Thinking about lowering..... a little...

[mckpaul]

Been thinking about a mild suspension mod, still want it to be a truck when needed, but thinking of bringing it down a little from the stock height. Made a post with a pic of the truck under Suspension with some questions. If any of you guys that have done it before want to share your opinions, any input on that thread would be helpful.

[bluex]

Here is mine on a 2.5"/4" WC spindles and shackle/hanger kit. The rear is adjustable for 3" or 4". Mine is a heavy half/big 10 though.

I'm running a 15x8 with a 255/60 up front and a 15x10 with a 275/60 in rear also

Longbed:




Shortbed:

[mckpaul]

Well, here's the way mine sits right now. The leaf spring pack has 4 leafs and one shorter thicker leaf under the pack that really doesn't touch the leaf pack unless there is a load in the bed.

Yours being a heavy half/big 10, does it have a heavier suspension or anything? Are you set at 3 or 4 inches of drop in the back?

I saw an adjustable hanger/shackle kit on one site, looked like the shackles had two holes for different settings, and the hangers had two settings as well. That's kind of cool.

[mckpaul]

OK, so the way it sits now (in the above post) if I put only lowering shackles on the back end of the leaf springs, think it would just level it out? Or is it OK to do only shackles? Right now the front fender edge is about 31" and the rear fender edge is about 32-1/2".

[cliffsta]

yeah if you want mild drop, 2" drop springs up front and 4" worth of shackles / hangers or even 4" drop leafs out back. Thats what I'm headed for next year!

[bluex]

Ya a heavy half has hd springs. My rear spings have like 10 leaves and an overload. In the pic as a longbed it is set at 3", the shortbed pics are at 4" in the rear. Only my shackles are adjustable. The hangers give you 2" drop and the shackles can give a 1" to 2" drop.

If you going to just level it out I would go with shackles. You have to drill out the rivits to change the hangers and its a real PITA. A shackle kit would give you the ability to adjust it if you didnt like the full 2". I havent seen adjustable hangers, but I'm sure they make them. I got all my stuff from sport truck direct for like $350, but that was a few yrs. ago. Its all Western chassis stuff and I have had no problems with it. You can do either or, but I would do shackles they are the easiest. You wont need to change shocks either.