New member with lift questions

[Walsh1]

Hello my nane is randy from vancouver BC and I purchased a x police 2000 ford expedition 4.6L awd without air suspension I have been reading lots of post since november and find the info here very help full. The expy is stock right now but I have a long list of mod that i want to do. So I have purcase a 5 inch lift from rocky mountains.
Question 1. The kit comes with 3 inch body lift ,2 inch leveling kit,and gap guards but the leveling kit is 2 inch torsion keys but nothing for the rear. I have seen 1 inch coil spacers but i cant find 2 inch. Is there a 2 inch spacer for the rear and where can i find them?

Question 2. I would like a 6 inch suspension lift like fabtech but the kits say they are not for awd. Is there a kit out there that works and wont cause vibrations?
Also is there a kit bigger than 6 inch for the expy and where can I find it?

 

[Thermo]

Personally, I would skip that first kit you are looking at with the 3" body lift and the torsion keys. It isn't so much for the body lift, but the torsion keys can raise hell with your suspension and can lead to rapid wear of components.

As for true suspension lifts, 6" is about all that you will be able to find these days. There was a Rocky Mountain kit that was a 10" kit, but they stopped making that many years ago due to it being too hard on the IFS and not much demand for it ($2600 for the kit then you still had to pay for install, which normally runs another $800 USD).

Wish you lived closer to me. I would tell you for the money that you are looking to spend, why not get something that is already done. I am selling my Expy. It has 37's on it, a Rancho kit, regeared to 4.56 gears and more upgrades than I care to list. But, I am out on the east coast.

 

[walnuts4x4]

on ebay you can find 2 and 3" spacers for the rear... and I would just tighten the torsion bar bolts and not use the keys..... and Fabtech can work on AWD... I have it

 

[mindgame]

I am selling my Expy.

Nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[babysilk]

I have pictures in my album. I am running a 2 inch leveling kit and 3 inch body lift with 35" tires.

 

[Walsh1]

Babysilk the pictures look good,did you have spacers for the rear or just the keys. I am also looking at 35 inch tires.

Walnuts4x4 why not use the. Keys .? Ithought it was easier on the suspension than cranking the torsion bars plus i see you have them on yours with the desccription. Also i cant return them and I have purcased blistien shocks that are longer for the 2 inch list.

 

[walnuts4x4]

it can cause excessive wear more than just cranking the bars... and pulling the bars can be a pain in the rear... mine only got installed barbecue I had to remove the bars while the fabtech was being installed

 

[sgtowing]

it can cause excessive wear more than just cranking the bars... and pulling the bars can be a pain in the rear... mine only got installed barbecue I had to remove the bars while the fabtech was being installed

Barbecue??????????? I know because. Just being an a$$

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[babysilk]

I am running torsion crank(original keys) and spacers in the rear!

 

[Big Red Monster]

mine only got installed barbecue I had to remove the bars while the fabtech was being installed

someones got food and summer on their mind, how do you do that? lol

 

[Walsh1]

I look for the coil spacers on ebay but only found one inch for 4wd and 2 inch for 2x4
I could not find 2 inch spacer for 2000 awd

 

[walnuts4x4]

woops.... dont type while your in class.... damn thats bad...lol