Help this newbie to the lowered truck world

[jerad121]

Ok so heres the deal my my pops gave me his 87 dually. My plans for it are paint, tint, and lower but this will be the first truck I've ever lowered. Hell the first two whelk drive truck I've ever had haha. I really have no clue where to start. I've done some searching on here and I'm thinking I wanna do like a 3/5 drop. Nothing to crazy. So just wondering where to buy parts and maybe some pics to lead me in the right direction. Thanks guys.

Here's my dually





And one I found online that I really liked

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[THE "10" SILVERADO]

Originally Posted by jerad121

Ok so heres the deal my my pops gave me his 87 dually. My plans for it are paint, tint, and lower but this will be the first truck I've ever lowered. Hell the first two whelk drive truck I've ever had haha. I really have no clue where to start. I've done some searching on here and I'm thinking I wanna do like a 3/5 drop. Nothing to crazy. So just wondering where to buy parts and maybe some pics to lead me in the right direction. Thanks guys.

Here's my dually





And one I found online that I really liked

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Do you have to build your own dually?


EDIT: guess you got a different picture...

[jerad121]

Haha loaded the wrong pic my bad haha.
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[jerad121]

ok so im gonna go with a flip kit in the rear for my 6''s but for the front i only find 3'' drop spindals and i want to go 4 in the front so should i just get 1'' lowering springs or cut my stock ones? could anyone post a pic of a dually with a 4/6 drop i just wanna make sure thats how low i wanna go. or how would it look with a 3/6?

[cochino12]

Originally Posted by jerad121

ok so im gonna go with a flip kit in the rear for my 6''s but for the front i only find 3'' drop spindals and i want to go 4 in the front so should i just get 1'' lowering springs or cut my stock ones? could anyone post a pic of a dually with a 4/6 drop i just wanna make sure thats how low i wanna go. or how would it look with a 3/6?

A flip for the rear will get you more like a 8-9" drop due to the height of the factory spring pack. I think the easiest way to get 6" would be lowering shackles, hangers, and then remove your overload and a leaf spring or two. 3" spindles for the front are ok and you should be fine cutting the factory coils, 1 coil should be close to 2".

You might want to think about adding some helper bags to the rear if you do a lot of towing especially if you remove leafs. Western chassis makes good stuff and a bolt in cnotch if the 6" drop gets your axle gets too close to your frame.

[jerad121]

Thanks for the input man. Yeah I plan on doing a c notch but I'm just gonna build my own little kit (I work it a fab shop) guess I got some more research to do before I get to crazy buying parts.
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[boatpuller]

my advice would be to go low the first time.it's alot cheaper and less trouble then going back and redoin things because your not happy with the stance.

[jerad121]

Thanks man. This will be my first lowered truck so I'm a bit list haha. Usually they are big 4x4s haha.
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