04-05-2013, 10:03 AM | #1 |
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lowering rear 66
im wanting to lower my rear at least 5".i have coil springs no leaf,any good recomended kits out there?
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04-05-2013, 10:20 AM | #2 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
Performance On Line, or Early Classic Enterprises.... its near you, 5 inch drop springs, adjustable track bar and shock relocators...
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04-05-2013, 01:22 PM | #3 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
air bags if you ever want to tow something with it.
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04-06-2013, 01:44 AM | #4 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
thx rich nice website.thx alan great idea
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04-06-2013, 01:52 AM | #5 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
Don't forget to C-notch the frame. Gotta do it if you lower the rear 4" or more. Most places sell a kit for about $120.
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04-06-2013, 02:20 AM | #6 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
Go with ECE! Talk to Stan he is awesome!
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04-06-2013, 10:02 AM | #7 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
thx hugo
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04-06-2013, 10:21 AM | #8 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
Im doing my 64 now with 6"coils from ECE no c-notch.
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04-07-2013, 12:19 AM | #9 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
i dropped mine 5 inches in the rear with no notchs still have room to lower more too
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04-07-2013, 12:52 AM | #10 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
ya but how much travel do you have ? when i dropped mine 5 inch with no notch there wasnt much left and the reason i did a basic frame notch.....then that led to bags
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04-07-2013, 10:00 AM | #11 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
Does anybody make a bag that would go inside the rear coils? You could just fill them up when you needed to haul. A company use to make them (may still) for f-bodies to help with launching. Don't know how effective they were for that, but seems like they would help us here lol.
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04-07-2013, 11:51 AM | #12 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
I know some guys are flipping the trailing arm brackets and running bags in the stock coil location. Thats what i was going to do but after i step notched it the TAs rested on the frame, gotta go with 4 link now... one thing leads to another, lower then lower then lower you know!
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04-08-2013, 11:33 AM | #13 |
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Re: lowering rear 66
air bags are the way to go..... here is a link to my gallery
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...rzRrs&lb=1&s=A look through it for more details on the air ride install... here is a picture: we later added a 1.5" alum lowering block between the trailing arm and the rear axle, and removed the bottom cage shown in the above picture. here is a link which shows the later modifications. http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...3351&k=9b7PbpP |
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