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05-05-2006, 12:50 AM
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Location: Hockinson, Washington
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Drop kits
Looking into doing a 3.5" x 5" drop on my 1968 long fleetside, and I am worried about ground clearance. I want to change all the drums to discs, and have been looking at the packages provided by Early Classic Enterprises. Any words of wisdom? Is ECE easy to deal with? Should I c-notch the frame with that much drop in the back? What type of drop have you done, and did you have to learn any lessons the hard way? Please help, I am new to this and I don't have a lot of experienced help. Thanks for your time,
Josh
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1968 Chevrolet C-10, 2WD, Longbox, Vortec 350, Monster Transmission 700R4, 3.73 gears Good judgment comes from experience, and experience, well......that comes from bad judgment. 1968 Chevy C-10 "Longshot": Bought used from my Uncle George in 1994 and proceeding to beat the hell out of it for 4 years. Sold it. Bought it back, dumped an ungodly amount of money into it since then. |
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05-05-2006, 01:07 AM
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Re: Drop kits
I just orderd from ECE. They are great to deal with now I will just have to wait for my kit. I went with the 2.5/4 drop.
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05-05-2006, 08:32 AM
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Location: Overland Park, KS
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Re: Drop kits
72 GMC longbed, sb w/ ac auto. We installed a 4.5" / 5". 15" 255/60 - 275/60 tire. Can no longer use floor jack in front without rolling truck on 2x4's. Looks really good. Had to swap out full length headers to 3/4 length. My 17 year old son drives it daily. Watch out for dips, speed bumps.
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05-05-2006, 09:22 AM
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Location: Carroll County Maryland
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Re: Drop kits
ECE is top notch.I first did their 2 1/2- 4 drop kit-no problems at all.Later I added 1'' drop springs to the front and 6'' drop springs in the rear for a 3 1/2 - 6 drop.It fills the wheel wells real nice with my 15' rims
good luck
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05-05-2006, 12:52 PM
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Location: OLYMPIA, WA, USA
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Re: Drop kits
If you are ever down in Olympia, stop in and I will show you all kinds of different lowered suspension options...in stock, so you can see them before you buy them.
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05-06-2006, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Hockinson, Washington
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Re: Drop kits
With the longbox and a 5 inch spring drop in the back are there any clearance issues with the swing arms, axle, and frame? The front will be simple with the drop spindles and the 1 inch springs, the back has me a little worried. Any overall ground clearance issues? I want this to be a driver, and around my part of the world the roads are uneven.....
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1968 Chevrolet C-10, 2WD, Longbox, Vortec 350, Monster Transmission 700R4, 3.73 gears Good judgment comes from experience, and experience, well......that comes from bad judgment. 1968 Chevy C-10 "Longshot": Bought used from my Uncle George in 1994 and proceeding to beat the hell out of it for 4 years. Sold it. Bought it back, dumped an ungodly amount of money into it since then. |
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