Fabtech UCA's ???
 

So I have found some Fabtech UCAs that fit my truck, and I am wondering. If I have 2" lift coils right now how much more lift I could squeeze in with the use of the UCAs. If I could fit 2" spacers along with that also that would be amazing, and I am curious if anybody knows if the UCAs will allow for that much lift?

I'm sure a 1 inch spacer would work fine. I don't know about 2 inch spacers though.

Well, the only reason I ask is because I heard of a guy running the 7.5" fabtech kit with the aftermarket UCAs and 2" spacers. No, I dont have drop down brackets but then again my coils arent as long as the ones in the 7.5" kit. I might be able to pick them up at a decent price. You think I could pull off the 1.5" daystar spacers with the 2" coils or would that be too much? I could always go with 3" lift coils but those might ride way too rough.

You may be ok with the 1.5 inch Daystars. If you don't have them, I'd install adjustable camber bolts. That should help you get the alignment within specs.

Well, I dont know if I would be able to pull of 3.5" of lift via coils and spacers is my only worry. I had to get the camber bolts when I put the lift coils on because they had my tires leaning in on the top. I went and got it aligned right after I got it lifted, and had all that stuff taken care of. I am going to pick them up I guess, and just try it.. cant hurt.

Where'd you get the UCA's? I could use a set of those...

Local Craigslist.

See the problem is there is three ways to lift the front of a 2WD F150, you should only use two ways not all three. Your going to have a **** ton of problems.

:lol:

Okay, go ahead laugh but when your truck shakes itself apart I will be laughing or when you say my truck ride is terrible. Honestly I would go look into bullet proof suspension to get a larger lift, but thats just me.

What would cause any shake? I am just curious? I have looked at bullet proof but 3k for a lift without shocks or instillation is a little bit out of my price range.

I think its just it makes the coil so freaken long. 3" Lift coils ride terrible, even with aftermarket UCA's. Let alone 3.5 or 4" of coil lift. I would get the UCA's just to have better angles with 2-2.5" Lift coils.

Dont take this a knock against you.. or me insulting you or anything...

Okay as of right now.. I am running 2" lift coils. The thing about the coils that I have is that they arent any longer than the stock coils, but their spring rates are higher. The lack of spring compression is what causes the lift. It does not necessarily cause bad ball joint angles, but there is a difference because the suspension cant "sag" like it usually would. Adding the Fabtech UCA's would allow me to make my "coil spring" longer by adding coil spacers onto the top of the coils. It allows for even more coil essentially because it gets specs back to where the suspension can be re-aligned. You are right.. it will ride rougher than stock. But that can be expected when you try to compress things like long coils into the stock housing and the housing on the lower control arms. That is why suspension lift coils require a drop down sub-frame. They simply cant fit into stock housings due to their length. I actually have the intention of switching to the 7.5" fabtech kit. Running the 7.5" kit with aftermarket UCAs would allow me alot more room for a coil spacer, and the 7.5" kit rides well as-is.

My original post about adding them to my current set-up was spiked simply out of curiosity.

How weren't they longer? Didn't your UCA angles change too? My Procomp Coils are 2" longer and a higher spring compression. I would say either way I'd not do it, the only way I'd do it the Fabtech 7.5" kit and do the spacers. Then I could buy your spindles ;) and your blocks ;)

No, they were exactly the same length.
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They didnt change my angles enough to even worry about.
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Even if the angles would have been not the greatest.. I have brand new MOOG ball joints all around so Ill be alright for awhile.