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Location: Middleburg, Florida
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Re: HELP! Does this drop look right?
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They were about 4" shorter than the ones that came out, but a hell of a lot thinner too... I'd be interested in an axle to fender measurement from someone with a 4" and someone with a 6" drop I actually like the rear, I think I'll be happy with it when I bring the front down. Maybe cut the stock springs and hang on to the drop springs and swap them back in along with some drop spindles to do it right. Trip |
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optomistic ah-so
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Re: HELP! Does this drop look right?
This may not be of great value directly to you anymore, but when I measured my wheel lips they were both 32" off the ground, front AND rear, with tires about 29" tall all around.
That means with my bad rear springs, I've dropped about 2" in the rear, and that might be where you started as well. It also means that what I thought from the visual "look-and-feel" of the truck, that my frame is level, must not be true yet. Based on your experience, I think I'm going to shoot for a 2/4 or 2.5/5 inch drop setup when I go shopping. I really like the looks of a 5/7 better but this truck's main purpose will be as a DD/shop truck with rare towing so I have to keep myself in check a lot. Thanks for taking my advice into consideration, and hopefully members with other drops do chime in, that way this thread could be valuable to a lot of people.
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#28 |
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Re: HELP! Does this drop look right?
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![]() Dropped it some more, near what I was hoping for... maybe a touch lower than I wanted. I cut the stock springs down to try to get what I was after, turns out low enough to hit the bump stops, so the drop springs I felt were too high are going back till I can get drop spindles. I'm going off my fender measurements, but relative to other's measurements they don't add up because my tire height is only 26" due to the small tires. Trip |
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: lacrosse wi.
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Re: HELP! Does this drop look right?
the 58 hit my eyes first nice lookin ride.
i like the way it sits now!! Last edited by lax54650; 03-15-2010 at 07:44 PM. |
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#30 |
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Location: Middleburg, Florida
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Re: HELP! Does this drop look right?
Just measured things and found out it's 4" lower than the 2" drop springs... I think the 2" springs, once they settle, with 2.5 spindles will look about where I want. Now to save my nickles and dimes.
We were just talking about the Impala, once we're done with the major work on the truck and his new front bumper, we may do some work on it. He hasn't driven it twice in the last two years and it's pissing him off. Trip |
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: pinetop az
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Re: HELP! Does this drop look right?
it looks ok to me. 6 inch. new springs need to be broken in. it looks like you might need a c-notch though
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#32 | |
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Re: HELP! Does this drop look right?
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Panhard 2.5 drop spindles & ball joints (PO redid the entire front end, minus ball joints) then shock mounts all around and shocks then... if needed... C-notch Somewhere along the way, new shoes all around, those are way too small... Though it has to get paced out, I'm flat out of money for a while... and also have a ton of stuff I bought to work with too... Trip |
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