Poor Mans Lift

blackcoffee · Oct 26, 2009

Got this idea off of 02TahoeMD from his cardomain page -

"Z71 Rear Coils with 2" coil spacers from eBay seller MC Motorsports and F150 Keys and torsion bars cranked, Rancho RSX shocks - all added up got the truck almost 4" higher! .."

Sounds good to me since I can't afford the 6" Suspension kit yet.
Where am I gonna find some Z-71 Rear coils though!? And when I do this its gonna add about 4" of lift, so I guess I'm gonna get some Bilstein 5100 shocks to go with it. Any input would be great, and tell me if I'm going wrong with getting the 5100 shocks? I have 265/75/16 tires and other then that its a stock height.

992door · Oct 26, 2009

You can't get 4" out of the front. Yours does not have coils, you have no need for ford keys. Just save your money to get the 6" lift

Bad bow tie · Oct 26, 2009

I agree with saving your money for a true 6" lift. That is kind of what I'm trying to do. It's not working out so well haha. I thought you were selling your hoe to get one with the 6.5L diesel....?

blackcoffee · Oct 26, 2009

You mean the front? There'd be no reason because I have IFS in the front and not coils so I couldn't do a F-150 Key swap? Is that what your sayin?

992door · Oct 26, 2009

oh yea and i remember someone saying something about doing it right :think:

Oh yea i remember

blackcoffee said:
Save up do it right it, like me. I plan to do it all in december with the 6.5" Dick Cepek Lift.

blackcoffee · Oct 26, 2009

Yall don't even know my mind just wanders... No I'm stickin with mighn but I'd kill to find a strong/decent 6.5L and swap it into my truck. Yeah I'm trying to save up but I've got other shit I need to get for the truck other then lifting it and Mud fest is in January so I gotta hurry up get shit done.

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Hahaha... Well I'll see how this new job I've got works out... Need $3,000+ for this lift and everything along with it.

992door · Oct 26, 2009

you cant crank the front enough to get 4" out of it unless you cut off you droop stops. and your front end would HATE you if you do that, you would be replacing things often. Ford keys do nothing on an OBS unless your torsion bars are weak you can crank to the droop stops with the factory keys. The OBS do not have coils in the back they have leaf springs.

blackcoffee · Oct 26, 2009

992door that wide ass stance of yours on your hoe gives it a bulldog look.. Love that. Is your cranked/lifted at all? If no do those tires rub?

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I know I know, I think you misunderstood what I was goin with. I forgot about the Ford keys being pointless ruined my whole idea. You doin the 6.5" DC lift 992door?

992door · Oct 26, 2009

yes it is cranked right much and they rub alittle bit every now and then. I have also done a little bit of cutting

blackcoffee · Oct 26, 2009

Oh ok well looks mean love it. Whats your opinion on well made big wheel spacers. Like 2.5" wheel spacers. i've heard mixed things.

992door · Oct 26, 2009

i have no idea what i am doing i have not worked in the past week which is kinda putting a kink in my plans it will either be the DC lift or the RC lift

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i think 2.5 is a little big i would probably stick to something around 2 or so. I think spacers are fine just make sure that you check them often to make sure they have not worked their way loose

blackcoffee · Oct 26, 2009

Ok nice nice. You know of any reputable affordable company that makes wheel spacers that large without being custom?

99COOP · Oct 26, 2009

dont do wheel spacers, and a diesel conversion would be way too much work, and the 6.5 would be the last thing you wanna drop in their :Boo:

blackcoffee · Oct 26, 2009

You guys save me so much money hahaha and probably save my life in the process with all my uneducated thoughts. Use to have a 6.5L 3500 Dually at work for years and years loved it, thats the reason for wanting it. If I was to spend the money and do it right I'd get a modern powerful diesel but that would probably take me a year to even do the work and get it right.

swab · Oct 27, 2009

12v power for the diesel would be nice. wheel spacers are not good, it would be worse with bigger tires/wheels.

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