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84' 3/4 lowered advice
I have a 1984 Chevy Scottsdale long bed 3/4 ton.. I want to lower my truck but not get crazy... I would think 5/7 would be too much. Whats a good compromise between height and function..
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
Shackles and hangers with drop spindles. 2/4 drop. You can cut the springs later if you want lower.
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
I am trying to find the best deal for those right now.... Thanks Im think on it..
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
Is it possible to do a 6inch drop in the back and not cut into my frame??
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
if you change your front brakes, you can run 1 ton dually spindles. wasnt sure if you knew that or not. That is how I lower my 3/4tons.
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
You saying that would be cheaper... easier?
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
check the costs. If I remember right, when I did a c20, I looked at drop spindles for the c20 and the c30 were cheaper. I used BellTech. Just use c30 front calipers. Look up ball joints for both. I believe they are the same.
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
I lowered mine 6 in the rear by doing shackles/hangers and pulling the bottom 3 leafs. There was enough room without a notch at that point. POL makes drop spindles for the front.
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
I know doing it that way is alot cheaper would you say its a better ride then doing a 6 inch axle flip?? or about the same? what do you think..
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
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I didn't drive mine much with the lowered rear. I ended up tearing it apart to do more work to it and haven't driven it since.
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
I dont think they would. I believe the perches are in different spots.
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
Again, measure the width of the springs. Look at BellTechs website and see if they are the same as a 1t dually. If so, order the shackles and hangers.
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
ok sooo i looked at BellTechs website and they did not have any shachles o hangers for either a c20 or c30? so i went to IdCarid and found a BellTech 6907 4 inch drop shackle and hanger kit but its for a c30... so I just need to see if this will work.... its funny its a bigger deal with the back of the truck then the front.
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
For the rear, if you have a welder. You can get a new spring perch (axle tube) and weld it opposite of the current perch and your flip kit is done. At the same time you can weld a shock stud onto the ubolt bracket and your spring mount is done. This is what I did with one of my c10's and it worked nicely. Cost me maybe $20.
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
Yep, just on the opposite side (bottom) of axle housing.
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
ok ill make sure i dont mess the pinion angle up..
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
The link I posted should fit a C20. Click on the application tab.
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Re: 84' 3/4 lowered advice
Like jrpontiac indicated, a flip-kit can be done on the cheap by adding (welding) new leaf mounting pads under the axle tube vs. on top & using fresh/new U-bolts/nuts (don't re-use U-bolt hardware; you can re-use the original plates). But, you'll get more than 6" of drop (closer to 8" depending on how thick the spring pack is). You would need to source the pads & U-bolts for the correct OD of your axle tubes.
The shackles/hangers will get you 4" drop. You could remove some leafs to play around w/additional drop. There is also another possibility that doesn't require welding but would require some modification (cutting, trimming, drilling, & measuring because you won't have specific instructions). You could use a 98-00 3/4 ton 8-lug flip/c-notch kit. They're similar in design. The axle tube OD should be the same (14bolt GM housings). The main difference is in the frame-rail profile but the 98-00 c-notch could be trimmed to fit where necessary.
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Anything beyond the square body style could be different (the link you provided is for the body style AFTER the squares).
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