I recently purchased a 04 F250 the dealership took the truck in as a trade in and it had a lift on it. im trying to figure out what kind it is, suspension or body lift, whats the easiest way to figure that out?

 

post a picture. look and see how many blocks you have in the back or if you have any drop brackets in the front. how big is the lift?

 

i think its about a 6in lift but not positive

 

Take it to any local shop around your house.. It wil literally take them 2 seconds to tell you suspension or body of you can't tell the difference.. As far as type and brand you will need to go to somewhere that installs lifts professionally and they should be able to tell immediately because all company's have there own little way of leaving a trade mark per-say... And it's probably a good idea to have them look over everything as far as the linkage and steering box since you don't know the history on it..

 

ok great thanks

 

I would also have them take a look at your pitman arm if you have factory steering setup and large tires. Mine came loose and snapped while i was backing up.

 

Suspension lift! The last time I saw thick springs like that was the 8" lift on my buddy's truck. There is a track bar drop bracket, which is good, and given that much lift, I would be surprised if it didn't have a dropped pitman arm (you can only lift so much before the stock pitman just won't cut it). Post me up a pic of the pitman arm and I can tell you if its dropped or not.

If you know someone with a stock height or known lift height Souper Doody, measure from the leaf spring pad to the frame on both. Leaf spring pad NOT the top of the leafs, those thick leafs have a few inches just in the stack.

 

ya the leaf springs are real thick then on top of the stack is a pretty thick spacer, i want to change out the shock cause there all rusted and look like crap ill probably go with fox or billstien, im new with diesels and want to make a career in the diesel world plan on goin to school to learn all about them, also im not real sure what the pitman arm is, the suspension is very stiff and i am looking for something that will give me a little more comfortable ride any advice will help thank you all in advance

 

Sell the lift and big tires for an OEM suspension and some 285/75-16s if that is what you are after. These are 3/4 and 1 ton trucks that can haul/tow just about anything at the sacrifice of ride quality. I have 6 inch Pro-Comp springs out back, 5" Pro-Comps springs in the front. Damn right its stiff, but it's not spongy when I'm playing off road either.

You're going to have to make your choice, lifts that ride "smooth" are BIG BUCKS!

 

so will better shock absorbers improve the ride cuase as you can see from the picture they look pretty old and rusted, i know its not suppose to feel like im riding in a caddy, i just wanted to improve it a little bit