help deciding what f150 springs

[mhughes165]

hahaha! i never mentioned "safety" or "strength" in any of my posts.. you guys got that from legoms013's post.. and the tennis ball picture i found on failblog, it was me making fun of your ghetto washer stacking advice.. this has got way off topic. but, if your vehicle leans ungodly to one side left or right more than the other, maybe you should check for other things wrong first.. maybe bad body mounts, a bent coil bucket, maybe your fat ass bent the frame.. if everything checks out good and the body still leans, the appropriate thing to do would be to buy correct length/spring rate coils. the side that drops down would need a coil with more spring rate than the other side.. its really not a hard concept to grasp.. and you dont need an unlimited budget to build vehicles correctly... if all else fails, get a fat ass girlfriend to even things out

wow..........u dont put different spring rates on different sides of the truck, thats just stupid, how do u make a spring that will have ur truck sit 1/3" higher then say a brand new superlift 6" spring? so when ur suspenions copresses one side compresses faster then the other.

ur talking about hokey ass things to fix problems and thats hokey as hell, driving down the road hit a pot hole and start boun cing around like ur springs are bad because they dont have the same rate of compression.....


just do us all a favor and stick to something that u know what ur talking about, because so far uve just made ur self seem like some punk ass kid that doesnt know his ass from a hole in the ground

 

[kevinsranger]

wow..........u dont put different spring rates on different sides of the truck, thats just stupid, how do u make a spring that will have ur truck sit 1/3" higher then say a brand new superlift 6" spring? so when ur suspenions copresses one side compresses faster then the other.

ur talking about hokey ass things to fix problems and thats hokey as hell, driving down the road hit a pot hole and start boun cing around like ur springs are bad because they dont have the same rate of compression.....


just do us all a favor and stick to something that u know what ur talking about, because so far uve just made ur self seem like some punk ass kid that doesnt know his ass from a hole in the ground

by his logic with the different spring rate's on each side, i have an even easier suggestion, put bigger tires on the leaning side LMAO

 

[The_Dealer]

wow..........u dont put different spring rates on different sides of the truck, thats just stupid, how do u make a spring that will have ur truck sit 1/3" higher then say a brand new superlift 6" spring? so when ur suspenions copresses one side compresses faster then the other.

ur talking about hokey ass things to fix problems and thats hokey as hell, driving down the road hit a pot hole and start boun cing around like ur springs are bad because they dont have the same rate of compression.....


just do us all a favor and stick to something that u know what ur talking about, because so far uve just made ur self seem like some punk ass kid that doesnt know his ass from a hole in the ground

plus u will have bumpsteer and wobble from hell, will be bouncing around like an 87 caprice on 26" rims hahaha

 

[emptyTTB]

hahaha! there's a reason why all other offroad related forums steal your pics and stick them in their crappy fab section..

 

[bobbywalter]

emptyTTB.

ford....from the factory, uses spacers of different heights....to level some of the ttb trucks. they also build the buckets with offset in them.


there is nothing symmetrical about the ttb suspension system.


shimming springs is an accepted method by a vast majority of suspension shops and dealerships for many applications coil and leaf.




















and TRS certainly gets...had been bagged on for many reasons...


but far and away is pointed to as a credible source for rbv mods and maintenance.just what it is.


i respect that you think shims are ghetto....but the fact is effective applications when also cost effective are exactly that. is it not? when something gets the job done safely its not ghetto...


safety is a matter of personal responsibility.

 

[7.5L_STX]

hahaha! there's a reason why all other offroad related forums steal your pics and stick them in their crappy fab section..

well then, if you think TRS's fab sucks then why dont you GTFO and stick to DR where everybody there just flames eachother.

 

[bobbywalter]

Got a b2 with the 8" skyjacker lift and a 302, over the years the front springs have sagged quite a bit, I'm going to order some f150 springs just not sure if i should get the 6" or 8". seeing how they are so much stiffer, dont know if the 6" will do the job.

this is an application where a 150 spring would be my choice.

but you need to look at the actual rates and free lengths of the springs you wish to purchase and compare them directly to the springs you are replacing.

pretty safe bet the 6 in will be the ticket and possibly allow ya to minimize or ditch the spacers, but if you like to wheel this thing maybe consider some plow type air bags to help tune ride and possibly run a lower rate longer coil. i have done that and it worked pretty good.

 

[mhughes165]

this is an application where a 150 spring would be my choice.

but you need to look at the actual rates and free lengths of the springs you wish to purchase and compare them directly to the springs you are replacing.

pretty safe bet the 6 in will be the ticket and possibly allow ya to minimize or ditch the spacers, but if you like to wheel this thing maybe consider some plow type air bags to help tune ride and possibly run a lower rate longer coil. i have done that and it worked pretty good.

ya, the plow bags in the front have worked in the past, my first ranger had them and at first had me scratchin my head( at 17 i didnt know wtf they were lol)

always seems to help, and u can stiffen/loosen up ur springs as u see fit