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Old 09-15-2011 | 10:49 PM
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c notch for sure, any lower than 4" and you need a notch IMO...and i would definately go with a flit kit...

and justin for sure! haha there's about two more ft of those pilings showing now lol and the only reason its that full is cause they're feeding it water out of eagle mtn!
Old 09-15-2011 | 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc
Yah my bad.. You wont have to flip it, you could do leafs, shacks and hangers if ya wanted, but a flip is easier and cheaper IMO.. Yes you will need to C notch it, if you want to go lower

I have a c notch. Ill prob just flip and add the overload leaf spring back into the pack and run a 2" drop arm or shackle added to the mix.

With a 22" wheel on a 275/35r22 should be around 29 tall...

Im trying to obtain this look wheel and drop wise.

La seisita HD truck, its sick!


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do you have any idea how hard it is to drive a truck that low lol i had about 2" of clearance on my truck and i pretty much got sick of it being that low because of how hard it was to drive
Old 09-15-2011 | 11:06 PM
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do you have any idea how hard it is to drive a truck that low lol i had about 2" of clearance on my truck and i pretty much got sick of it being that low because of how hard it was to drive
I think he is closer to 6/8. But a 5/7 i can handle. Its not a DD. It sits in the garage 90% of the time so, im thinking i can live with it. My truck only comes out on sat or sunday afternoons or when i track it.
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Most def, they look sick as hell. trust me if could drive my truck everyday with a 5-7 I would.. but it is not happening here.. Notice the bottom of his rockers, beat to ****.. LOL Low is great, but it begins to become a pita. I have already been pulled over for swerving to avoid bumps and all in the road, I am not even that low..
Old 09-15-2011 | 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc
Most def, they look sick as hell. trust me if could drive my truck everyday with a 5-7 I would.. but it is not happening here.. Notice the bottom of his rockers, beat to ****.. LOL Low is great, but it begins to become a pita. I have already been pulled over for swerving to avoid bumps and all in the road, I am not even that low..
On 27" tall tires on mu current drop, im doing the same thing. With the taller 22s an a tire thats 29-30" tall adding 3" of lift to the frame height, it wont be that far off with the new drop.
Old 09-17-2011 | 05:28 PM
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Wait wait correction, im just starting to measure things up and my race tires only are 25" tall! haha That changes things around.
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Ok after looking at the truck again, just noticed it had a Lowering Shackle & Hanger Kit. So that would be a 4" drop in rear. Im guessing then it has 2-3" drop springs in front. So from here im going to install 3" belltech drop leafsprings to add a total drop of 7" in the rear. Then in the front im going to install a 3" drop spindle in front to have a total of 5-6" of drop in front. Im even thinking of running a 2" spindle up front the truck has a small amount of rake right n ow and that would eliminate that.
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What do you guys think?
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I've read and heard that flip kits ride the best... and they're cheap too.
As far as the front, if you're wanting to do it right, go with something besides those springs if at all possible before getting the spindles etc. on

hopefully gs7793 will chime in again for you, he knows his lowering stuff pretty well..


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