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Old 06-02-2009, 12:36 AM   #1
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lowering my 79 2wd k5

i want to lower my 79 k5, i found a lowering kit that is just springs for the front and has the shackles and springs for the back, is this all i need to do? will it change the camber or mess with anything else,please respond asap because i am going to get them tomorrow hopefully. thanks, John.
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Old 06-02-2009, 08:32 AM   #2
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Re: lowering my 79 2wd k5

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i want to lower my 79 k5, i found a lowering kit that is just springs for the front and has the shackles and springs for the back, is this all i need to do? will it change the camber or mess with anything else,please respond asap because i am going to get them tomorrow hopefully. thanks, John.

Are they 2" springs in the front? And you said you are getting 2" shackles and leaf springs?

How low do you want to go? Most guys put 2" springs and 2" or 3" sprindles up front and 2" shackles and take one or two leafs out.

Hope that helps..
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Old 06-02-2009, 02:22 PM   #3
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Re: lowering my 79 2wd k5

well its my dads friend that was getting the lowering kit, he said it was 4 inches of lowering for the front and a possible 6 for the back, nothing about drop spindles was said, it seemed like it was only springs, are drop spindles necessary? they would help the camber right? thanks, John
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well its my dads friend that was getting the lowering kit, he said it was 4 inches of lowering for the front and a possible 6 for the back, nothing about drop spindles was said, it seemed like it was only springs, are drop spindles necessary? they would help the camber right? thanks, John
Yes they would help your camber, I think they only make 2" springs for the front so to get 4" it would just about have to be sprindles or if he is cutting cools out.

And on the back if you are getting 6" out of it I would say it's a flip kit. See if you can find out what he is going to use.
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Old 06-02-2009, 03:46 PM   #5
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Re: lowering my 79 2wd k5

alright i appreciate all the help, ill try to find out more about it, just now i found out that it is 3 inch in front and 5 in back, so not sure, would 3 inch be to much without spindles? would it affect my camber considerably?thanks, John
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