here is mine

 

Good lookin' truck. What all have you done to it?

 

Hey 01 gt f150 if your taking 2 me its all in my sig. other than that just took of the steps under the doors now I'm fabricating something to go there cuz the cab is 2 inches higher than the bed also ordered some drop springs gona get it closer to earth a couple inches

 

sweet!! that will look sick!

 

Yeah I think so I just wondering if ill have enuf clearance & not rub tires in the front........
the back shouldbe fine should tuck in the finder without any problems. Thanks fer the complement

 

Well this sucks gota change plans got out bid fer the drop springs........ Guess ima save for baggs
So fer now just staying da same...

 

If you have a porta-band cut one round out of the coil. should be 1.5 to 2 inch. Bags would be good to but I prefer static. It won't fail unlike bags, compressors and lines.

 

Well I wanted to get rid of the slight rake I had so I replaced the 1" lift shackle that came with my belttech flip kit for a 2" lowering shackle. That dropped me 3" from where I currently was and made it to where my tires were almost tucked in the fender wells (16" bottom of fender to center or axle). I was using about 10psi in the helper bags to air me up to even(17" bottom of fender to center of axle). That turned out to be a terrible idea.

Using the helper bags to achieve a level stance without a load in the bed caused the truck to ride so bouncy it was unbearable. It prevented the "bottoming out" that happens from time to time but the CONSTANT bouncing on every little bump was no where near worth it. I attribute this to the fact that the air in the bags in conjunction with the leaf springs was causing way to much rebound. The shocks weren't even coming into play. The truck rides great with air in the bags if you have a load in the bed or on the hitch and I believe that is because the extra weight provides enough force against the rebound caused by the leaf spring and air in the bags.

So in order to fix this problem and still achieve the level stance I decided to remove the 2" drop shackles and replace them with the factory shackles. The factory shackles were 1" lower than the lift shackle belltech provided with the flip kit. Doing this has allowed me achieve the level stance I wanted and puts me at 17" from bottom of the fender to the center of the axle at all four corners. I no longer have to use air in the helper bags to get me to a level stance and my truck rides like a dream again with no more "bounce".

I still "bottom out" on rare occasion but I have been driving lowered trucks for a long time so I know when to slow at bridge joints and intersection and such. I should also note that I "bottom out" on my bags not the bump stops. The location of the bags over the axle is the limiting factor in my range of motion. It is about 1 1/2 away from my cut down factory bump stop.

Now onto the pics.
This is with the 2" drop shackle and no air in the bags. 16" from bottom of fender to center of axle.



here is with the 2" drop shackle and about 100psi in the helper bags with no load in the bed.



here are some pics with the factory shackle on, no air in the bags, at my current ride height 17" from bottom of fender to center of axle at all 4 corners.

 

Sexy I can't wait to see it laying frame the grey heads and tails are so clean!

 

Thanks buddy.

 

Looks great!

 

Thanks!

 

Hey man truck looks good

 

Thanks

 

If only mine looked like that...=(