no prob man thanks for the hard *****. yeah i have skyjacker coils and cam brushings they are both 2 degree corrections, even now the car leans to the left but the tires on set so they wear normal (11.5's on stock rim) so a little adjustment was needed. so i would have to buy new camber brushings to align the wheels if i had those spacers put in? so if i got new shocks i should get just a little more clearance in the front or what?

 

From my understanding, and the Skyjacker site, they may be able to use your old camber bushings along with the new ones for up to that 3.5" lift. If the spacers you buy are only 1-inch high, you may be in some sort of 'safe' range.

Would the new shocks allow for more lift out of the springs you just bought? measure, unbolt the bottoms, or tops, of the front shocks you have on there and measure again to find out (AND report beack here - it would be interesting to hear your results).

But, ideally, you should have shocks made for a minor lift anyway.
At the moment you are at, or are very near, the maximum extension of the stock shocks. While this allows the suspension to get pushed up well enough, it won't allow the front wheels to conform to irregualarities in the road (or offroad surface) by allowing one of the wheels to drop down a bit when going over a hole or minor-valley. Your current setup will probably lead to a rougher ride (if not a possible more-uncontrolable ride)(as the truck's only option is for the whole vehicle on the respective side to eventually plop down onto whatever hole you pass over).

There may be a cheap, less desirable and less functional way to get around it. My new front shocks have enough thread at the tops to allow me to take them off and add another (second) rubber shock-bushing between the shock and the truck's shock tower. This would essentially push the shock's operating range down about 3/4 of an inch or so, or, in your case, perhaps it would allow the suspension to raise the front up a bit more if your limiting factor is your shocks' maximum extension length.

 

in all actuality the superlift,skyjacker, rancho, and all the other lift companys make a sort of leveling springs that do not level the truck they claim 2"s of lift in the front and don't provide it. I have personally installed over 75 sets of these spacers in Ford F150 Rangers and F250 4x2 SD along with 4x2 ranger prerunner trucks and never had a problem or a customer come back beacause they couldn't get the front end with in spec. Superlift provides you the 2.0 degree bushing but you can also get a 2.25- 2.50 degree bushing now if you were to add these spacers to a truck that is already at 3.5"s then yes you will need axle pivot drop brackets and other lift kit bracketry to make everything fit rightRbrendel if you want the spacers they are $60.00 with all the hardware you need to install them except the bushings which Napa sells or the front end shop will be able to get them. If they don't work or allow you to get the alignment within spec send them back to me and I will refund your money no problem.

 

this is all i want to know, would i have to buy new cam adjusters? or could i use the ones i have on there now

 

the only way to really know is to have the front end shop put in on the rack after you install a set of bushings on a 4x2 you might not and you said earlier that the alignment shop said you still had room for adjustment. One thing I have noticed in the past is every truck is different some need a 2.25 degree camber bushing and some don't they can get away with the 2.0 degree you won't know for sure until it is on the rack.

 

haha well i cant afford it now, last night i was going across a rusted cattleguard and my truck fell through it one of the front beams caught the side of it and just held the truck up in the process of trying to pull the truck off of it i got a huge dent in the front left side of the truck because part of the fence hit it and my steering linkage broke, thats 250 bucks worth of steering linkage and ill just leave the dent i can get to the dent from under the hood but how do i pop it out??

 

AZ4x4f150 If I put the coil spring spacer and 2" lift springs in the front how much actual lift will I get?This is on a 90 Bronco.Also how much are the alignment bushings and how much a pita to install or how much could I expect a alignment shop to charge to install them.I see you also did a shackle flip in the rear.How much lift did this net?In your gallery the truck looks fairly level.

Thanks,
Billy

 

Billy with the 2" coils which are basically leveling springs you are going to get maybe 1 1/2 " of lift without the coil spacers. With the coil spacers you should get up to 3.5 or just under 4"s of lift in the front. My truck I also put a set of coil spring cups off a F150 4x2 because the spring cups were 3/4" taller than the 4x4 coil spring cups. for awhile my truck was just a 1/2" higher in the front but after useing my old extremely heavy bumper my springs started to sag so I removed the old 500lb bumper and installed the new one. The shackle flip like I did gave me just a hair under 3"s of lift in the rear. The camber bushings cost me $20.00/each and the alignment was $50.00.

 

If I put the spacers and bigger springs and wind up with 3.5" of lift what about the radius arms?I think alignment bushings can get the tire geometry right but will this put them in a bind.I know when you get to 4" lifts they use drop brackets for the radius arms.

Thanks,
Billy

 

as long as you are below 4"s you can keep the stock radius arms without drop brackets the only thing radius arms are going to adjust is caster. and anything above 4"s is when you need to get extended radius arms or drop brackets. you should be fine at 3.5"s in lift

 

Chris,thanks for the info.Have you ever used the Ingalls alignment bushings?I've heard good things about them.I think they will adjust up to 2 3/4 degrees.I see you did the shackle flip.I've heard of guys getting F-250 rear,front shackles and using those.If I understand right you just flipped the stock rear shackle.Your truck looks fairly level.My Bronco has a slightly forward rake.I would like to keep that or at least be level.I don't care for the *** low look.If I put leveling coils and the spacers up front and flip the shackles I'm wondering how it will sit.Where can I get those spacers?

Thanks,
Billy

 

your truck will level out nicely with the leveling coils and the coil spacers if the rewar is going to be lower it might be only by a 1/4"

 

yeah and then the springs will settle so it might work out perfectly