hey yall, for the time being i need to put my sas on hold i need to keep a reliable dd while im in school ... :'(
but anyways i was thinking about just takin my truck and droppin it an inch or 2 and jsut runnin a nice set of 31" street tires or at's, i was planing on just takin out the stock rear block off the axle, but how could i go about lowering the front a little, can i just unload the torsion bars a little? im not sure how much preload they come with but if i just loosen them a bit will it lower it safely? i just want a good reliable truck to drive around town in, i used to get 15mpg before the bigger and heavier 33" mudders but it looked stupid with the 31"s thats the only reason i wanna lower it, so i can run 31s and not look too bad, any advice?

Dunno nothin about the TB's...but maybe cuttin down the springs a coil or so would help too.

Grandpa told me the way he done it was heat up the coils on his 50 merc with a cuttin torch and it dropped it real low.

Dont heat the springs... Not a good idea. I will sell you my old springs... They sit about 2" lower than factory... But there on my 95, not sure how that would swap over or not. Honestly it would probably be best to just leave the truck how it is and deal with the ugly look for not. Shouldn't hurt to try the torsion bars though... But i dont know jack about torsion bars though...

Probly just be best just to leave it be then when he does do the sas he wont have to undo his lowerin job.

Regardless of how you do it Mike, you will have to hand over your man card.

Lower a 4x4? Are you crazy... that strikes me as so heinous...

Find a decent 2WD to screw up....

(sorry... )

oh dont worry tony, ill buy me a little beater or something to fawk around in, ill still be at the mudhole, i just want this to be my dd and not look stupid sittin on 31s, i think imma take out the rear block and maybe try the torsion bars, anyone know if itll hurt anything but unloading the torsion bars some?

countryboy116 said:

oh dont worry tony, ill buy me a little beater or something to fawk around in, ill still be at the mudhole, i just want this to be my dd and not look stupid sittin on 31s, i think imma take out the rear block and maybe try the torsion bars, anyone know if itll hurt anything but unloading the torsion bars some?

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Whats wrong with 31"s on a 4 wheel drive?

my truck looks decent with 33s, but the wheel wells are still open some, with 31s itll look even worse lol, just think itll look stupid thats all

countryboy116 said:

my truck looks decent with 33s, but the wheel wells are still open some, with 31s itll look even worse lol, just think itll look stupid thats all

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Do you think that my truck looks stupid with 31"s? (honest, I wont mind the truth lol)

nah yours actually looks just right

countryboy116 said:

oh dont worry tony, ill buy me a little beater or something to fawk around in, ill still be at the mudhole

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If you're going to buy a beater...why don't you leave the 33s on the F-150, and just drive the beater around to save gas?

Add the few hundred bucks a set of 31s would cost to what you're going to pay for the beater, and it'll probably work out better in the long run.

john112deere said:

If you're going to buy a beater...why don't you leave the 33s on the F-150, and just drive the beater around to save gas?

Add the few hundred bucks a set of 31s would cost to what you're going to pay for the beater, and it'll probably work out better in the long run.

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Don't "fix" what ain't broke.

ill get better gas mileage with the lighter 31s, smaller street tire or at tire, or a bigger mud tire, the smaller street tire wins for a dd that imma be drivin on the street, i should be able to find a set cheap used in good shape, or trade my current 33s for a set