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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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I'm leveling the front of my truck with F250 springs and then I want to put a 2.5 inch spacer for the front coils to lift up the front even more could I do this without needing to extend anything? And I've heard you can put F250 leaf springs to lift the rear and wanted to level it back out with those what all would I need to put F250 leaf springs on my 94' 4x4
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 11:08 PM
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Good luck aligning it.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 12:36 AM
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you could do it with a camber kit im assuming but your front end will toe in quite a bit. also maybe a drop pitment arm to correct your steering. the back is a complete bolt in but the shackle bolts can get pretty rusty. if i was you i would just build a block to get the lift from the rear. then you can keep the ride the same in the rear. if you cant weld a shop will build you blocks for under 100 bucks im sure. thats the norm around here anyway.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 12:57 AM
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I'm pretty sure a camber kit isn't going to do it, not with that much lift. If the 250 springs only give an inch that's still 3.5 inches. Raise the truck until the tire is another 3.5 inches from the fender lip, that's how tilted the tires are going to be.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Just call me Sean
I'm pretty sure a camber kit isn't going to do it, not with that much lift. If the 250 springs only give an inch that's still 3.5 inches. Raise the truck until the tire is another 3.5 inches from the fender lip, that's how tilted the tires are going to be.
ya thats y i said the tires would be leaning in pretty bad.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by 7700 in Alberta
ya thats y i said the tires would be leaning in pretty bad.
Actually you didn't. You said they would toe in, which is entirely different.

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you could do it with a camber kit im assuming but your front end will toe in quite a bit. also maybe a drop pitment arm to correct your steering. the back is a complete bolt in but the shackle bolts can get pretty rusty. if i was you i would just build a block to get the lift from the rear. then you can keep the ride the same in the rear. if you cant weld a shop will build you blocks for under 100 bucks im sure. thats the norm around here anyway.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 11:31 AM
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On my truck I did overload heavy duty f150 springs on top of 2.5" spacers. Hella bad camber, but I think different camber bushings will fix it. Ill worry about it when I can drive again...
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by 95stepside
On my truck I did overload heavy duty f150 springs on top of 2.5" spacers. Hella bad camber, but I think different camber bushings will fix it. Ill worry about it when I can drive again...
Tell me if you can fix it with camber bushings when you get to drivin it again I guess right now I'll just stick with the F250 springs until I know it can be fixed
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 12:01 PM
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It'll be at least a month before I can drive it again, and even thenidk how concerned ill be since I'm probably be dropping it back to stock soon...
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 02:21 PM
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ok sean! go smoke another one! lol hahaha
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