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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 04-06-2013, 02:20 AM   #6
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Go with ECE! Talk to Stan he is awesome!
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Old 04-06-2013, 10:02 AM   #7
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thx hugo
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 04-07-2013, 12:52 AM   #10
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Re: lowering rear 66

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i dropped mine 5 inches in the rear with no notchs still have room to lower more too
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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Old 04-07-2013, 10:00 AM   #11
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air bags if you ever want to tow something with it.
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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Old 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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Old 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...

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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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