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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 02:14 AM
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I've searched for past threads about this and have found people talking about it but no pictures. Does anyone have a picture of an 8th gen 4x4 f150 with 2" coil spacers installed?

I want to level my truck out so I bought some 2" coil spacers. I plan on getting a lift kit but I don't want to do that until I can afford bigger tires and gears. I'm confident that it will make my truck level or pretty close to it... What I am worried about is having a whole bunch of positive camber.

I found a picture of an explorer (attached to this post) with what I'm guessing is coil spacers but I don't know what size. Does anyone know if my truck will look like this explorer if I install these spacers? If so, I will just wait til I can afford lift/gears/tires.

P.S. Mods-If there is a thread answering my question that I missed then please point me towards it and delete my post. I'm done rambling now. Thanks for reading .
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 02:32 AM
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As far as the camber, yes it will look like that.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 05:24 AM
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That's no good. Too lazy for coil spacers then. Thanks for your help
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 11:21 AM
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I think a 2" lift can still be aligned with the special bushings though.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 12:04 PM
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Yup that exploder has spacers on it for sure! Thats exactly what my truck looked like after I put mine in. All it takes are bushings to fix the camber and they run about $15/side.

Heres my truck and the pics of the spacers.........


They work awesome and havent had any troubles yet. I treat my truck like a toy so there is no babying that goes on and they have lived up to it so far.

My tires were 2.5 degrees out on the camber which is huge and had to have the bushings. Not quite as bad at the Exploder pictured but bad enough. Over all it cost $94 for the alignment w/ bushings.....$45 for the spacers and thats it so for under $150 I put em in. Took prolly 3 hours to do is all.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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every time i see that "garage" i want to punch you in the head and steal it. or become your friend so i can use it lol
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 05:57 PM
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Havent been punched for a while we could

Id much rather have a friend than foe so you just come right on over and use the heck out of it.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 06:36 PM
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Hired where is this taj mahal of a garage located? Ohio by any chance haha
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by hiredman77
we could
i'll have to warn you, my grandpa was a heavy weight boxer. however i'm lazy so i guess that doesnt really mean anything. if i'm ever over in iowa i'll stop by, and i'll give you five bucks for a ride in the viper, those are about my favorite cars ever
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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mmm ohio where exactly are the alignment bushings installed? and how much disassembly is needed to install them
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