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Old Feb 21, 2003 | 08:49 AM
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Anyone here know what the uncompressed length of 79 F150 & F250 coils are? Are the F250 2.5" taller than the F150?
 
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Old Feb 21, 2003 | 02:20 PM
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Coil length

Your question is not that easily answered.
There are no less than 3 sets that can go on a 1/2 ton 2WD.
F100, F150, and F150 Cargo are the three I know of right off the bat.
If its a used coil, and the coil is sprung, it will be taller than a new factory coil.
Good Luck,
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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 11:25 AM
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Well that's part of the reason why I was confused. I was told that stock coils were 15-16" uncompressed. The ones I have were 18.5" uncompressed. As it turns out they were from an F250??? or something like that.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2003 | 02:43 PM
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Coil length

It doesn't go by f150 or f250, it goes by front axle gross weight. I have a 78 f150 frame that had 351m, ac and a c6 and the front coils were rated at somehting like 300 more pounds than my 78 f250 300 4spd.

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