Im new to this site and was wondering if anyone has pictures of a 78/79 F- 250 with a 6 inch lift. I have a 78 F-250 Ranger Lariat that has the factory Dana 60 in the front. I have not bought a lift yet but have a set 37 inch goodyear mtr's and figured I should go with a 6 inch since my 95 F-350 has the same lift, tires combo on it Thanks a lot ..

 

Here's mine..........more pics in my gallery. Easily clears 35's.

 

This is my 79 F350 with 6 inch lift on 38 inch tires.

 

Nice truck Ronzi.

That's what I'm talkin' about!

 

Thanks for the pics! Im pretty excited about getting my tires and wheels on. From the looks of the diffrent pickups,35's or 37's would look good with a 6 inch lift. The thing that shocks me is how much the lift cost! I've been quoted between $1400-1700 for a kit with rear blocks! I would rather go with new rear springs but cheapest I've found is around $1700. My last 77 cost me around $500 with new springs all the way around. It was a few years ago.

 

DON"T USE BLOCKS!!!

If you don't plan on hauling/towing alot of weight with it, do what I did on the rear. A shackle flip (there are more pics in my gallery).




This netted me 4.5's of lift and allowed me to toss my blocks and get a better ride and better flex out of the rear suspension.

If you just search "shackle flip" on here you'll find all kinds of info.

I used sky manufacturing hangers that run about $150 a pair. Others have used factory Ford hangers that cost next to nothing.

If that won't meet your weight carrying needs save some cash for new rear springs.

As for lifting the front I suggest you search on here for info on swapping to Super Duty front springs, they're a 99.9% direct swap and will also net you some good flex and a great ride.

Welcome to FTE, good luck, and feel free to ask more questions, someone here always has an answer!

 

Thanks for the info Unrulee, I had not heard of the shackle flip before. Are you running superduty springs? Thanks again for the heads up

 

Unrulee has a real nice truck, though I dont think he is running the Stupid duty springs up front yet. Several user have though,a nd some thread searches will provide many answeres.
I did notice something in Unrulees pic, and it is often not mentioned. In order to perform the skackle flip correctly, the hanger has to be moved foward. You can see in the pic above that the original hanger was further back. Moving the shackle hanger foward creates a better shackle angle, and this provides a much better ride, and far better articulation. Failure to do this will make the ride real rough and limit suspension extension.

I am one of the guys that use a stock hanger. Not the stock hanger that originally had the shackle attached. Some use this and just flip it, but this only provides a small amount of lift. Not enough to justify the labor involved.
The janger that I used was the original hanger that is attached to the front of the rear spring. See, I used a longer hanger for the front of the spring, and used the one that I removed as the hanger for the rear. Confused yet??



I also use Super duty springs up front, but I use an 8 inch spring, and it is probably too big for the 36 to 37 inch tire range.

 

Thanks to everone for the info. I have found some threads on the shackle flip and superduty spring swap. I think thats the way I'm going to go. If do the shackle flip and get 4.5 of lift in the back should I do 6.5 in springs in the front since it has that factory rake to it? I want it to be level thanks..

 

Looks lke you're on the right track.

Don't forget the small stuff like steering correction, brake lines, d-shafts, etc.

 

First off thanks for the compliment!

No I'm not riding on Sduty springs..............yet...........but it's in the plans . (still need to find a 60 for the front, that's priority at the moment)

And yes I put the new hanger 2.5"s farther ahead of the old one, ended up with a respectable shackle angle, ride and...........................flex!

 

welcome to FTE!

post some pics of what your truck looks like now.

Ronzi, did you notice the Bud Light can in the first pic?

 

Wow, good eye! I missed that. Hmmmmm, mud, beer, I've never seen that combo !!!

 

that can basically jumped out at me.

 

Flex is a big issue and we as owners od older trucks have never been able to participate on some off road trails because we have been too large or simply not have the flex required to navigate some of the trails. I mean lockers are great but if a tire is off of the ground, we only have the one tire on the ground providing foward motion. Better to have all of the tires on the ground.

Here are some poser flex pics.

Notice the rear shock was the limiting factor here. It reached full extension before the spring was done playing:



Same poser pic from opposite angle. Notice, full stuff:



Just for reference this is a 36" tire on the ground. Again I have rear shock issues. Without making a hole for the shock through the floor in the bed, I am limited on shock length. Not too bad for 1 ton truck. Note, the lack of body flex. This is all spring: