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Old 04-15-2011, 03:45 PM
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Anyone here running just lowering springs in the front? Is there any bad camber that comes from using them, or is the ride any worse? I only want a 1.5-2.0" drop in the front, so maybe instead of spindles I'll use springs.
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Bump, I am curious too, I wanna 2 inch drop up front.
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There's usually some camber that come from springs but it'll be fixed once you take it get it aligned. As far as ride quality, my belltechs 3" spring ride awesome along the with their shocks (can't remember the name of it) but it really depends on the shocks you use
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Going with my Hotchkis Springs soon 2'' fronts and 4'' Rears with a 1'' block soon. Still undecided on shocks.
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Bilstein has made me a believer. I'm only running the Beltechs right now because I bought them...for both trucks at the same time...I should have known better than straying from bilstein but I won't again. Body roll and ride quality were best with them.
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Ibought my truck lowered and it's lowered on springs in the front and I can't make a uturn worth a crap! Will lower control arms fix this or is it spindles??
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How big of a drop do your springs offer?
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Also, does anyone know how eibachs are on our trucks? I had them on my car and loved them
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I've heard with spindles turning radius would be more affected than springs.

As for Eibach's I've driven a few vehicles with them and they rode really nice. Never knew how they rode in a truck.
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