HELP! Lowering my 1988 b250 Nomad Van
While I do not recommend this, I do understand the look you are going for so here is a little info that may be helpful.
Nothing is permanent: you just need to buy a pair of front springs springs from a used truck and cut them. If you aren't happy with the results, reinstall the original springs. Installing and removing coil springs can be quite dangerous for the uninitiated, just FYI.
JC whitney appears to have universal lift kits that fit your van's rear axle
http://www.jcwhitney.com/pro-comp-ax...1313d50221u0j1
Rather than going this route I would personally just install new rear springs ( or have a shop recurve your existing rear springs) and maybe adjust tire size to get the stance you desire. Running lower profile tires in the front and taller LT tires on the rear should get the look you want without radically altering the suspension geometry but even this approach is tricky.. hope you don't intend to take this vehicle on the highway, these vans can get pretty squirrely over 75mph even with a stock suspension. Good luck.
Nothing is permanent: you just need to buy a pair of front springs springs from a used truck and cut them. If you aren't happy with the results, reinstall the original springs. Installing and removing coil springs can be quite dangerous for the uninitiated, just FYI.
JC whitney appears to have universal lift kits that fit your van's rear axle
http://www.jcwhitney.com/pro-comp-ax...1313d50221u0j1
Rather than going this route I would personally just install new rear springs ( or have a shop recurve your existing rear springs) and maybe adjust tire size to get the stance you desire. Running lower profile tires in the front and taller LT tires on the rear should get the look you want without radically altering the suspension geometry but even this approach is tricky.. hope you don't intend to take this vehicle on the highway, these vans can get pretty squirrely over 75mph even with a stock suspension. Good luck.
Last edited by blackvan; Jun 4, 2015 at 11:07 AM.
I suppose, but you'd have to get the old ones off, grind off the old welds to eliminate their interference, then weld the new ones on and hope you haven't weakened the axle tube in the process. Seems like a lot of work to me just to satisfy vanity.



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