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Here's a daylight picture showing height unmounted.
Is that inflated? I just got my lift finished today. Was hoping to order them this week.
Edit: Never mind. See they have no wheel. I was hoping they would be closer to 36.5"
Got the lift done.
Went with Tuff Country 4" EZ rides springs in the front with zero rate 1" blocks from ORD so 5" total. Moved the axle forward 1". This helped with better clearance on the firewall side of the front fender but I was not able to run the stock sway bar. I may go with a rear sway bar since this truck will mostly be used on the street. The Tuff Country springs came with the smaller bolt bushing on the shackle side which had to be drilled out to 1/2".
On the rear, went with new 97-03 F150 58" springs (1400lb) from General Spring. The springs are pretty cheap. With the rear springs, I did a shackle flip and swapped left and right to make up for the additional 2" of spring. Also added zero rate 1" block and moved the axle back 1". The rear springs also had to be drilled out to 9/16" on the shackle side and the front hanger bushing needed an additional steel bushing to reduce the hole size to 9/16". I found 4 steel shock bushings that seem to do the trick with one side cut 1/4" to fit the width of the ford 18mm bushing. The exhaust pipes had to be cut to make room for the shackle flip.
Ride is decent and much softer than the stock springs. I still need to implement a better steering solution and looking to go crossover. For now I'm running the stock pitman arm temporarily until crossover gets installed. The drag link angle is definitely not ideal. 33" tires look pretty small now and I need to order tires soon.
Went with Tuff Country 4" EZ rides springs in the front with zero rate 1" blocks from ORD so 5" total. Moved the axle forward 1". This helped with better clearance on the firewall side of the front fender but I was not able to run the stock sway bar. I may go with a rear sway bar since this truck will mostly be used on the street. The Tuff Country springs came with the smaller bolt bushing on the shackle side which had to be drilled out to 1/2".
On the rear, went with new 97-03 F150 58" springs (1400lb) from General Spring. The springs are pretty cheap. With the rear springs, I did a shackle flip and swapped left and right to make up for the additional 2" of spring. Also added zero rate 1" block and moved the axle back 1". The rear springs also had to be drilled out to 9/16" on the shackle side and the front hanger bushing needed an additional steel bushing to reduce the hole size to 9/16". I found 4 steel shock bushings that seem to do the trick with one side cut 1/4" to fit the width of the ford 18mm bushing. The exhaust pipes had to be cut to make room for the shackle flip.
Ride is decent and much softer than the stock springs. I still need to implement a better steering solution and looking to go crossover. For now I'm running the stock pitman arm temporarily until crossover gets installed. The drag link angle is definitely not ideal. 33" tires look pretty small now and I need to order tires soon.
Very nice! Looks good even with the little tires on it.
Looks nice. Id love to pick up a 6.2 diesel k5 for a commuter.
Ordered the tires. For $718 shipped its hard to beat that price for new 37" tires.
Found one online review here>
https://drivingpress.com/ironman-tires-review/
Found one online review here>
https://drivingpress.com/ironman-tires-review/
Thanks!
The M1009 K5's are pretty cheap to find and have the lower 3.08 gears so make it great for highway use.
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That turned out awesome! Did you relocate the shackle flip bracket to accommodate the 58" spring, or just mount it up in the stock holes? Hard to see in your pics but how is the rear shackle angle?
Can’t wait to see how you like your tires! Been looking at those for my kids truck. If you are satisfied with them I’ll snag up a set.
Sounds like he used the stock holes and flipped the brackets side to side for the extra 2" of spring (56" vs 58").
Are the frame hole locations not the same for 52" vs 56" springs and just the brackets switched side for side to make up the difference?
yes the rear hangers are pushed back further for the 56" spring packs. Then you can flip the brackets side to side for a little more push back.
The rear hangers are in the stock position (same holes). No holes needed to be drilled in the frame. I just had to flip the brackets from right to left. My stock springs are 56". If you had 52" then they would need to be pushed back and new holes drilled. The 58" springs are 26.5" from the front hanger. Stock is 26" so pretty close. I'll try to get some more pictures of the hanger. Here's one from someone elses truck. These are the DIY4X. I would have gone with ORD shackle flip but didn't want to mess with the stuck rusty shackle and try to get the rubber bushing out. I know they make one but its more $$$.
Should be here soon. Can't wait to get them on myself. My neighbor has them and likes them. He says they are noisey on the highway but I knew that buying them. It lets other people know there is a bad ass truck next to them.
Correct. Stock holes and flipped the brackets around.
Frame holes for 52" vs 56" will be different. If I had 52" springs I'd have to move this back 4".
Well damn... I'm pretty impressed with tirebuyer.com. I ordered the tires yesterday around 9am. They arrived at the tire shop the same day. Thats some quick delivery. Not sure if its like that in every city though.
Unfortunately I chose Firestone close to my house since it was the cheapest going off tirebuyer.com mounted/balanced price. Went in early this morning to get them mounted and they only had one tech working and they couldn't do it. Had to make an appointment for later today... Lame.
Unfortunately I chose Firestone close to my house since it was the cheapest going off tirebuyer.com mounted/balanced price. Went in early this morning to get them mounted and they only had one tech working and they couldn't do it. Had to make an appointment for later today... Lame.
That's really lame but pretty cool you got the tires that quick.
That would look like a monkey fawking a football.... If only I had a tire machine. I do have bubble balancer though...
Planning on stick on weights. How did you do the internal balance? Did you use something like this? Or BB's?
https://www.amazon.com/TyreBeads-Tire-Balancing-Beads-Motorcycle/dp/B00C8UKFIM
airsoft or BB's.
If you use airsoft make sure they're not the biodegradable ones.
If you use airsoft make sure they're not the biodegradable ones.
