lifting a 93
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Ok I'm gonna try and refraise the question, I have a 93 f150 that I want to put a 4in. lift on and run 33in. tires, I already have a set of 4in. lift coil springs and some add a leafs I can get new shocks in like 10minutes and have the equiptmet to make brakelines. if I put the coils and leafs in will it mess up my steering and if I put a new pitman arm in will it be ok I hope I made my question somewht clearer.
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From: St George, SC I-95
OK here goes...
Your 93 has a TTB front suspension. If you just slap springs under it without dropping the TTB crosmemeber you will have a serious toe out (or in I cant remember which its called) that will eat up the outside edge of your tires and make highway driving squirrelly. The down side to even doing it correctly is lowering the crossemember will put much more stress on the frame and can cause the frame to crack. You will need a drop pitman arm. You will need shocks(not crappy napa shocks good ones). You will need extended brake lines and you will need your front end aligned before driving more than a few miles on the street...IE from your garage to the alignment shop and not stop by the mall on your way there.
on a personal note....BFG ATs suck nuts!
To answer your question is YES it will mess stuff up to not buy a complete kit but even a complete kit sucks on a TTB front axle.
Your 93 has a TTB front suspension. If you just slap springs under it without dropping the TTB crosmemeber you will have a serious toe out (or in I cant remember which its called) that will eat up the outside edge of your tires and make highway driving squirrelly. The down side to even doing it correctly is lowering the crossemember will put much more stress on the frame and can cause the frame to crack. You will need a drop pitman arm. You will need shocks(not crappy napa shocks good ones). You will need extended brake lines and you will need your front end aligned before driving more than a few miles on the street...IE from your garage to the alignment shop and not stop by the mall on your way there.
on a personal note....BFG ATs suck nuts!
To answer your question is YES it will mess stuff up to not buy a complete kit but even a complete kit sucks on a TTB front axle.
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make sure you check out our site before getting leaf springs
http://motorhaven.autoanything.com/suspension-systems/20A50503A1.aspx
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From: Cocoa, FL
Originally Posted by STGFordCrazy04
OK here goes...
Your 93 has a TTB front suspension. If you just slap springs under it without dropping the TTB crosmemeber you will have a serious toe out (or in I cant remember which its called) that will eat up the outside edge of your tires and make highway driving squirrelly. The down side to even doing it correctly is lowering the crossemember will put much more stress on the frame and can cause the frame to crack. You will need a drop pitman arm. You will need shocks(not crappy napa shocks good ones). You will need extended brake lines and you will need your front end aligned before driving more than a few miles on the street...IE from your garage to the alignment shop and not stop by the mall on your way there.
on a personal note....BFG ATs suck nuts!
To answer your question is YES it will mess stuff up to not buy a complete kit but even a complete kit sucks on a TTB front axle.
Your 93 has a TTB front suspension. If you just slap springs under it without dropping the TTB crosmemeber you will have a serious toe out (or in I cant remember which its called) that will eat up the outside edge of your tires and make highway driving squirrelly. The down side to even doing it correctly is lowering the crossemember will put much more stress on the frame and can cause the frame to crack. You will need a drop pitman arm. You will need shocks(not crappy napa shocks good ones). You will need extended brake lines and you will need your front end aligned before driving more than a few miles on the street...IE from your garage to the alignment shop and not stop by the mall on your way there.
on a personal note....BFG ATs suck nuts!
To answer your question is YES it will mess stuff up to not buy a complete kit but even a complete kit sucks on a TTB front axle.
looking at the front of the truck:
camber is the top or bottom of the tires angled in or out,
toe is the front or back of tire angled in or out, caster is the angle made by drawing a line through top/bottom balljoints/kingpins from the verticle.....
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From: Neenah, Wisconsin
Originally Posted by Possum_93
no definatley not I'm leaving for school in a few months and won't really get a chance. but anyway they might fit but i like a little fender gap but i'm guessing the springs won't mess anything and thanks for the heads up on the tires
Wait....yes 4 inch springs will mess things up, the kit has drops for the axle mounts...just adding springs will give you tons and tons of camber on your tires you don't want.....i'm going to go ahead and agree here....for pavement pounding buy a body lift and some gap fillers....
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From: Joppa, Maryland
Originally Posted by STGFordCrazy04
a cookie is just a cookie but a newton is fruit and cake.
Just want everyone to know
Just want everyone to know
ah bwahahahaah
looking from the front..
/==o=\ negative camber?
\==o=/ positive camber?
right? or other way?
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From: Springfield, VA
Originally Posted by quadzjr
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Wow, Kris, 2nd "newbie" bash on you today, you must be sick.......
Originally Posted by STGFordCrazy04
:a cookie is just a cookie but a newton is fruit and cake.
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From: Springfield, VA
Get the kit for the front, ditch the block and get a Sky shackle flit for the rear. Then you'll be all good and start on the road to recovery from being a mall crawler......
Oh, and ditch the BFG A/T's! If ya don't want to run a swamper, at least get a Pro Comp MT! Good on the road, and handle well in light to mid off road situations.
Oh, and ditch the BFG A/T's! If ya don't want to run a swamper, at least get a Pro Comp MT! Good on the road, and handle well in light to mid off road situations.