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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 06:54 AM
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SPACER less than $5



 
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 03:42 PM
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Yeah that's what I thought just wanted to be sure.
 
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Old May 24, 2011 | 10:49 PM
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Ok finally got it done. not exactly leveled, but I like the way it looks now. I ended up putting the f250 springs up front, which gave me about .5"-1.5" lift (forgot to breakout the tape measure before i put em in), and 1.5" blocks in the rear. Also slapped on some 31's and got new front bumper and grill. Now just gotta get rear bumper to match.

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Old May 26, 2011 | 08:25 AM
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Looks awesome!

Where'd you get the wheel well covers?
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 10:02 AM
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i may be picking up a 95 stepside f150 with a 302/5spd this weekend providing there is no frame rot. looked at it in person but didnt dig through it. the truck has a 3" body lift im not a big fan but ill deal with it and im thinking off adding leveling coils. 2" spacers and i got some 2" blocks kickin around the garage. and if it doesnt sit level then im adding adda leafs or a shackle flip depending on the difference
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 11:00 AM
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Ford never made a stepside!
 
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Old May 26, 2011 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 6CylBill
Looks awesome!

Where'd you get the wheel well covers?
They're the Warn 4x flares, don't remember where I picked em up, got em for around 150 for just rear.
 
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Old May 27, 2011 | 12:14 AM
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Do you plan on adding them onto the front also?

I'd love to have those on my rig!
 
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Old May 27, 2011 | 09:28 PM
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I'll probably do it eventually. The main reason for those was to cover up the cancer in the fenders these trucks seem to always get...
 
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Old May 27, 2011 | 10:08 PM
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Those are some
Sweet flares. I would like to have some for mine as well. I got some of the oem fender chrome trim off of my buddy for free but the back didnt fit because mine was a flareside..
 
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Old May 29, 2011 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 6CylBill
Ford never made a stepside!
its an 84 "flair side" bed it even has steps. in my book any truck where the bed rails are on the frame rails with fenders sticking out to cover the tires is a step side truck with or with out steps
 
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Old May 29, 2011 | 01:08 PM
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Noticed a broken coil in the front so replaced with the MOOG 844 springs that were mentioned earlier. Here's how it looks now.



 
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Old May 29, 2011 | 01:34 PM
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Looks good Gbuckert I did teh Moog 844 a month or so ago and love the way it rides.
 
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 01:14 PM
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im wanting to do the moog 844 on mine this coming week because i need to get an alignment and my cambers off because of worn out springs / \ . im considering just having the shop put them on. what problems am i going to run into? i hear some people have problems with the castle nut and then i hear some people have problems with the alignemnt. is there a special type of camber bushing i need to buy? that way i can go ahead and buy them and take them with me.
 
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Old Jun 5, 2011 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by xc4jokestomper
im wanting to do the moog 844 on mine this coming week because i need to get an alignment and my cambers off because of worn out springs / \ . im considering just having the shop put them on. what problems am i going to run into? i hear some people have problems with the castle nut and then i hear some people have problems with the alignemnt. is there a special type of camber bushing i need to buy? that way i can go ahead and buy them and take them with me.
Thats the springs that i put on my truck. I cant remember having a problem with the castle nut, but i sprayed a ton of pb blaster on everything just to be safe. My truck needed a serious camber alignment which was done with some bigger bushings used for trucks with bigger engines. I dont know if it depends on being a 2 or 4wd, and maybe you wont need the bushings if you already have a bigger engine like a 351+
 
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