hey guys need help quickly. just found out my coil spring is broken on my driver side. probably way its been pulling to the left all morning... but anyways need suggestions on what to do. either gonna replace the whole coilover/strut/shock assembly which i found OEM for around $160 for the one side. i am most likely gonna buy for both sides since truck is 10 years old now and id feel much better doing both. so question is, go oem for about $300 or for about $60 more go for the fox 2.0 coilover IFP shocks?

and on a side note: replaced my pads with hawks ceramic a week ago, think it be safe to put new rotors in between em? someone in my other thread said not to reuse old pads with new rotors, just these are a week old and cost $90 lol.

thanks guys! me and my truck are a hot mess right now!

 

i would just replace the spring, but you will need the spring removal tool. if the pads have even wear then i see no issue using them with new rotors.

 

Does anyone know the part # for just the coil spring? if not maybe ill make a stop at the ford dealer in the morning. i might just go with the replacement oem part. but tax returns did come in.... and wouldnt mind getting a nice upgrade lol, but saving money is key too!

 

Got my replacements from rockauto.com No problems whats so ever and the monroe shocks, I believe, are doing great. Just like oem.

 

never mind these are what I got...
RAYBESTOS Part # 7171361

For a bit more you can go with the rancho quicklift. If you want it to stay lifted go with these and throw the garbage spacers in the dump or sell on CL. They are probably the culprit behind the broken spring.

 

The stock springs are known to break. I had a broken one last summer that I didn't know about until I took the truck to get new struts installed.
I went with Bilstein 2" leveling struts as my intention was to level the truck before I knew it needed springs.
The shop put stock replacement aftermarket springs on it.

 

I'm thinking of just pulling the trigger on the fox 2.0 coilovers. They're $360 on autoanything right now

 

The fox 2.0 coilovers say it's for trucks with 0-2" lift..... I got a 3" level. Will I still be fine? Since its not technically a lift...

 

you really need to replace both sides...not gonna sit correctly

 

You need to get rid of that 3" leveling kit! I'm telling you from past experience those things will cause more damage then they are worth. For that kind of money and want to maintain a lift, go with Rancho. Full replacement for both sides (correct replacement) and they come with new coil springs.

Hope this helps you out.