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Old Apr 12, 2016 | 02:55 PM
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Hi, I'm from Belgium Europe and I have a 05 f150 for about 5 years now. IT has a 2" or a 2,5" spacer on top of the strut. My upper control arm hits the coil when my truck is jacked up and the wheels are off the ground..the coilspring is dammaged allready a little bit. In my country I have to go to inspect the truck every year. This year they noticed the problem and say that it's forbidden to drive the truck in that condition.
What can I do to avoid that the uca hits the coilspring ?
Pleace help me out, I'M desperate
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Old Apr 12, 2016 | 03:32 PM
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Easy fix is to remove that spacer.


Another option is to remove the spacer, and replace with Bilstein 5100 shocks set at 2" level. They are supposed to not allow the suspension geometry change that just using a spacer causes(specifically says it won't allow more down travel then stock or excess up travel). See below from Bilstein.


http://www.bilsteinus.com/fileadmin/...WebArticle.pdf
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Old Apr 12, 2016 | 03:38 PM
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You could also go with rancho and get new coils with them. Check it out, you could also go onto amazon or some other online site that sells them.
http://www.gorancho.com/products/lev...-rs999910.html
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Old Apr 19, 2016 | 03:17 PM
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Hi guys, I removed the spacers and went to the inspection today.
They let me through cause the uca don't hit the coil anymore.
Last zaterdag I ordered the Bilstein 5100 shocks, the front aswell als the rear ones.
Thank you Reaper and Lucho for the good advice.
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Old Apr 19, 2016 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by burt
Hi guys, I removed the spacers and went to the inspection today.
They let me through cause the uca don't hit the coil anymore.
Last zaterdag I ordered the Bilstein 5100 shocks, the front aswell als the rear ones.
Thank you Reaper and Lucho for the good advice.


Cool, Bilstein is a German company so maybe you get a better deal in Europe.....
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