Front Suspension for my truck

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62BlueBomber
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Front Suspension for my truck

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I am currently lowering my 62 Uni off of the Frankenstein'd lift kit from the previous owner. Obviously I'm going to need new suspension springs since it will be 6 inches lower to the ground. The 62 is actually sitting on a '69 4-wheel drive chassis and drivetrain. I'll be putting the truck on basic 8 lug, 16 inch wheels. LMC's site is out of stock on the standard set of coils for now. Would I be able to get away with the coils for the 6-cylinder? Would it be overkill to get the Heavy Duty coils for the V8? Thanks all for your help.
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Re: Front Suspension for my truck

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Ok let's get some pictures posted from photo bucket? I want to see this... if for no other reason, I want to do a uni on a highboy frame.

Until some other member says otherwise, any F100-F350 can donate front coils, your donor will determine height.
I had a 1970 f150 4wd. I lifted it with dent side F350 dump truck coils.
And dropped it years later with dent side 2wd coils.
Let's be honest, uni's didn't come 4X4 so there is no stock ride height for a uni 4wd.
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FarmMotorSports wrote:Let's be honest, uni's didn't come 4X4 so there is no stock ride height for a uni 4wd.

the stock uni 4x4 height would be the same as any other slick 4x4 except the 66 f100 4x4 which had the coil springs in the front.
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Re: Front Suspension for my truck

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Working on getting pictures posted. It's currently 90 mins away from me right now. I'm gonna pull some older pics
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