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Soft ride but good cornering shocks for lowered truck ?
Bought a truck about a week ago. It's got some yellow shocks that were spray painted partially on the front in a black color and the rear shocks look to be a no name black shock , I'm assuming maybe the rears came with the CPP 603-5 springs that are in the rear ? Previous owner didn't know anything about the truck so now I'm having to research it. Are there any shocks that would allow for a smooth cadillac/Lincoln ride for highway and road driving but are valved also for somewhat decent cornering in turns in terms of body roll ? The center of bolt to center of bolt with the truck sitting by itself on the ground is 13 in the front and either 13 or 13.5" in the rear
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Re: Soft ride but good cornering shocks for lowered truck ?
The body roll is going to be controlled more by the sway bar and spring package than the shocks. I have the cpp springs in my truck and they dont ride bad. Does your truck have a front or rear sway bar?
Jimmy
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Re: Soft ride but good cornering shocks for lowered truck ?
Now that I think about it , it had neither front nor rear sway bar
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Re: Soft ride but good cornering shocks for lowered truck ?
Time to ad the front one and see how it does. I am willing to bet it does a lot better with one on it.
Jimmy
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Re: Soft ride but good cornering shocks for lowered truck ?
Any recommendations for one ? I know the rear has 5 inch drop springs so I'm assuming front has a 4-5 in drop
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Re: Soft ride but good cornering shocks for lowered truck ?
My 66 has the stock one in it and the 65 has the one out of the 83 donor the suspension came from. I would roll up under it and look to see if it has the brackets still under it and if so see f you can find a 73 to 87 in the local junk yards and snag it.
Jimmy
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