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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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Shocks on lowered F150

I have 3.5 lca's up front with a flip kit and shackles in the rear just wondering what is the best shocks to use for the best performance out for it being lowered I keep having bottoming out issues up front with the tires hitting the finders or the cross member draging thanks for any info
 
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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maybe the belltech adjustable struts up front, they allow up to 3" of drop or 1" of lift. you could set them to + 1/2" and that might help with the wheels rubbing in the fenders. what size wheels and tires are you running and how much drop do you have front and rear?

im no help on the cross meber issue. sounds like that may need some fab work.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 03:11 PM
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I am running 09 f150 20" now with 265/50r20 up front and 275/55r20 in the rear front drop is 3.5" and the rear drop I believe is 8". Come this winter im going with 2" blocks additional in the rear to level it out with c-notch and load helper bags
 
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 05:49 PM
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hmmmmmmmm. those wheels and tires are not what i would consider huge so i would try the struts i mentioned above and see if that helps. you will def need those blocks for the rear though or youre gonna have some mad cali lean. i had a 09 silverado with a 4/7 drop on 305/40/22s and i rubbed up front a lot. changed to a 275/45/22 and pretty much fixed the problem. i was rubbing turning though and it was a chevy so its not really relevant. just pointing out that your wheels and tires are not what needs to be changed.

truck looks good in your sig. little bit of a cali lean but those blocks should level you up.
 
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 07:01 PM
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Thanks and I really need to update sig pic those wheels are fx4 18's I just got the 20's late week and I guess belltech is the only ppl that make an aftermarket strut I looked into them and was wondering if there was ant other ones out there and thanks for the help
 
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 07:49 PM
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Added pics in my albem but forgot how to change sig pic tryin to figure it out now
 
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