8" Suspension lift for 2007 F-150 FX4
12-17-2007, 12:45 PM
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Personally if I was looking to do a lift that big I would look into a solid front axle swap. It would end up being easier than installing a big IFS lift. I did a 5" lift on a 1995 S-10 blazer and I wish I would have just done an SFA swap when it was all over. The lift is big buck and it performed like crap. I had to replace ball joints at every other oil change it seemed like.
seriously tho, what does a SAS cost? any links?
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12-17-2007, 01:20 PM
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I don't know if they make an off the shelf kit for the F-150 right now so you would need to have some good fabrication skills. Basically you rip the factory front end out, cut all the brackets off the frame rails, find a solid front axle with the same width and weld in a set of leaf springs or a 4 link set up. Then you have to cobble up the steering system.
12-17-2007, 01:27 PM
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I don't know if they make an off the shelf kit for the F-150 right now so you would need to have some good fabrication skills. Basically you rip the factory front end out, cut all the brackets off the frame rails, find a solid front axle with the same width and weld in a set of leaf springs or a 4 link set up. Then you have to cobble up the steering system.
oh, ill stick with the IFS and 37's, would have like to go bigger but dont really want to fabricate anything
12-17-2007, 01:44 PM
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12-17-2007, 06:32 PM
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ok well i dont think my dads going to let me rip out the IFS on my new truck but thanks for the advice i think im just going to regear to 4.88 and put in some performance upgrades and im just going to pimp from there
12-18-2007, 01:06 AM
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what ball joint are you refering to? the one where the upper A-arm meets the spindle? if so, i was thinking about getting the camburg upper arm
http://www.camburg.com/04F150.html here is info
here is a pic
http://www.camburg.com/04F150.html here is info
here is a pic
12-18-2007, 08:31 AM
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what ball joint are you refering to? the one where the upper A-arm meets the spindle? if so, i was thinking about getting the camburg upper arm
http://www.camburg.com/04F150.html here is info
here is a pic
http://www.camburg.com/04F150.html here is info
here is a pic
12-18-2007, 12:03 PM
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in that picture, i think they is just their 3" lift kit with the coilover. they make a long travel kit that will fit 35's with fiberglass fenders. its at the bottom of the page that i gave you a link to in my last post
here is a pic of their long travel kit
here is a pic of their long travel kit
