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Originally Posted by Sonic04Edge
The way I see it is its up to the person who owns it. Me personally I wouldn't lower a tbar truck 2wd or 4wd. However I would love a second gen sport trac 4wd/awd to lower.
Yeah. The t-bar setup definitely doesn't lend itself to lowering real well. Only real way to do it is to cut it out and switch to Coilovers.
 
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Originally Posted by SniperX103
Yeah. The t-bar setup definitely doesn't lend itself to lowering real well. Only real way to do it is to cut it out and switch to Coilovers.
this.
i hate lowering tbar trucks.
as for the OP, just put in 2wd shocks
 
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2wd shocks is all you need. thats what I used when I lowered my 02 4x4
 
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2wd shocks is the way I'll go, got to stick to the KISS method. Time to score some u-bolts as well.
 
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Originally Posted by Froggmann
2wd shocks is the way I'll go, got to stick to the KISS method. Time to score some u-bolts as well.
order them from ford. I did it on mine and i think ubolts and nuts was around 50 dollars (this was about 4 years ago)
 
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