63 longbed lowering tips

[roofingbloke]

Hi All, Darron from England New member,

I have a 63 fleetside longbed, big window, i want to lower the rear end bu first i need the following information, Measurements of the folowing please,
From top of differential housing to bottom of bed wood, (i have 6")
From top of axle to bottom of chassis (i have 5")
Overall stock wheel outer circumfrance, (i have radir 15")

I think my truck has been lowered a little bit but im not quite sure, I dont wand to spend money purchasing lowering springs only ti find i have them all ready,

I want to lower the truck at least 3" from its height at present & would like to have 2" for suspension movement,

Has anyone purchased a kit fron CPP or any other company ??

Thanks Darron

[chucks1967]

Hey! Welcome from Athens Alabama, USA!!! I Don't know a lot, but something you might want to look into if you dont want to spend a lot of money is a set of rear jeep coils for your truck. Replacing the rear coils of your truck with a set of 97-06 TJ (jeep wrangler 6 cyl) will lower the rear from 3-4 inches. They are super cheep as well. for the front a lot of guys on here cut or heat the front springs to get the right ride height. All that said is what I have read on the forums here. I am going to do the jeep coils myself in the next few weeks so i will be able to speak from experience at that point but for now take it for what its worth.. just do a search for jeep coils on the forum and there are multiple threads. The real way to do it if you want to fork out some money is to bag the truck... but for me thats way more than I have planed for this truck. any way im sure a more guys will chime in with more knowledge and you will get a lot of info. so any way welcome aboard! Oh yea and post pics... lots of pics.