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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 10:54 PM
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Ok guys help me out, I have s 08 sxt and already installed 2 inch drop shackles in the rear to level her off.I really want to lower her down a lol bit more.I'm not looking for a low rider just a low sitting, mean looking, B.A. f150. I need to do this on a budget.
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 11:30 PM
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free mod - let some air out of the tires. Or throw a ton of s-h-!-t in the back of it.
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 11:33 PM
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Pull rear blocks out. And i hope its not sxt. Thats a dodge. Stx is what you have. Drop shackles are really cheap as well. Depends on how much drop you want.

If i were to lower a truck. Id lower it 3" in rear and 1-2" up front.
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 11:49 PM
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Interesting. I saw a black STX with the same Ford stripe on the door and same Ford wheels. The wheels look like the 2010's without the chrome clad.
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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 11:55 PM
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Ok ok so my typing sux....its an STX.
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 01:35 AM
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4/6 drop


DJM 6 inch flip: 120.00 on stylintrucks.com( free shipping on orders over 100)

Beltech street performance rear shocks: 55 each at a local shop

Western chassis 3 inch coils( ended up giving me 4 inchs): 136.00 with free shipping.
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 08:48 AM
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Dont cut corners in lowering your truck.
Do it right or it will eat tires and ride real bad.
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 11:24 AM
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Thanks for the info shayne,your truck looks exactly like what I'm looking into. Here is a pic in the daylight of mine.also did you do the install yourself? Did effect your fide quality?
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 11:25 AM
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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 11:56 AM
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Yeh I did it all, it's not hard at all flip kit is a piece of cake to install other than the bolt for the leaf spring near the gas tank but you can drop the gas tank really easily if you wait till your on E. Then in the front I went ahead and got a new pair of struts from auto zone and pulled the old strut and coil then assembled the new strut amd coil
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