F100 lowering question
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Yes, they are stock ford wheels. They will on only be on the truck for a short period of time while I am doing the body work. Ill be using 20s or possibly 22s soon.
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Beautiful progress! I'll be doing the same thing sooner or later, how's the alignment with the chopped springs? Did you have to c-notch your frame?
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The flip kit I purchased did come with the C-notch, but however I did not see the need to use it. After flipping the axle I have about 5 to 6 inches of space between the axle and frame. I do not plan to put any type of load in the bed, so at this point I do nto see the need for the notch. However, there is a chance I may go lower, or even air bag it at some point and if I do this then I will use the notch. The ride of the truck is awesome, and even seems better than stock. I have no issue with steering, you can let go of the wheel at 60 MPH and it drives straight as an arrow. I only cut one turn off of the coils, so I have seen no problems with this so far. I have another kit for an F150 if you are interested.
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I wanted to be able to hide my license plate when at car shows, I looked around online and found some plastic ones that ranged from $40-$150, so I made my own holder. Here some pictures of the hidden license plate holder I made. Started out as two heavy duty door slides from Home Depot, which cost about $6 each. The ones I bought were 18 inches long which worked out because it gave me extra material to work with.
After doing some measure on where I wanted the mount to be located, and how far I wanted it to drop down I began cutting. The first picture you can see the two slides, one is cut and the other is not.
The slides actually came with a good mounting bracket, but it needed to be welded so it would not come part(pic 2)
After doing some measure on where I wanted the mount to be located, and how far I wanted it to drop down I began cutting. The first picture you can see the two slides, one is cut and the other is not.
The slides actually came with a good mounting bracket, but it needed to be welded so it would not come part(pic 2)
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After cutting what I didn't need off of the slide, I turned around and weld the leftovers together to make the mounting braces that hold the plate. I used an old license plate to get everything lined up and to make sure it was square.
Leaving the plate attached to the mount, I cut away part of the license plate so that the mount could be welded to the two slides and everything would stay square.
Leaving the plate attached to the mount, I cut away part of the license plate so that the mount could be welded to the two slides and everything would stay square.
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I did not want to get pulled over for something as stupid as not having a license plate light(which does happen in California), so I had an old fiberglass spare tire cover off a ford van that I cut up to utilize the light from it.
After getting everything put together it then got welded into place under the truck.
After getting everything put together it then got welded into place under the truck.