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Old 04-17-2007, 10:14 AM
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Default Tired of the GM lean!

I'm soooooo tired of the freakin' GM lean. I've heard that using a lowering shackle on one side only will level things out. Only problem is that I was told to get an adjustable one, and I can't seem to find any online. Are they adjustable by nature, or is there a certain type of adjustable shackle that people used that is no longer available?

My truck is over 1" lower on the driver's front than the passenger front, and the rear is even farther off IIRC.
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My belltech shackles are adjustable in the nature that there are 3 options that you can bolt them up by. Like 3 holes for different levels. I have never seen a true adjustable shackle though so maybe that's what they are talking about.
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belltech made a fix for this. look up the term belltech with slopro as the author. i think he posted it up last week about coilovers...the link he posted has the fix on the page somewhere
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Those coilovers are only for the 07+ GMT900's, not the 800's.
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crap! why wont they make these spacers for our trucks!

http://www.belltechcorp.com/products/gm/fullsize.htm
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when i lowered mine i cut half a coil off the front on the passenger side, the rear followed.
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Originally Posted by adam1803
when i lowered mine i cut half a coil off the front on the passenger side, the rear followed.
and this made it set even?
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Check Stylin' Concepts. They have a Belltech coil spacer listed for the 99-06 trucks. Its 0.75" tall. The shackle might work better though.
Here's the link:
http://www.stylinconcepts.com/part.a.../categoryid/30
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need a 1 inch lift shackle..place it on opposing rear side
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But I don't want the rear any higher than it already is. Would lowering the highest rear side even everything out?


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