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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 08:16 AM
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hey one more question if i put a 2.5b add a leaf in the rear and revrese the shackle will it bring me up 6 1/2 in
 
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by uncle junk
its a 1986 f350 with a 351w all trickd out the f700 springs are the same thickness as the f350 springs i was going to cut them apart and add them under the stock leafs by finding the longest one and adding it to the bottom of the stock leafs and build it down till it gets to the smalest one on the bottom but im trying not to use more than 7 spring under it i already tryd last night but had no dice i was thinking about having the front springs re archd as far as the spring shop can arch them and then add a few leafs to follow the contour of the spring all the way down does this sound crazy or what if its any help to you i have two brand new sets of stock cab mounts that maybe will help you out on your bushing quest i think. i allso have a dana 60 rear steering axle i bought on ebay and im not sure what i can do for the lift in the back if just adding leafs will work or if i need to mount font leafs in the rear or what the guy i bought it from said that i was the first person he had made a rear steering axle for that wasent going to be put in a jeep but he said on the jeep app thy can just use rear springs but he wasent sure if the centering holes will line up on the rear sprins or not he dosent see why not cause it was a rear end to begin with but id like to tackle the front first before i get into the rear steering mess oh yeah buy the way the truck is still just aframe in my garage no body no motor nothing just the fram should i put the truck together and then add the lift kit of should i do it now thanks sean
damn you must have failed enlish... dont you know what a run on sentence is?

yeah at least 6.5" in the rear if you do that.
I do not recommend rearching the springs, unless its an offroad rig only.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 07:27 PM
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with rear steering and a set of 40 if i can fit them in its definately off road only m******* cops dont like big trucks you can only raise a truck up 2 in from factory hight here or bottom of rocker panel can be 28in off the ground yeah buy THE WAY I FLUNCKDED LUNCH AND GYM AS WELL I HAVE TERRIBLE SPELLING SKILLS BUT I CAN SWING A GOOD WRENCH
 
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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good lord it hurtts my head trying to read all that
 
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Old Apr 5, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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yeah i didnt really read the last part of the long post... after reading the same line 3x in a row, i called it quits...
 
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