how hard is it to drop a bump

[my1stf-100]

i have a 71 f-100 and i want to drop it lower. i know about the drop beams and flip kit how hard are they to put on and what else do i need for the drop. thanks for your time

[Banjo]

TD, not saying your advice isn't spot on just wanted to question the spring hanger flip, is welding required or can grade 8 fasteners suffice?

[td]

TD, not saying your advice isn't spot on just wanted to question the spring hanger flip, is welding required or can grade 8 fasteners suffice?

Banjo,

grade 8 will do fine, thats what i used on mine and no probs at all!
you will use two of the existing stock wholes and have to drill two of your own.
i also removed a little material off the bottom edge of the hanger which when flipped will
be the top and clearance is tight against the bed floor so its a good idea to make a little
more room so's not to have any vibration rattling issues.

[wt4speed#2]

Before

After

Between the blue tape lines is the amount of drop just invertting hangers

[td]

wt4speed#2,

if my memory serves me correctly your the one who helped me with some info and pics when i was doing mt rear suspension. am i right?

[427blackpearl]

yes, we have another short bump lover
i went all the way with djm beams,hangers and shakels.it looks good but could be a little lower. i have tall tires so that might be it too

[my1stf-100]

what are the disk brakes on pearl i have disk brakes on my 71 allready but do they have a big brake kit for the front and a disk brake convert for the rear when im done with my 71 i want to be low , two tone black and red pearl. and my 347 with a 174 blower on it .i hope mine turns out as good as your alls

[td]

yes, we have another short bump lover
i went all the way with djm beams,hangers and shakels.it looks good but could be a little lower. i have tall tires so that might be it too

there goes Brad showing off those fancy slotted cross drilled rotors again im just jealous. o the shame!!!

[my1stf-100]

yeah he is but id be showing people to they are nice

[stangconv]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Lowering-Kit-FORD-F1 ... m153.l1262

has anyone used these kits? ( I put this year up because i am going with 78 discs...)

[427blackpearl]

i show off the disc cause no body ever sees them with steel wheels
i got all four disc from a place up north, cant rember right now but i will look them up if interested.
they did all four drilled,slotted and shiped for around 175, i think
i would stay away from the round tube arms, a lot of people say the will flex and bend, nobody likes to flex but td when he flexs his tire smokin truck
kiddin td just kiddin, id smoke mine if i could

[my1stf-100]

if you could look it up it would be nice how hard was it to put rear disk brakes on and what would i need

[427blackpearl]

i cant seam to find any of the recpts,
the good thing is all the stuff you can get from autozone or a parts place of your liking
i have not put the rear disc on yet eather. i bought the disc from a place on the web cause the could drill and slot them. just google drilled and slotted disc.
the front are just ford truck and the rear is jeep 80'-82'. the rear kit that i have used before and works very good is from b.c.broncos.
you can get the whole kit or just the brackets then buy the stuff from parts place, thats what i did

[stangconv]

Summit has some slotted discs... for a decent price...

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch ... 115+400304

[stangconv]

And I cant find any that drop beams that arent round...

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku

DJM's are round....(at least according to the pic on summit)