Moderator: FORDification
Alright cool ill have to fab one of those up! And so you ended up getting 4 in procomp springs for the front right? Or did you just stick with the sd stockers with the couple added leafs from the Highboys back on? And when you had the stock sds on there was it back to stock ride height or did you notice any lift, not including the sagging of course! Because this is mine I would ideally like to get maybe 2.5 in of lift with putting the sd fronts as well as add a leafs in the rear. Just wondering what your take would be on this, or should I just go the 4 inches I just want a nice set of 33s or at most 35s on there, mines a daily driver and in the spring will be taken down to the frame.1971ford wrote:I measured the crossmember and it is 3x5". Pretty sure I used .250 wall. I used 1" solid plate, the width of the inside of the crossmember (2.5"?) to rosettle weld and plate into the crossmember tube (can see in the pics). If i remember correctly, the spring bushing hole dropped down about a 1/2". So that's only 1/4" lift. It does help counter the longer shackles though bringing my caster back closer to original spec.
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Been putting a lot of late night hours into the truck trying to get it together ASAP as I have no truck to drive anymore (Ranger prerunner isn't street legal).
Did the KDP Fix, installed new crank seal, and got the cummins all back together after some serious clean up, paint and shining up!
New filters, oil, and other goodies.
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Did anyone notice?
Shaved and stripped air horn, and TIG welded and shaved gutted grid heater.
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Got it to fit in the garage by airing the tires down a lot.
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Thanks!koch68 wrote:This truck is badass. Its my favorite truck of all time. I really would like to copy yours haha.
Yeah I'm running the procomp superduty 4 or 5" lift springs. It was stock ride height with the stock superduty springs. If you plan on running 33's I would leave it stock height. If you want to run 35's i personally think 2-4" of lift looks great with 35's. You could just spring for the superduty spring swap like i did. Although remember it isn't a direct bolt on swap.68fordguy wrote:Alright cool ill have to fab one of those up! And so you ended up getting 4 in procomp springs for the front right? Or did you just stick with the sd stockers with the couple added leafs from the Highboys back on? And when you had the stock sds on there was it back to stock ride height or did you notice any lift, not including the sagging of course! Because this is mine I would ideally like to get maybe 2.5 in of lift with putting the sd fronts as well as add a leafs in the rear. Just wondering what your take would be on this, or should I just go the 4 inches I just want a nice set of 33s or at most 35s on there, mines a daily driver and in the spring will be taken down to the frame.1971ford wrote:I measured the crossmember and it is 3x5". Pretty sure I used .250 wall. I used 1" solid plate, the width of the inside of the crossmember (2.5"?) to rosettle weld and plate into the crossmember tube (can see in the pics). If i remember correctly, the spring bushing hole dropped down about a 1/2". So that's only 1/4" lift. It does help counter the longer shackles though bringing my caster back closer to original spec.
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Been putting a lot of late night hours into the truck trying to get it together ASAP as I have no truck to drive anymore (Ranger prerunner isn't street legal).
Did the KDP Fix, installed new crank seal, and got the cummins all back together after some serious clean up, paint and shining up!
New filters, oil, and other goodies.
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Did anyone notice?
Shaved and stripped air horn, and TIG welded and shaved gutted grid heater.
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Got it to fit in the garage by airing the tires down a lot.
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Here's a shot of the frontend let me know what ya think!
http://m1266.photobucket.com/albumview/ ... 4&newest=1
Yeah, 4-6" springs (different sites list different amounts of lift... i can get the number off of my springs so you know which springs i have). You don't move the rear hanger back. It's imbedded into the frame, that would be a hell of a project. You just need to make longer shackles. Not sure how much longer mine are over stock but i can measure mine. New u-bolts and new shocks of course. For the shocks, i couldn't find decent peg to peg style shocks in the correct length so I got peg to eyeley conversion bracket deals for the bottom of the shocks (at the axle) and got eyelet to peg style shocks. Yeah the rear of mine is stock leaf springs with added leaf springs. It's funny... the rear flexes way more than the front procomp springs do. With all the wheeling (lots of rubicon trips planned) the truck will see this summer, I'm going to start re-designing the suspension on this thing to get it to flex more both front and rear.68fordguy wrote:Ok we'll I have time to figure out what I'm going to do because in ct here were in a foot of snow and 20 degree weather right now plus it's a dd now so I'll wait another month or so before I do suspension and think it would be easiest when the trucks all apart and I'm restoring it this summer when I'm off. But so then I'll just re register my 2wd shortbed and drive that but I have to wait to do that anyway until I figure out what I'm doing for a transmission to run behind my 428CJ. I'm so eager to tear the Highboy down but I'm really enjoying dd it and wheelin it now haha. anyway i have been pretty set on the superduty springs for a while and I wouldn't mind a little lift but I think if I run 33ats for the most part on the road but also want to be able to put 35s or even 37s military's under it in the future. So if I put the 4 in procomp springs on the front I need to move the rear hangers back and when I fab up the front crossmember hitch deal with those measurements I should be all set? And also of course longer shocks and u bolt. Then in the rear you just put add a leafs?
Sorry to keep making you restate this stuff just with all the adjustments and fails and everything it gets confusing haha. And also if I did just want to run the stock superdutys first then switch to the 4" what do I have to do with the hangers?
Thanks again man
-Scott
I already forget exactly where i put the front spring holes in relation to stock, but i know they are about an inch lower than stock due to the crossmember sitting under the frame, and i do believe i moved the hole forward a half inch or so...koch68 wrote:I am building a front hitch like yours and have got to the point of building the front hangers any sugestions? Should I put then a little bit more forward then stock since im using superduty springs also?
The above replies should help a little. I"ll try my best to remember to get various measurements tomorrow along with the leaf spring part number and such to help you guys out. Wish i could remember more!KRob wrote:Ryan,
I cant seem to find what your doing suspension wise now. Im thinking about 37 military tires as well and i am curious what i would have to do to get there.
Thanks
Rob
Go for it!Zukinut wrote:Ryan,
Do you mind if I send you a pm, this next winter the f350 is going under the knife. It's getting a front 60 and a cummins. The cummins isn't an issue with me, but front suspension is.
Your truck is beyond badass.
Will
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