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12-13-2014, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: melbourne australia
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lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
Fitted these 17 inch wheels 8 inch wide front 9 inch rear running 235/60 and 275/55 and now want to drop it down 2 inches both ends.Not much of a drop but thats all I want.
How can I lower the rear 2 inches ?Seems like lowering less than 4 inches is difficult as all the kits I can find are for 4 inches? |
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12-13-2014, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Louisiana
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
What wheels are those? You can buy just shackles to lower the rear 2"
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12-13-2014, 10:18 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Woodbury, Ct.
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
Beautiful truck...
Now get it out of the nose bleed section.Lol |
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12-13-2014, 10:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
You can cut one full coil up front and put drop shackles out back. Only thing you have to notch the bed support to clear the longer shackle. If you don't want to cut the coils up front, you can buy drop springs.
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12-13-2014, 05:12 PM
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
Is cutting the front springs ok or is it better to fit new ones and I guess there is enough travel in the shocks to allow for a 2 inch drop without a change?
Not sure what make the wheels are.Saw them on a corvette outside the tire shop and just told them to fit a set of those.Some sort of alloy rally replica. I do know I had my 15 inch Gragars balanced twice trying to get rid of front end shake and was told they were good.But with the new wheels and tires it now it rides as smooth as my wife's car at any speed. |
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12-13-2014, 05:16 PM
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Location: San Jose Ca
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
I prefer drop spindles. Drop hangers will get you 2 inches and not have to notch the bed. They will improve your anti squat a little bit too.
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12-13-2014, 11:33 PM
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
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12-14-2014, 01:22 AM
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
http://www.summitracing.com/search/p...olet/model/c10
The top are the hangers the bottom are the shackles.
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01-01-2015, 01:39 PM
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
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Are the stock hangers riveted to the frame? Can they be replaced without removing the bed? I'd go check it out myself, but my truck is outside where it's 34 degrees and raining! Also, sounds like I'd have to notch a bed support. What mods need to be done if I want only 2" drop in rear?
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Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, recent AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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01-02-2015, 12:31 AM
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Diggin The SquareLife
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
check ur inbox sir!!! its not that hard to notch the bed support at all an it doesn't make anything weak etc an yes the hangers are riveted to them frame an all can be removed with bed on
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01-02-2015, 01:12 AM
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
I promise you will want to go lower than 2".
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01-02-2015, 07:46 AM
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
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Yep |
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01-02-2015, 05:31 PM
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Re: lower my square 2 inches front and rear?
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/17x8-17x9-AL...81513892&rt=nc |
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