Leafs to coils on 2000 SD 4x4?

[kblackav8or]

Title pretty much says it all. How hard would it be to convert to the newer style coil spring suspension on a 2000?
Kevin

 

[stacerbob]

Shouldn't be too hard if you are a competent welder/fabricator. There is a guy over at TDR that did a 2wd Chev converted to 4x4 with the 2005 Ford arms, looks super cool. He might be here also. Its black I can dig up a link if you want to see it.

 

[colotow]

i've been getting quite an education about this. after talking to fabtek and kelderman, you should be ok, what i was told was that the dually and excursion use a 4" tube, and the f350 srw and f250's use a 3.5 tube on the front diff. i wanted to put the fabtek coilover kit on mine, but was told i'd need to do alot of grinding to make it fit (99 f350 drw 4x4).

the other coice for aftermarket coilovers is skyjacker, i was not as impressed with their z-link kit.

keldermans kits are absolutely massive, i have the airride rear kit, with the 8" lift.