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6" drop
i was wondering if any of you have pictures of a truck with a 6" drop in the front that still retains the spring suspension. i want to see how she will look. thnks andrew
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heres mine, its about a 5/7 with spindles and springs up front and blocks and springs out back.
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those trucks look great. awsome. how are the handling characteristics. do they bottom out easily.
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mine doesnt really have a problem with bottoming out. usually the only thing that hits is the exhaust and headers. they are hooker competitions.
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anybody else?
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I have a 4/6 and was hitting the headers on speed bumps and etc. Got tired of exhaust leaks and took them off. Now I have ram horns from a Chev Dealer that sells performance stuff and got a set of horns with a 2 1/2 exhaust opening for 99.00 a side. Got 2 1/2 all the way back and no more leaks. Had the exhaust boys tuck the exhaust up with in the frame so there is no ugly exhaust visible.
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I took off headers & put on a stock manifold on my 6cyl & then had the exhaust tucked up close to the bottom of the floorpans.
No bottoming out issues. The tires do buzz the tops of the fenderwells up front if I hit a big dip in the road @ high speed. At the ride height in the pic, I have towed my 74 swb truck on my 18ft steel floor car hauler w/o issue (other than the 6cyl/3spd struggling to pull the weight uphill).
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Are you guys able to get your trucks aligned being that low? I'm assuming you are using the stock upper control arms. The only reason I ask is when i took mine to get aligned the guy said if it was any lower he wouldn't have been able to get the settings within spec.
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How tall are you guy's front tires? I'm running a 26" tall tire with a 4.5" drop up front (2.5" spindles & 2" coils) and I have to be careful on the roads around here to keep from dragging my LCA's on the ground. They hit before my bump stop comes into contact with the crossmember.
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i don't know how your trucks look so low with such little drop. mine has 3 in springs 2.5 spindles and out back it has 6" springs with a 3" body drop all around. here is what it looks like.of coarse it will set down in the front with the motor and body but i would think it would not be mutch lower than the rest posted here???
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This is what my truck really looks like, in case you were referring to my "enhanced" version for my avatar.
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I have a 3.5 front drop and the guy at GM said I would have camber/caster issues if it was any lower.
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