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Old 07-24-2012, 02:57 PM   #135
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Re: Rat Bagged 70

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Originally Posted by Square_78 View Post
I may be wrong, but by looking at your original pics, i think you put your lower cups in upside down and that's why the truck sat so high. They didn't need to be cut. They look like the ones that are designed to be recessed into the lower control arm. Its suppsoed to be a cup and it looks like you used it as a pedistal?

These arnt my pics, but this is how they install. That way the bag sits lower in the control arm so you get the proper drop. You cut an 8" hole in the lower arm and weld the cups in.

Either way, this would be an easy way for you to get more drop. Its just 8" pipe with a cap on one end. Trace it out on the lower arm, cut it out, fit the cup into the control arm and weld it. I am going to do mine this way. Plus you can run a lower ride height with more bag pressure. As long as i get 4 inches of lift off the ground then I am happy.
yeah I am not sure you are right on that i researched quite a bit before I did mine and my bags wouldn't fit in the cups even if I wanted them to they mount on the top to keep the bags from rubbing on the sides of the spring pocket I know that you can cup your LCA's and get a little bit lower but from what I hear it is really hard on your ball joints I don't want to snap one while driving so I am gonna stick with this setup and save for a disk conversion and some drop spindles that should get me fairly low unfortunately I am gonna have to get some shorter headers then or go back with manifolds my headers hang down lower than my x-member right now thanks for the input though I have seen those LCA's before and thought about doing that
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