Hoping to pick this '76 2wd up

[Malamute]

Originally Posted by lolife99

You're going to find out that a flip kit puts the center section of the rearend extremely close to the bed floor and the back will be really low.
They look super cool with a flip kit, but you will need a frame notch and maybe a bump in the floor.
Blazers are different in this area, compared to the trucks.

I've lowered two of these.
A '79 and a '82 2wd blazer.
My '79 got drop shackles and I removed all but 3 leaf springs.
I wouldn't suggest this.
My '82 got lowered leaf springs.
Your rear leaf springs should be the 52" version.
www.performanceonline.com sells them.
Also if you add a drop shackle for the rear leaves, the right side gets into your fuel fill hose.
So that will need to be re-routed.
I would stick with a 5" drop leaf spring by itself.

The front will be just like c10 trucks with the normal spindle/spring drop.

Good luck.

So we finally got moved and I'm going to get moving on the drop. I am going to go with those springs Keith as they are in fact 52" on the Blazer. The rear is already lower than the front, thoughts on 5" drop up front? Crown Suspension sells a 3" DS and 2" spring that I would like to order to go along with this as well as new shocks.

Any recommendations on shocks?

Thanks!
Dan