Lowering 3500/350 bed height??
It's getting about time to go truck shopping again & it's down to Ford or GMC/Chev 1 ton SRW. The issue is the bed height of the new trucks. My 5th wheel is an inch or 2 high with my current truck & w...
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frankwp wrote:
Thanks for the info Flip, that's what I was hoping to hear. Does the front suspension use spacer blocks as well?
No, your front suspension (2wd or 4wd) is coils. If you go 4wd, the same applies to driveline angles as the rear. Dropping the front (with coils) would entail aftermarket shortened coils (which are available) or removing the OEM coils and lopping off some of them, which is also doable but it has to be a cold cut.
Ford is building their new trucks way too high but it's a 'macho' thing. At my age, I'm more concerned with sleeping than macho.
if you lived around here, I'd lend a hand. I have a nicely equipped shop for doing that stuff.
My old Ford (1997 F350 SRW) has leaf springs front and rear with solid axles (4 wheel drive). Rides like a lumberwagon empty but is stone easy to work on. Why I keep it.
