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Old 02-09-2002, 07:38 PM   #2
low 84
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It depends on how much you want to lower it.
You can go from 1-2 inches with a rear spring shackle. This just mounts the rear of the sring up higher than the original shackle. (these are pretty cheap) You can go another 2 inches with a new hanger for the front of the leafspring. (still not to expensive) If your want to go 5 inches or more you probubly want to install a flip kit which flips your axle on top of the springs. (this is where things start to get expensive)
I got all of my suspension parts from western chasis at www.sporttruckdirect.com and the parts are of really good quality.

hope this helps
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'84 1\2 ton swb, 350 5\7 drop
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