89 F150 3/5 lowering kit?

Thumper19 · #1 08-16-2008, 04:54 AM

Hello everyone I have an 89 F150 that I have been workin on for a while now.. its been repainted and has a killer system in it. It has an orginal 78,000miles, complete hooker exhaust system, KN intake, TBS, and GT40 aluminum heads on it and Im going to be doing a DJM 3/5 lowering kit on her and I was wanting to know if anyone has had this done to theres? and if you got any pics so I can have a general idea. I have to do dream beams up front and a flip kit in back. Im kinda stuck on the whole "ball joint" removal and instalation and this will be my first time doing it so Im kinda scared. Any info or comments would be helpful.

Heres a pic from halloween last year just out of paint

I just turned 19 so go easy on me

midnight08 · #2 08-16-2008, 01:04 PM

truck looks good. sounds like you are on your way to a nice rig. dont let the ball joints bother you. it would be a simple thing to take the new dream beams up to a shop that has a press and let them press them into the new beams for you. i havent put a drop on that year model before so i cant tell you exactly how you go about doing it.

on another note.... that year model has a pretty square front end. have you looked into doing a front clip swap from a later model like a 96?

Thumper19 · #3 08-16-2008, 05:54 PM

Yeah I have a concept 95 that I plan on taking apart and using lots of parts.. For example front end, mirrors, hood, front quarter panels etc... Another question I had was how do you all think a 3/5 lowering would look? And if you got pics of that kit I would like to see some pics, it dont have to be same year or nothing

midnight08 · #4 08-16-2008, 08:46 PM

i think that a 3/5 would look good on your truck.

this is mine. it has a DJM 2/4. on my year model 3/5 get to be pretty low and you start bottoming out on the bump stops more often. with the 2/4 i RARELY hit the stops. im not sure on your year but i think you may have more room between the frame rails to where a 3/5 wont be a problem.

not sure what drop this guy is running but it gives you an idea...

Thumper19 · #5 08-16-2008, 09:59 PM

Ah yeah yours looks nice... I think I have quite a bit of room last time i checked i have about 5in up front to the frame rails and 8in in back.. I dont drive it much and when I do its mostly all street .. I hope it ends up looking like that one in the bottom pick.. that would be sick

midnight08 · #6 08-16-2008, 10:48 PM

thanks... it will look good either way. dont let the install or the ball joints scare you. hope everything turns out the way you are hoping. make sure you post pics when you get in dropped.

92rwd · #7 08-17-2008, 07:10 PM

you could get a flip kit for the rear, it's like $50 from summit. and get DJM Dream beams and Belltech lowering springs, that will give you a 5/6 drop.

Thumper19 · #8 08-18-2008, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 92rwd

you could get a flip kit for the rear, it's like $50 from summit. and get DJM Dream beams and Belltech lowering springs, that will give you a 5/6 drop.

You must not know how to read

I already have DJM 3in drop I beams and a DJM 5in flip kit for the rear.. Belltech dont make beams that drop 5in. only 3in. I was wanting to know about going lower and if drop coils would work but I found out it would give me negative camber without drop spindles and no company makes drop spindles for my truck