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Lower in the summer/Higher in the winter?

Old 04-30-2015, 04:51 PM
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So I'm sitting here thinking about my truck......like always. Its a 95 F150 4x4 5.0, regular cab/short bed. Its currently sitting on 33x12.5R15 with 2" ProComp level springs in the front and stock in the real. Looks good like that to me. I was wondering tho if I could get it a little lower in the summers with kind of a Lighting look and then put it back to where its currently sitting now for the winter. I have the stock tires still so the 33's would be taken off and put in the shed. So should I put stock coil spring in or lowered coil springs and the should I get lowering shackle brackets for the leafs? I would keep all my current parts and then when it gets close to winter swap parts and get an alignment. Also would I need new shocks or are the stocks fine? Any suggestions would be great! Thanks boys!
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You'd need to realign the front end every time you go up and down. Other than that, if you really want to do all that work twice a year, go ahead. At least the bolts won't have time to sieze up on you.
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x2 on a lot of work. It would probably be easier to put hydraulics in it, then you could go up, down, even do the 3-wheel salute.
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Originally Posted by Chris_1
You'd need to realign the front end every time you go up and down. Other than that, if you really want to do all that work twice a year, go ahead. At least the bolts won't have time to sieze up on you.
I know it's a lot of work 2 do twice a year and I get alignments at a pretty decent price through some people. Plus I just find it relaxing working on the truck so for me that's not an issue. Also I had the same thoughts about the bolts which is a plus! So would I use stock suspension or lower could and lowering shackles? And shocks should still be ok to use right?


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