f 150 coils on a ranger

[BOL]

I have a 91 ranger. Can I put F150 coils on instead of buying "leveling coils" to lift front 2 in or so? What about washers? what size?

 

[frankserrano]

i lifted the front of my ranger up about 2.5" with a couple sets of the leveling blocks you can buy at the auto parts store for like $7. you lift the front up and twist em right into the coil, easy as shit.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

And is absolutely the wrong way to go about leveling a truck.

Only use coil spacers that go UNDERNEATH the coil seat and are held in with coil retainer stud and nut.

 

[4x4junkie]

And is absolutely the wrong way to go about leveling a truck.

Only use coil spacers that go UNDERNEATH the coil seat and are held in with coil retainer stud and nut.

+1000

Those twist-in things are actually dangerous (not to mention they can damage the coil).

Large washers like here is a safe way of lifting it.
F-150 coils can be extremely variable in how much lift you'll get out of them (depends on the bodystyle and engine size of both the F-150 and the vehicle the coils are going into). They may be too much lift, or not enough, plus being bigger diameter, they don't quite fit properly in the stock coil mounts.

 

[windsordeath]

You guys haven't been down to the hardware store for a Ban hammer yet?

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Whats that supposed to mean?

 

[88mudder]

f150 coils are junk, trust me..they ride like hell in a Ranger and no flex. You will need large camber adjusteres or drop brackets to fix the positive camber anyways..and dropped pitman arm if you want your steering back to normal...pays to do it right,thats just me though.

If you go the washer route make sure you get a large enough washer for the coil cup to sit on..or else the cup will bend, fold, and the coil falls out of place. Happened to me in my early years.

 

[windsordeath]

Whats that supposed to mean?

That was in reference to frankserrano's post "touting" the attributes of spring spacers...spreading of misinformation is a disease and it plagues otherwise good forums..

Some I've been to..You get punished for posts like this by either having your membership suspended for a day or so, or you get banned alltogether..

 

[BOL]

do i need a drop pitman arm if only lifting 2 inches?

 

[windsordeath]

Have you read through the technical library? pretty much got all of this covered...

 

[88mudder]

do i need a drop pitman arm if only lifting 2 inches?

In my opinion YES deffinetly, but to many others they would say no. Do it right and you wont regret anything or waste money. Get a standard dropped arm, it works good 2-4", anything higher the steering will get sketchy. RBV's are not cheap to lift, thats why i did the SAS for almost free.