lowering a 4x4?
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what body style and what truck 150 250 350
alright so for the rear removing the blocks would lower it but your gonna need to make sure you don't have any clearance issues anywhere and everything fits right
for the front...im gonna have to think about this
i have seen some reg cab short bed 150s i thought looked good lowered a bit just curious what truck your planing on dropping
alright so for the rear removing the blocks would lower it but your gonna need to make sure you don't have any clearance issues anywhere and everything fits right
for the front...im gonna have to think about this
i have seen some reg cab short bed 150s i thought looked good lowered a bit just curious what truck your planing on dropping
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Well one thing you're going to have to watch is there isn't very much clearance between the front axle and the oil pan. also if you lower it to much you will probably have to shortin your drive shafts. It may not be an issue with the liitle drop you want. Then you will probably need new shocks because yours will be too long. I'm sure there's more to worry about too, but I can't think of any at the moment.
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its an f 150.
I only have the money for one truck. I need the 4x4 for general life use, snowy roads, and other slippery situations that you find yourself in from time to time. Im not into off roading anymore, I've found I just get stuck or break things, not good when its your daily driver and you have to go to work. Just not my thing anymore.
Is is possible to drop a 95 f150 4x4?
I only have the money for one truck. I need the 4x4 for general life use, snowy roads, and other slippery situations that you find yourself in from time to time. Im not into off roading anymore, I've found I just get stuck or break things, not good when its your daily driver and you have to go to work. Just not my thing anymore.
Is is possible to drop a 95 f150 4x4?
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Personally I do not think it is feasible. I think you would have to design a completely new engine cross member so you can raise the axle pivot points up closer to the engine, install shorter springs and shocks, and possibly have to do something with the radius arm mounts. If you just put on shorter coils alone you are going to run into alignment issues so IMHO it is not worth it, but possible.
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Not really, from what I've seen the only way to lower a twin-beam Ford is with those darn "dream beams" that are like $600 a pair - not what I call good aftermarket support, not even close to what you can find for a Chev. About lowering the 4x4 - does the D44 TTB has adjusting sleeves around the top ball joints? If so those can make for some big camber changes, with a 2wd truck if you're lucky enough to have the adjusters currently set to max negative camber you can sometimes get away with cutting the springs a bit for a small drop and compensate for it by maxing out the adjusters towards the positive camber, I've seen it done at least once, and it worked out just right.
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You may be able to half-*** something together where you lop a little off the coils and add those super adjustable upper ball joint cams, but I think it will ride and handle like crap.
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honestly taking and inch off your springs probably wont hurt your ride too much they aren't true progressive springs in which case you would notice more and going down an inch i would think should be in the limits of the stock camber adjustment