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Old 02-13-2006, 02:42 PM   #1
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lowering a gmc

I was just wondering if I could get some info on lowering the rear of my truck.I know I can get different leaf springs but that looks pretty spendy.I want to lower it about 6 inches.what are my options? thanks
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Old 02-13-2006, 02:45 PM   #2
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Re: lowering a gmc

What year of truck do you have?
With leafs I would start with a flip kit. You may also be able to get an inch or two out of shackles.
Do a search, there are some good threads out there.
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Old 02-13-2006, 02:58 PM   #3
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Re: lowering a gmc

it's a 70 gmc swb.
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Old 02-13-2006, 04:02 PM   #4
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Re: lowering a gmc

looks like I may have gotten lucky.when I bought a blazer chassis for the front end lowering parts I thought that's all there was but after looking at flip kit pictures it looks like it has those too.awsome.
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Re: lowering a gmc

What year is that Blazer? 69 - 72 2wd Blazers should not have leaf springs in the rear. It must have been converted from a 4wd. If that's the case it's very possible that it does have the flip kit.
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