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Old 03-13-2016, 10:03 PM   #1
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Lowering Kit for 1986 C10...4/6 Drop

Ready to lower my 86 C10 and with all the different options available, just looking for some input on what would be the best setup.

I am looking at the Belltech kit (BEL-705SP) primarily and just wondered if anyone had any better suggestions or if this would be a good kit that would also achieve good ride quality? I like the idea of a single kit that has everything although I know sometimes you can achieve better results by piecing a kit together.

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Old 03-13-2016, 10:18 PM   #2
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Re: Lowering Kit for 1986 C10...4/6 Drop

It's a good kit I had to bend my brake lines a little different to clear spindle. Make sure you get the correct spindle size so you don't have to replace all your brakes.
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Old 03-13-2016, 10:30 PM   #3
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Re: Lowering Kit for 1986 C10...4/6 Drop

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It's a good kit I had to bend my brake lines a little different to clear spindle. Make sure you get the correct spindle size so you don't have to replace all your brakes.
How are the street performance shocks? Ride smooth? I had read the Nitro shocks suck and go out rather quickly.

Thanks for the response.
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Old 03-13-2016, 11:29 PM   #4
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Re: Lowering Kit for 1986 C10...4/6 Drop

Go with western chassis spindles and springs up front and belltech flip kit in the rear i had belltech shocks on mine as well oh an get some rear shock extenders and u will be good to go
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Old 03-14-2016, 05:03 PM   #5
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Re: Lowering Kit for 1986 C10...4/6 Drop

This is a great kit too. Travis (Pro Performance) is a forum vendor on here too!

https://www.azproperformance.com/McG...150-93151.html
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Old 03-16-2016, 09:32 AM   #6
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This is a great kit too. Travis (Pro Performance) is a forum vendor on here too!

https://www.azproperformance.com/McG...150-93151.html
Thanks for that! I'd much rather buy from someone that supports the forum as well.
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