Mr. Sandog

I would call McGaughys and ask them directly. I don't know since I don't have those, I have the 17"+ spindles.

Mort

That is correct to the best of my knowledge.

LS1csherm

Yes - and drilling out the rivets are a bitch - reason I went with springs

04FULLSIZE

Well all i know is that i put 17's on mine and i had to grind A LOT off the lower balljoint (the treads and even part of the nut) to get them to fit, i just couldnt see 18" fitting on there without having to grind anything off, but thats just an observsation on my part.


Yes you have to relocate the balljoints and they kill your turning radius i would stay away from these personally, i have talked to a couple of people who have had them and they did not like them at all.

horshack

Anyone heard of Belltech?

From my youth - BellTech and DJM were the inovators!

I hear that Hotchkis is the stuff too!

One word of advise - stay away from AIM! (dont know if anything has changed in 16 years - doubt it)

Mr. Sandog

Belltech spindles on the OBS trucks were made poorly and pushed out the front wheels a couple of inches. Their shocks have had some issues as well, from what I've heard. I checked them out thoroughly when I was researching my drop. Not saying some of their stuff isn't good, but I heard enough bad stuff to make it seem like it was a crap shoot with them, which is why I assembled my own drop kit with McGaughys and Eibach components.

horshack

I had no idea regarding Belltech going downhill.

Mr. Sandog

Not sure they're going downhill, they could actually be going uphill right now. But because I knew I wanted spindles and I heard that horror story about the OBS spindles, that kind of eliminated them from my list of potential choices.

joesilver01

Belltech is defenitely probably goin down if anything. They are actually being bought out and being sued by McGaughys. Go with a Mcgaughys drop kit for sure. Their spindle are THEE BEST.