4 inch springs the alignment shop had to add positive camber to get it aligned, then it might work. With the 6 inch springs and 4 inch brackets you're gonna have some positive camber, but if you truck is already adjusted out on the positive camber side to get it aligned correctly you would simply need to take some of that positive camber out of the setup to get it aligned with the 6 inch coils. You're basically adding pos. camber with the springs instead of the alignment bushings. On the other hand if your truck is already into the negative camber side of the alignment bushing in it's current setup then you probably won't have enough neg. camber adjustment left to get it aligned.