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84Stepper · 04-15-2003, 04:54 PM

Hey guys I got done lowering my truck and im thinking that I wanna go another inch or 2 in the back. I was wondering if I can buy the 1-2 lowering shackles and use the original hanger for them? Right now I have 4 inches of clearence between the frame and axle. Do you think I will need to c-notch it? I do not feel like having to do all that work! By the way I used a 5in flip kit in the rear. Any help would be great thanks. Jon

TIMSPEED · 04-15-2003, 05:18 PM

You CAN do the 2" shackle and get away with it...you just have to be REAL careful and NOT haul ANYTHING in the back. Why not just get a Bolt-In notch from Western Chassis? It's a pretty easy job...

**swervin ervin** · 04-15-2003, 05:32 PM

I used a 5" flip kit and shackles in the 1" hole. The so called 1" hole will drop it another 3/4" at the axle, the 2" hole another 1-1/4". Before my notch, I had right at 2-3/4" of clearance. It would hit on dips in the road.

Oh, I used the 1" hole in the shackle.

84Stepper · 04-15-2003, 11:22 PM

Well thanks. I guess I will get em. I wanna get a c notch but I do not have the time to install it! Or the money to have someone do it. How much do the kits cost?

04-15-2003, 04:54 PM	#1
84Stepper Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 425	1-2 lowering shackles? Hey guys I got done lowering my truck and im thinking that I wanna go another inch or 2 in the back. I was wondering if I can buy the 1-2 lowering shackles and use the original hanger for them? Right now I have 4 inches of clearence between the frame and axle. Do you think I will need to c-notch it? I do not feel like having to do all that work! By the way I used a 5in flip kit in the rear. Any help would be great thanks. Jon __________________ 84 Chevy Stepside, 350, TH350, 268h Comp cam, Hooker headers, MSD Pro Billet, Edelbrock Performer manifold and 1604 carb, 40 Series Flowmasters dumped, and Western Chassis 3/5 drop w/ c notch. New 3:73 Eaton Posi

04-15-2003, 05:18 PM	#2
TIMSPEED Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,321	You CAN do the 2" shackle and get away with it...you just have to be REAL careful and NOT haul ANYTHING in the back. Why not just get a Bolt-In notch from Western Chassis? It's a pretty easy job... __________________ I have a few cars... See Them Here

04-15-2003, 05:32 PM	#3
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	I used a 5" flip kit and shackles in the 1" hole. The so called 1" hole will drop it another 3/4" at the axle, the 2" hole another 1-1/4". Before my notch, I had right at 2-3/4" of clearance. It would hit on dips in the road. Oh, I used the 1" hole in the shackle. __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10

04-15-2003, 11:22 PM	#4
84Stepper Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 425	Well thanks. I guess I will get em. I wanna get a c notch but I do not have the time to install it! Or the money to have someone do it. How much do the kits cost? __________________ 84 Chevy Stepside, 350, TH350, 268h Comp cam, Hooker headers, MSD Pro Billet, Edelbrock Performer manifold and 1604 carb, 40 Series Flowmasters dumped, and Western Chassis 3/5 drop w/ c notch. New 3:73 Eaton Posi

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