57-60 F100 Front Wheel Placement on Lowered Truck?

Question for anyone with a lowered 57-60 F100....

OK, so the general concensus is that when a 56 F100 is lowered, the front wheels need to be moved forward about 1.25" to look centered. My question is regarding the 57-60. I have searched to see if there is a general concensus on the fridge, and I can't find any mention of moving the front wheels forward.

Anybody care to share their experiences? Do the front wheels need to be relocated, and if so, how much and in which direction? There are some great looking lowered Fridges here on the HAMB, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

It has to do with the shape of the wheel opening. The 57-60 is pretty much symmetrical. On wheel openings that are sloped more on the rear, you have to move the wheel so that the center follows the slope of the wheel opening as it moves up.

Hard to explain...but if you look at a side view of stock height and lowered trucks, you can see what happens. The 58-59 chevy trucks are real bad about this.

 

On most older vehicles the wheels will look to far back when they are lowered.do a trail fit then stand back 20 or so feet see how it looks.Jimmie King

 

I think all the F100s from '53 through '64 could use an inch forward when lowered. I'm moving my centerline forward 1.25" on my '64. They look so much better that way.

 

I was searching for something else and came across this thread. I moved the c/l forward 1" on my '60 F-100 when I put the MII in it.

In hindsight, if I ever do it again I'll go 2"

 

I lowered my '60 about 14" ( it was a 1ton on 16" wheels )

And I moved the centerline foreward.

How much depends on the tiresize and how much you lower it.

I compressed the springs to rideheight, andd moved the Camaro subframe around untill I was happy with the sideview.
Squared it all up and welded it in.

 

before........... Later, Bill


after dropped axle, mono leafs front and rear......

 

I think metalshapes' front wheel placement is about ideal to my eye:


I'd say his is about 2" forward from stock based on looking at mine in the garage. As I mentioned, I moved mine forward 1" from stock. Mine is 7" from the bottom of the rocker to the ground, which is about 1" higher than ideal suspension geometry on the MII as installed...when all settled in, it sits just strong of 6"

 

Moved mine ahead 3/4"

 

Thanks.

I moved it quite a bit.

I've got about 5" of clearence under the rocker.

In this pic you can see that I didnt get the rear wheels centered in the rear wheelwells right,the first time.

I fixed that with some offset lowering blocks...

 

i moved the front forward 1.5 in and the back stock

 

Matt, on my Crewlcab I went over two inches forward. Depends how low you go...

-Shiny