5" coil drop, relocate shock mount????? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

dregs454 · 08-11-2002, 01:42 AM

I was checking out some coil drop kits at early classics, and I noticed that they have rear shock relocators. Is this necessary with a 5" rear drop coil, or is it just another gimmick???

loweredd · 08-11-2002, 12:11 PM

Definatly do it. I have done a few static lowerings on truck before. I had a 95 ext cab with 5/6 drop, and shocks in the stock location. If you look at them after with that much drop, they were sitting at about a 140 degree angle. They were almost horizontal. You want the shock to be pretty close to the stock posistion if not more vertical.

Frank_Zeller · 08-12-2002, 09:00 AM

At a minim you need to get shorter shocks. You would also need a adjustable panhand bar to correctly center your rear end. I installed the ECE kit. But it looks like you could rotate the stock top shock mounts 180 and get pretty close to the ECE kit.

LowSeventy · 08-12-2002, 01:29 PM

The stock upper shock mount comes down like a triangle, how would reversing it change anything? The 4/6 kit I put on my 70 came with the shocks, rear mount kit and longer pan bar. If I'm not mistaken, you still need those parts with a 5 " spring too.
I wouldn't worry about them trying to sell you anything you don't need, they made the original stuff for our trucks, and everybody else either sells theirs or has copied them. You can tell by just talking to them on the phone that they know what there're doing.

Frank_Zeller · 08-12-2002, 01:47 PM

It would move the mount point further back.

LowSeventy · 08-12-2002, 06:32 PM

I'm not an engineer, and hate to argue your point, but if the bracket is a triangle pointing down and you turn it around, how does it change were the shock mount bolt goes?

08-11-2002, 01:42 AM	#1
dregs454 Killin' Time Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 221	5" coil drop, relocate shock mount????? I was checking out some coil drop kits at early classics, and I noticed that they have rear shock relocators. Is this necessary with a 5" rear drop coil, or is it just another gimmick??? __________________ NEED CORVETTE 1972 GMC C20 350, SM465, HEI Dynomax headers and 2.5" duals

08-12-2002, 09:00 AM	#3
Frank_Zeller Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 796	At a minim you need to get shorter shocks. You would also need a adjustable panhand bar to correctly center your rear end. I installed the ECE kit. But it looks like you could rotate the stock top shock mounts 180 and get pretty close to the ECE kit. __________________ 69 SWB C/10 5-6 drop 700R4 69 Firebird Convert 455 4 spd 70 Torino GT Convert Austin-Texas

08-12-2002, 01:47 PM	#5
Frank_Zeller Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 796	It would move the mount point further back. __________________ 69 SWB C/10 5-6 drop 700R4 69 Firebird Convert 455 4 spd 70 Torino GT Convert Austin-Texas

08-11-2002, 12:11 PM	#2
loweredd www.loweredd.com Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Struble IA Posts: 808	Definatly do it. I have done a few static lowerings on truck before. I had a 95 ext cab with 5/6 drop, and shocks in the stock location. If you look at them after with that much drop, they were sitting at about a 140 degree angle. They were almost horizontal. You want the shock to be pretty close to the stock posistion if not more vertical.

08-12-2002, 01:29 PM	#4
LowSeventy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 67	The stock upper shock mount comes down like a triangle, how would reversing it change anything? The 4/6 kit I put on my 70 came with the shocks, rear mount kit and longer pan bar. If I'm not mistaken, you still need those parts with a 5 " spring too. I wouldn't worry about them trying to sell you anything you don't need, they made the original stuff for our trucks, and everybody else either sells theirs or has copied them. You can tell by just talking to them on the phone that they know what there're doing.

08-12-2002, 06:32 PM	#6
LowSeventy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 67	I'm not an engineer, and hate to argue your point, but if the bracket is a triangle pointing down and you turn it around, how does it change were the shock mount bolt goes?



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