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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 07:28 PM
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I've got a 89 f150 with a 2 inch body lift and clear 33's on a 8 inch wheel fine. i ordered a 2 inch leveling kit and was wandering if i could clear 35's. i think i could but don't know about 35's on a 10 inch wheel. what do you think?
 
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 07:56 PM
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Also do i need new shocks to go with the front spacer and how much would labor be to install 4.10 gear ratio
 
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 10:33 PM
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You cannot put 4" of lift total, in the front w/o axle pivot brackets, and either new longer radius arms or radius arm drop brackets, new brake lines, shocks, and a pitman arm. You'd be MUCH MUCH better off buying a 4" suspension lift at around 700 bucks with everything included except the brake lines.


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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 10:35 PM
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I'm sorry i made a mistake, I thought u had 2" coil spacers and wanted 2" coil springs so forget what i said. You won't need new shocks i believe, some people have said that they have broken their shocks. If they are old, replace them they are cheap. Rancho or skyjacker have some nice shocks. My rancho RS5000s were 35 bucks each. You should be able to clear 35s if it's a 4x4, but it will be pretty tight. Ideally you'd need a 6" lift.


Primary rig is Green Thunder:
95' F-150 XLT 4x4, 302, 5 spd, MSD 6A, Flowmaster American Thunder Exhaust, Sunroof, Clear corners w/ Diamond headlights, CD player with 2 10" subs and some 32" BFG Muds .

Check out my Gallery for a look-see.

Then theres:
99' Mustang GT 4.6L
88' F-250 Heavyduty 4x4 351/c6
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 with a
3 spd column shifter. Weighs around 7,000lbs w. 65mph top speed, who wants to race me!

 
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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 01:05 AM
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I am not sure you could do the 35's but you never know. How wide would they be? If they are 35x12.5's then a 10" rim would be fine.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 08:24 PM
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Are the spacers very hard to install?
 
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 10:02 PM
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Like i said before, you can't get coil spacers w/ 2" coils. The alignment will be off to much to correct. You'd have to get axle pivot brackets, and then you mind as well get a 4" lift kit for 700 bucks total. If it's a 4x4, and a total of 4" of lift, they will fit but you won't have a lot of room, i'd suggest 6" of total lift.


Primary rig is Green Thunder:
95' F-150 XLT 4x4, 302, 5 spd, MSD 6A, Flowmaster American Thunder Exhaust, Sunroof, Clear corners w/ Diamond headlights, CD player with 2 10" subs and some 32" BFG Muds .

Check out my Gallery for a look-see.

Then theres:
99' Mustang GT 4.6L
88' F-250 Heavyduty 4x4 351/c6
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 with a
3 spd column shifter. Weighs around 7,000lbs w. 65mph top speed, who wants to race me!

 
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Old Aug 21, 2002 | 06:22 PM
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