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07-16-2010, 11:32 AM
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Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
Should I drop the rear or leave a rake, keep or leave says it all! The top pic is before I removed the helper spring after that it it dropped the rear about an inch the next two are after.
Thank you for all the comments! Jesse
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07-16-2010, 11:43 AM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
I personally would drop the back another 2" or so
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07-16-2010, 01:30 PM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
I'd drop the back a little more
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07-16-2010, 01:38 PM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
I say Drop it. You probably couldn't care less, but I've never been much into the "raked" look.
Btw, what size wheels and tires are those?
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07-16-2010, 01:44 PM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
drop the front 1 more inch then go 2 in the back to have the perfectt rake! nice smoothies too!
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07-16-2010, 01:50 PM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
I'd say about a 5/5 drop. And keep the smoothies. Lowering spindles and a coil cut from the stock coils up front and axle flip in back.
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07-16-2010, 02:08 PM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
I vote to drop it. Lowered a little more with those wheels will look sweet!
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07-16-2010, 03:31 PM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
Drop it but keep a small rake. These trucks look great with a rake!
Our truck look best with the wheel up near the fender lip. 
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07-16-2010, 03:33 PM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
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07-16-2010, 03:49 PM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
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Dropped to the point where both front and rear tires have the same distance to the top of the wheel well lip gives them almost 2" of rake. Perfect! My ideal height is the top of the tire even height-wise to the lip.
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07-16-2010, 04:08 PM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
drop it a bit.
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07-16-2010, 04:41 PM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
Rake. Always and forever rake.
* steps back preparing his Rake to fight off the air-baggers
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07-16-2010, 04:54 PM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
leave it the way it is in the bottom picture stuff then stuff sum huge tires under there it would be so bad
maby somthin like this? http://www.summitracing.com/parts/COK-72150/
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07-17-2010, 01:50 AM
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Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is?
I say lower the back another little bit
Could you take another leaf out ? keep in mind you need at least three on each side, the main one that bolts to the hangers, and 2 more the only time i like a rake is when im gardening lol
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