Lifting a coil frontend

[StoryBoyof94]

I got a 75 f150 coil front im lifting. found a 9in lift for cheap im gonna put on it but i wanna get a lil more outa it. would it be fine if i dropped the coil spring towers like 2 or 3 inches as long as i have enough reinforcements?

 

[flareside_thunder]

Yup, seen it done plenty and it looks a lot cleaner than raising the buckets.

 

[elgemcdlf]

You might catch me a lie here but if memory serves me correct there is a difference between the 2Wd & 4WD upper spring mounts. I do not remember which is which. If you use the 2WD on a 4WD it lifts the truck OR if you use the 4WD on a 2WD it lifts the truck. No repositioning just cut the rivets out and bolt on the replacement set. Might be worth looking into. I do not remember the gain either. Sorry but I dropped my truck (threw away the I Beam suspension) so the article wasn't that important to me. Hopefully someone here has more info on the subject.

 

[StoryBoyof94]

Ok thanks. The truck is origanaly 4x4 so i think im gonna just drop the spring towers. And what you mean dropping the buckets. What are you referring to as "buckets"

 

[StoryBoyof94]

I meant raising the buckets

 

[flareside_thunder]

Where the coil spring sits on top of the axle...the coil spring bucket.

 

[StoryBoyof94]

O ok thanks

 

[ordcorpdw]

This is what I have been looking for. So have you done the modification? What was the height gain? What did you do for supporting the spring bracket?

 

[m78]

There was a reason I didn't lower the spring towers on my first truck, but I can't remember why.

 

[ordcorpdw]

I have a four inch lift currently, just want another inch or so.......cheap. I did a Google search and couldnt find much info on this technique. As an after thought grinding rivets sounds like a pain.

 

[Mil1ion]

It isn't called a bucket

it is called a spring saddle