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Mar 24, 2007 | 12:25 AM

jonathan00

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dropping my 79

im very new to this site but me and my truck are ready for an UPGRADE
i have a 79 f150 extended cab and bed and i want it low dragging the ground low if any one could help me it would be greatly appreiciated

Mar 24, 2007 | 12:36 AM

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Here are some helpful threads:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...light=lowering

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...light=lowering

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...light=lowering

Mar 24, 2007 | 12:40 AM

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welcome to FTE. i would add to this,but BUCK77FORD has pointed you in the right direction ,so follow his leads and enjoy the people and help here at FTE.-billy

Mar 24, 2007 | 12:46 AM

jonathan00

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just to be clear i mean ***-draging sparks everywhere get what im sayin

Mar 24, 2007 | 06:36 AM

Dave Severson

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Yup, I do!!!! My kind of truck, slammed, not just lowered!!!!!! After you get it setting in the weeds, only thing left to do is a 3" chop and a 4" section on the body!!!!!! Then it would go from kewl to way kewl!!!! Have fun, don't let being young stop you from building what you want. The guys on this forum are very knowledgable in any aspect of truck maintenance and modifications. Doubt you could come up with a question that someone here doesn't have the expertise to answer!!!!

Mar 24, 2007 | 06:39 AM

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just to be clear i mean ***-draging sparks everywhere get what im sayin

To do that air bags are obviuosly required. I dont imagine there are and kits but fabbing up an air bag 4 link suspension isn't that hard. I would think you would have to cut your box floor(which is a sin) for rear end and tire clearence when dropped. And last I would think the gas tank may be an issue with a frame draggin truck of this year.

Mar 24, 2007 | 06:07 PM

Mil1ion

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just to be clear i mean ***-draging sparks everywhere get what im sayin

What's your address....I'll swing by with 3 cubic meters of wet concrete for the bed of that truck.

You'll be sparking like no other

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Mar 24, 2007 | 08:35 PM

Dave Severson

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Great looking bag set on their!!!! Is it yours? Give whoever did the work a great big attaboy from me!!! Bet it rides as good as it looks, too!!!! Thanks for the pics.

Mar 24, 2007 | 08:53 PM

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I did ALL the work on it myself. Ive been working on that setup along with putting a complete new compressor setup and competition engineering 4-link that I have been working on for near 2 months. Got to drive it today on the new stuff and it seems pretty good. still needs some adjustment on the 4-link bars to get the thrust angle right. pretty neat being able to go front,back, and side to side now

Mar 24, 2007 | 09:06 PM

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Yup, the 4 links really work great on the back of a pickup. That is some very nice work on your's, congrats on a job well done!!!! You must be using the 4 valve air system now, installed a few and had a blast checking them out!!!! What are you using for a compressor and tank??

Mar 24, 2007 | 10:06 PM

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im gonna do the work myself but im still alittle cloudy on the price and every thing i mean i no im gonna have to buy bags and compresser o and about the 4 link suspension how do i go about fabing it

Mar 24, 2007 | 10:11 PM

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I have 3 - 3 gallon tanks under the bed. Two on one side of the driveshaft and one on the other side. I have two viair 480's along with the old DC 2000 from airbagit.com. They fill the tanks from 0-145 psi in about 3 1/2 minutes.

just the DC 2000 with 3 gallons took over five minutes. Valves are three position spool valves from airbagit.com. They are the only valves I've bought because they seem to work okay and if they get stuck, just take em apart and clean them. I had one I rebuilt that I took apart several times and just figured out it was a clogged air actuator passage. works great now. I also run 3/8 line to the bags. front bags are 2600# firestones while the back got changed from 2500#firestones to 2800# contitechs because I needed the lift so I can change my tires weekly to go to the drag strip

Mar 24, 2007 | 10:15 PM

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im gonna do the work myself but im still alittle cloudy on the price and every thing i mean i no im gonna have to buy bags and compresser o and about the 4 link suspension how do i go about fabing it

I think you need to go to some forums for trucks and minitrucks. They should be able to help you out more. Also suicidedoors.com is probably one of the better places to get parts. They can custom make 4 links to your specs and all the parts and pieces.

Mar 24, 2007 | 10:52 PM

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im gonna do the work myself but im still alittle cloudy on the price and every thing i mean i no im gonna have to buy bags and compresser o and about the 4 link suspension how do i go about fabing it

Unless you have a lot of fabrication tools and skills, you would probably be better off buying the 4 link kit. For the street, I would suggest a triangulated 4 bar with the polyurethene bushings. Best part about the triangulated 4 bar is they keep the rear end centered and stable without the extra expense of a Watt's linkage or Panhard bar.