muddfildvaynes

Well right now I have 31x10.5 Mud Terrains and they are about 1" away from my struts; I just went out and got 33x13.5 after putting in my SFD and when I test fitted them they were a good 1/2"-1" under my strut so if I bottomed out the strut would hit the tire. So how much of a spacer would I need and do I have to do some more trimming to get these puppies to turn? And with the 31's on the rear I can stuff them all the way into the wheel well no problem, I don't think I can with the 33s because they are to wide.... Plus if I put spacers on the front I am going to do the rear also to keep the simitry even; so that is going to push them out more........ What to do????

Well right now I have 31x10.5 Mud Terrains and they are about 1" away from my struts; I just went out and got 33x13.5 after putting in my SFD and when I test fitted them they were a good 1/2"-1" under my strut so if I bottomed out the strut would hit the tire. So how much of a spacer would I need and do I have to do some more trimming to get these puppies to turn? And with the 31's on the rear I can stuff them all the way into the wheel well no problem, I don't think I can with the 33s because they are to wide.... Plus if I put spacers on the front I am going to do the rear also to keep the simitry even; so that is going to push them out more........ What to do????

I have some of the same questions, I have heard both good and bad things about wheel spacers, along with both types ie: the bolt on and then the slip over your studs kind. Which kind is more benificial and would last longer? I have a set of 13.5" wide TSL Super Swampers and they wont fint unless I have a 1.25" spacer so they clear my strut... Any ideas?

How hard was it to replace them, what does it involve and how long did it take?

Where did you go to get your longer lugs and spacers? Install time? How did you install them? Only on the front and not the rear?

Just put the steering linkage together last night and bleed the brakes as much as I could before the bleeder valve broke off on the driver side rear wheel cylinder..... damn. Either way it runs and drives and I am going to put a new wheel cylinder in it today and go test the lift this weekend; if all is good it is getting welded in! I will post pics as soon as I have more.

It is what I am talking about... And thanks Bowtied, I will probably end up making the bracket to extend it but need to try and keep the stock spring rate with this spring.... or I will just take it off completely....

Yea it is lower about a inch or so.... I am just going to order some rubber spacers/leveling kit.

You used the springs that I amd Tyler have right? Was your front a inch or so higher than the rear? I think I need to get 1" rubber coil spacer.....

I trimed the mudflap off and sanded it downto make it look stock and hit it with some paint which is coming off but I dont care....

Well it is a 99.5 Pathy.... lol; no problem I love them and the rock guards make them look even better!

The spring in the rear that goes from your body to a lever on the rear diff which is the proportion valve to change the braking ration from more to less in the rear when towing. Mine isn't long enough, so I need to get a longer one.... I custom ordered my springs from Coilsprings.com there is a thread in here on them....

Hey I love my tail lights, they look good to me; even with the rock guards on them

Yup, the front is actually about 1.5" higher than the rear.... I am thinking of either putting in rear coil spacers to make up the difference or let it be and when I get a bumper put on it will weight it down.

I have 33x13.5 TSL Super Swampers for it; I still want to be able to get some good flex, I think the next set of tires will be 34's....

Ok so the whole lift kit is installed, now I just need to finish off some loose ends and the truck is back on the raod.... I am doing a brake job and need to bleed the brakes after replacing the lines, the steering linkage needs to be fabbed up and I will probably end up rotating the rack in order to get the angle not so extreme. I have Mile Marker manual hubs coming in at the end of the month, I need to build a bracket to relocate the power steering bracket off the subframe because the drop was to much for the original bracket. I had to use F350 Super Duty Rancho RS5000 which needed new bushings pressed in on one side but I got them to fit. The only problem I am having is with that big spring on the back of the rear diff is not long enough and I am trying to figure out where I can get a extended one.... Oh and I need to put my skid plate on after I paint it and do the rest of the fab work

No takers huh?

UPDATE* 2000 Ford F350 Shocks will work but you have to replace one of the bushings in order to get them to work because they have a metal sleeve that will not slide over our bolt... I burned mine out with a torch and hit it out with a hammer then let it cool off and a quick clean and hit with WD40 and the new bushing slid in.... Also I went with Ranch RS5000's

As long as it works its good, DOT.... there are alot of rigs out there who are not up to DOT standards.....

It does have to be welded, I would send you a new u-joint and a piece of metal to extend the old steering linklage; it would need to be cut to length and have a local mechanic shop weld it for $20.

I am going off of this post, it says he is using "99-04 350 2wd shocks"... that being said is it F350 or chevy shocks?

I just ordered some Rancho RS5000 Shocks for a 2000 F350.... Will these fit or are they to long?

I know where to get all the parts for this kit as I just put one together for myself; the problem I am running into is getting the funding to get the kit together to sell to someone else; and I do not have that ammount of cash to get it together and then sell it.... If you are really interested in a kit it will cost around $1,187+- a few bucks because I do not know exactly what the shipping would be for a whole kit like this as I had everything shipped to me idividually... I took a educated guess though and it might turn out that I can give you some money back.... Either way I can get ahold of the pieces needed to build this kit just do not have the funds to put another one together and then sell as I just got mine together and spent some good money on it... So if you want you could send me the money through paypal or a money order through the mail and I could start ordering all the parts and when I get them in send the whole package to you..... It should take about a month to get everything in and then mailed out to you; let me know

I will look into the steering linkage situation, and will update as soon as I find out.

I feel like its christmas, I can't wait to get this put together and go out and wheel it. I will post pics as soon as its together, and I can't wait for the skid plate!