Stephenmoore009
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- Knoxville Tennessee
- Vehicle Year
- 1995
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- Manual
So this is something I’ve been dealing with for the past couple months. I ordered some 2.5” spacers for the front coils. The cheap plastic ones that come with the bolt extender that runs through the center of the coil.
Anyway I installed them but the didn’t have the one flat side for the spring to slide over the narrow top portion, the spring kinda just rested on top at an angle but still had the bolt to hold everything together. I drove it around the block and parked it so I could take it to the alignment shop the following week. (The height is perfect..!!!)
So I take it to the alignment shop and he comes out and looks at it and says I need pivot drop brackets.... (bummer) but I drive it back to the shop and leave it so I can order the brackets and have them installed.
They finally come in after about a week and a half, and they didn’t fit for anything..! Had to cut one support bracket completely off and re-weld it so the pivot bracket would bolt up straight. And on the other bracket it had a separate support that was supposed to bolt onto the side that was 3 inches to short. So I made a spacer for it that worked out pretty well...
I get it all put back together and the truck was setting all the way back down to where I started..???
I ordered 2-4” brackets but when I took it to the Alignment shop he said they where 6” drop brackets but he could redrill the pivot bolt holes and just move them up... so he does that and when I go to get it, it’s setting just a tad higher than when I took it and the wheels are still toe’ed in. But he said that was the best he could do with it...
I was thinking and under the impression that when I started this “Spacer Lift” all I would need is the spacers, maybe longer shocks (I put new shocks and tires all around) and then new camber eccentrics..??? Am I correct or am I wrong..?
I really loved the way it looked with just the spacers and nothing else (suspension wise).... how can I lift just the front 2-2.5 inches...?
Anyway I installed them but the didn’t have the one flat side for the spring to slide over the narrow top portion, the spring kinda just rested on top at an angle but still had the bolt to hold everything together. I drove it around the block and parked it so I could take it to the alignment shop the following week. (The height is perfect..!!!)
So I take it to the alignment shop and he comes out and looks at it and says I need pivot drop brackets.... (bummer) but I drive it back to the shop and leave it so I can order the brackets and have them installed.
They finally come in after about a week and a half, and they didn’t fit for anything..! Had to cut one support bracket completely off and re-weld it so the pivot bracket would bolt up straight. And on the other bracket it had a separate support that was supposed to bolt onto the side that was 3 inches to short. So I made a spacer for it that worked out pretty well...
I get it all put back together and the truck was setting all the way back down to where I started..???
I ordered 2-4” brackets but when I took it to the Alignment shop he said they where 6” drop brackets but he could redrill the pivot bolt holes and just move them up... so he does that and when I go to get it, it’s setting just a tad higher than when I took it and the wheels are still toe’ed in. But he said that was the best he could do with it...
I was thinking and under the impression that when I started this “Spacer Lift” all I would need is the spacers, maybe longer shocks (I put new shocks and tires all around) and then new camber eccentrics..??? Am I correct or am I wrong..?
I really loved the way it looked with just the spacers and nothing else (suspension wise).... how can I lift just the front 2-2.5 inches...?