Why not a coilover?
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From: Nor Cal CA
Originally Posted by BrowningSCrew
I know but I'm saying if they'd made it all soft it would suck and not work as great. They just used what was the popular set up at the time and it does the job for daily driving and mild off roading. As for holes in the fenders that's just a minor issue. They didn't want you debadging their trucks. And the super crew doors are interchangeable with expeditions.
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From: Joliet, IL
The doors are different only between the supercrew and the other 2 cabs because the truck had to be completely redesigned to fit the the bigger cab, but thats completely off topic....
You can take these trucks offroad just not fast desert racing like the raptors.
Ford didnt make an offroad specific truck like the raptor for the 97-03,when they built the truck they had to make it for a wide range of people from daily driving to hauling, if you want an offroad capable truck you can get an fx4, but there still no desert runner...
You can take these trucks offroad just not fast desert racing like the raptors.
Ford didnt make an offroad specific truck like the raptor for the 97-03,when they built the truck they had to make it for a wide range of people from daily driving to hauling, if you want an offroad capable truck you can get an fx4, but there still no desert runner...
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From: Virginia
I just want to make it clear that I am not doing this to be a long travel set up. It is only gonna have about 6" of travel just like the newer trucks now have but ride a ton better. My truck right now has about 4" of travel so I'm only adding two inches of travel so the geometry capabilities will be no problem. All I am doing this for is because I want my truck to ride like my friends 2005 F150 and I had the coilovers already so it's not costing me anything really to try. If it doesn't work, oh well. I will just weld in the old shock bucket and put the torsion bars back in.
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From: Massachusetts
Your beloved manufacturer Chevy has been using torsion bars in their HD pickups holding up duramax's on IFS long after Ford threw the bars out the window...
Last edited by bobkyle2; Jul 5, 2012 at 01:04 PM.
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