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I would like to change the springs in my truck in order to soften the ride a little. Can someone lead me in the right direction?
I have a 06 F350 4x4 bought new. Unfortunately, when I had some minor body work done on the drivers side, the body shop forgot to take a picture of the door pillar stickers, so I don't have what ever spring info that was there anymore. The stickers were removed in the repainting process. If I had known, I would have photographed them myself. Live and learn. At any rate, I purchased this truck with the highest GVWR I could get at the time, I believe 11,400 lbs. The salesman did ask me to be sure that is what I wanted. Yes I said, because I ain't coming here again to buy another truck! (I bought a F150 in 2000 but after buying a farm a few years later, I was constantly overloading it.)
Well, now I am married with kid. The wife can put up with the harsh ride, but I cannot expect my currently 15 month old daughter to enjoy it. I would really like her to love the outdoors as much as I do, but I think the truck ride will turn her off someday (especially after she blossoms). Lord knows my pecs hurt for some time until I got used to it!
I spoke with the local spring shop, who are regarded as the best around, but got nowhere. They said the front coils cannot be changed and changing the rears was not going to accomplish anything because the whole truck was designed for the 11,400 lbs rating. I have an EE degree, but this all sounded like BS to me, but I couldn't argue with them and left.
So any help or guidance would be appreciated. I really want to soften the ride somewhat without totally giving up all of what I bought the 350 for, but, I tow more than haul, so I could live with ending up with something more akin to a 250 load rating.
I still have the factory shocks on it too. Would something like Bilsteins help at all?
Thanks guys.
I have a 06 F350 4x4 bought new. Unfortunately, when I had some minor body work done on the drivers side, the body shop forgot to take a picture of the door pillar stickers, so I don't have what ever spring info that was there anymore. The stickers were removed in the repainting process. If I had known, I would have photographed them myself. Live and learn. At any rate, I purchased this truck with the highest GVWR I could get at the time, I believe 11,400 lbs. The salesman did ask me to be sure that is what I wanted. Yes I said, because I ain't coming here again to buy another truck! (I bought a F150 in 2000 but after buying a farm a few years later, I was constantly overloading it.)
Well, now I am married with kid. The wife can put up with the harsh ride, but I cannot expect my currently 15 month old daughter to enjoy it. I would really like her to love the outdoors as much as I do, but I think the truck ride will turn her off someday (especially after she blossoms). Lord knows my pecs hurt for some time until I got used to it!
I spoke with the local spring shop, who are regarded as the best around, but got nowhere. They said the front coils cannot be changed and changing the rears was not going to accomplish anything because the whole truck was designed for the 11,400 lbs rating. I have an EE degree, but this all sounded like BS to me, but I couldn't argue with them and left.
So any help or guidance would be appreciated. I really want to soften the ride somewhat without totally giving up all of what I bought the 350 for, but, I tow more than haul, so I could live with ending up with something more akin to a 250 load rating.
I still have the factory shocks on it too. Would something like Bilsteins help at all?
Thanks guys.