Coming down out of the clouds

Hey everyone! Haven't been on here in awhile and feel like a deuche for it. I;m finally ordering my lowing springs tomorrow! Getting H&R Super Sport springs, which means I'll be practically shoveling dirt as I drive. Guess I can call Ford and cancel that order for F150 badges as Mallory will no longer be rockin the 4x4 look anymore. Richard, that means I'm gonna need your help! Lemme know if your available Saturday! I'll post before and after photos once the job is complete!

I told you that I would help you man you just haven't told me if we're going to do it at my house or yours. I have the garage now so we can be out of the weather and dirt!!!! Just let me know brother, you know I'll help out.

Wow... judging from the pic in your avatar... doesn't look like you can go much lower! I can't wait to see it after suspension!

Richard I would like to come to you your place as I don't really have the tools here. The garage part is nice too! lol. I just ordered the springs a few minutes ago and they are being shipped UPS! Estimated arrival is anytime from Friday til Sunday...god I hope they make it here before Saturday.

Hey Boosted...that's just trick photography with an IPhone..lol! If you saw it from the side, you'd realized you can almost stick your head between the back wheel and fender...even with running 20's! So I'm hoping to be shoveling dirt by the weekend!

My house sounds good. We will need beer, laughter, patience, beer and did I say beer? Oh I did good cause we're gonna need it!

Beer?? What's that? Oh yeah! That ice cold sweet necture of gods!

mustangmallory wrote:Beer?? What's that? Oh yeah! That ice cold sweet necture of gods!

Hell yeah!!!

then in march you guys can come down here and help with mine

Been there, done that. lol! If you guys need any pointers let me know. I found a couple of tricks when I did mine.

Greyghost..by all means...pleae share and save me a few unholy words that i'll need later for other mods! lol

GreyGhost wrote:Been there, done that. lol! If you guys need any pointers let me know. I found a couple of tricks when I did mine.

Ridge, send him a PM and see if you can get him on speed dial for Saturday!

I would do the rear first. Lift the rear of the car and put it on jack stands. So you can do both sides at the same time. Support the rear axle with a floor jack. Before you lower the rear axle take the lower shock bolts out and take out the lower (axle side) panhard bolt and tie the bar back out of the way. Then you can lower the axle enough to swap out the springs. When you put the new springs in make sure you get them set in the rubber isolaters corectly or your car may sit higher on one side. Then put every thing back together the way it came apart. Be carful when you lower the car now because the jack may not come out from under the car. I used a couple of 2x4's under the tires to hold the car high enough to pull the jack out from underneath. Then you can drive it off the 2x4's.

Ridge... I'll see what I can do for coming over; depends on how I am feeling after Friday night, LOL

Maybe I can bring the camera and we can put together a DIY walkthrough, unless someone on here already has?

The front is a little more difficult. I didn't have a spring compresser so I did it the way I've seen it done on Horse Power TV. Lift one side at a time. support the car with a jack stand and remove the wheel and tire. remove the caliper and disconnect the sway bar link from the strut. put a floor jack under the lower control arm. be sure to put a safty chain around the spring just in case it decides to fly out at you (mine didn't). Raise the jack to compress the spring, But don't lift the car off the stand. Then remove the large nut on the top of the strut. You should now be able to lower the jack and the strut will come out of the upper mount. Take loose the 2 lower strut/spindle bolts and remove the strut and spring together. Now you can put the new spring and strut back in and put everything back together the way it came out. The new spring will be shorter so you wont have to comress it with the jack when installing. Now do the other side the same way and your done. Remember when lowering your car to use the 2x4's again like the rear. Be sure to get an alighnment after your finished. I'll add some thoughts to your head: watch for speed bumps/pot holes in the road now, It will be really easy to bottom out.

Don't forget the curb going into my driveway! I have to go in sideways to keep from dragging the exhaust!!!! Thanks Greyghost, can we call you?! Just kidding, it shouldn't be that much different from mine....I hope.

scstanger wrote:Don't forget the curb going into my driveway! I have to go in sideways to keep from dragging the exhaust!!!! Thanks Greyghost, can we call you?! Just kidding, it shouldn't be that much different from mine....I hope.

No problem Richard, You guys can call if you need to. I'm here to help. Isn't that what friends/club members are for? (616)240-5919

Absolutely, don't worry there will be no drunk dialing!

She's riding lower than ever now. A little spongy but that should level out. Richard hurry up and post that video!!!

Looks great Ridge!!!

Did you get it done? I hope some of the tips I posted helped you. Be sure to post some before and after pics. I would like to see how it looks with those 20" wheels, I'm still running the stock 17's.

We (and by "we" I mean "they") got it done! It looks great!

Richard took video of him pulling out of the driveway, but I'm pretty sure they were going cruising/partying tonight. So I doubt it will get posted until tomorrow.

Stolen from Ridge's facebook page:

NICE! I have to get me some 20's!

Looks GREAT!

LOL richard thats one of the reasons I put dumps on mine to avoid the dreaded skreeek from the pipes hitting the ground. Damn the homebuilders that put in steep driveways!!!