Spring Swap ?
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Originally Posted by twisted289
Has anyone ever swapped out the girly springs in there Ex with with F-250 SD springs all the way around.
See my sig for what I added, and the link below for a comprehensive write up.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...-finished.html
While I am very happy with the improved steering and handling the spring swap provided, in a few weeks I'll be adding a panhard bar to see if it tightens up the handling more.
Stewart
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Really? You'll be the first that I know of to install a panhard bar. I've thought about why someone hasn't done it it before. Is there a cross member right above the axle that you can bolt it to?
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It mounts to a half bracket that bolts to the rear diff cover.
It will look much like this picture....
I autocross with my Lightning, and have planned on this upgrade for awhile. After I did the spring swap on the Excursion, I started wondering if maybe a panhard bar wouldn't help with the lateral stability the way it does with a Lightning. So I checked into it and discovered Develop-Mental Racing (who makes the panhard bars for the Lightning) recently made a panhard bar for Jody Tipton's F250. So I contacted Garrett, the owner of DMR and asked if his F250 panhard would work on my Excursion. After taking some measurements for him, he's reasonably confident the F250 bar would work on the Excursions too.
I guess I'll be the Guinea pig when I put mine on.
Stewart
It will look much like this picture....
I autocross with my Lightning, and have planned on this upgrade for awhile. After I did the spring swap on the Excursion, I started wondering if maybe a panhard bar wouldn't help with the lateral stability the way it does with a Lightning. So I checked into it and discovered Develop-Mental Racing (who makes the panhard bars for the Lightning) recently made a panhard bar for Jody Tipton's F250. So I contacted Garrett, the owner of DMR and asked if his F250 panhard would work on my Excursion. After taking some measurements for him, he's reasonably confident the F250 bar would work on the Excursions too.
I guess I'll be the Guinea pig when I put mine on.
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This is great idea, but I wonder if there will be room to add this mod when you have air bags installed. Looks like it might be alittle tight for both! Plwase keep me updated. Quite a few of us are bagged already.
tight
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lol..only reason i ask is, as i was laying under the truck trying to figure out a cheaper way of running the tailpipe for dual, i realized that there is hardly any room for one pipe besides two, unless you are lifted at least 3+" but i can't verify more room about that yet.
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HI is there any aftermarket springs for excursions. I love my x but I'm sick of the riding stiff and bouncy. I put ranchos 9000 but didn,t make the difference I wanted. Any suggestions?