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Old 06-15-2005, 11:15 PM   #1
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dont want to seem stupid but who is ece......i neen the low profile brackets or i guess i could make them....
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Old 06-16-2005, 08:39 AM   #2
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ECE is Early Classic Enterprises. Their web link is "earlyclassic.com".
Their catalog lists the brackets for 63-72 Chevy Trucks. I'm not clear if the frame bolt holes on the 63-72 and 73-87 trucks are the same. If you purchase the brackets from ECE for your 87, please let me know if they fit. I'd like to purchase a set of the shorter frame brackets too.
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Old 06-16-2005, 08:34 PM   #3
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just ordered the front brackets

well i just ordered the front lowered brackets for my 85.....there list only goes up to 72.....so thats the one i ordered.....wish me luck.....
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Old 06-16-2005, 11:28 PM   #4
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... If you purchase the brackets from ECE for your 87, please let me know if they fit. I'd like to purchase a set of the shorter frame brackets too.
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well i just ordered the front lowered brackets for my 85.....there list only goes up to 72.....so thats the one i ordered.....wish me luck.....
Yeah, if I remember correctly, those should work fine.
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Old 06-16-2005, 11:43 PM   #5
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The ECE brackets are not shown for 73-87 but they will fit. Yes you could make your own, or bolt direct to the frame like I suggested. The ECE brackets are cheap enough that you may as well buy them unless you have nothing better to do than build your own. I'm sure it wouldn't take but 2-3 tries to get it right....
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Old 06-17-2005, 12:28 AM   #6
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ya the pre 72 ones will fit cause thats what i used on my 74.
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Old 06-17-2005, 07:57 AM   #7
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all right..........
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Old 06-17-2005, 04:17 PM   #8
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or bolt direct to the frame like I suggested.
I tried this and it wont work on a lowered truck anayways!

Due to the curve in the bar where it bolts to the a frame it changes the angle of this curve and cannot be bolted down.

I suppose you could heat the bar and bend it to the correct angle to allow it to be bolted to the a frame and the truck frame without the brackets.
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Old 06-17-2005, 05:21 PM   #9
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I suppose you could heat the bar and bend it to the correct angle to allow it to be bolted to the a frame and the truck frame without the brackets.
at which point you would have just eliminated the point of bolting on the extra weight. we dont heat springs because it causes them to become weak, a swaybar is nothing more than a torsion spring.
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Old 06-17-2005, 11:11 PM   #10
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I tried this and it wont work on a lowered truck anyways! .....
I'm not sure how it's done, but I know it can be. Scoti has done 2-3 trucks that way. I'll have to ask him how it's done.

Personally I used the ECE brackets for my 77....
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