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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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Shackle help

I have a 2000 f150 4x4 4.6 v8 manual. I currently have a 3in body lift and I've tightened the torsion bars some. Shes runnin on 35's and the front is still about an inch lower than the back. I would like the front to be an inch higher than the back. I was looking at shackles and belltech says -Shackles: give you up to 2” of drop or 0.5” of lift for the front and rear leaf springs and come with rubber bushings
Would these lift the front .5 in??
Also, any other ideas to make it sit how I want are welcome...
 
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 10:13 PM
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Have you cranked the torsions all the way up? Most people sit level with them fully cranked. And you don't have leafs in the front, so no the won't lift the front of your truck any. However you could use them to drop the rear to make it level.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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I didn't want to crank them up all the way because it makes the ride too bouncy (when you live in a neighborhood with speed bumps). Could I just take the rear blocks out?
 
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Old Oct 23, 2011 | 11:56 PM
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If you remove the factory block, it should give you the look you are going for.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 08:11 AM
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Yup that would work perfect, because your only other options to lift the front would be a full lift if you don't wanna crank the keys up anymore.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 09:25 AM
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When I remove the blocks I will need smaller U bolts correct?
 
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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You can use the factory ones since they'll still fit even if they're a little long, but some people do like to put new hardware under there so it's really your call.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 12:50 PM
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Thanks for all the help!
 
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