What is needed after 4" drop?

[67_C-30]

I've dropped my '69 beater truck on the cheap with just springs. Its a 3/5 drop, which about as low as you can go with drums on the front. Tire sizes can be used to manipulate it a little also. I'm going to put some shorter front tires on mine (since they are actually about a 1/2" taller than the rears now), and probably drop it about another inch in the rear to level it out once the smaller tires are on.

[Classic Heartbeat]

Even at 4" in the rear you should get an adjustible panhard bar to recenter the rear end. WES

[Kracin]

Originally Posted by Classic Heartbeat

Even at 4" in the rear you should get an adjustible panhard bar to recenter the rear end. WES

ok, that 3/5 looks good, and yes i hear you, i planned on getting a different tire offset to achieve the look i wanted, was going to have slightly smaller tires in front and larger tires in rear to avoid having to mess with too much of the front assembly.

but having a 6" drop coil (bought) in the rear is going to require shocks and c notch correct? but having a 3" drop in the front wont require any special work except cutting the front coil correct?

[dieselarmy13]

If you are going 6 in the rear, you need a notch. some will say you don't, but smacking your axle on the frame aint cool, trust me. As for the front, getting 3'' out of a cut coil seems a bit extreme, but it might work. Personally, I would, go with drop spindles.

[Kracin]

Originally Posted by dieselarmy13

If you are going 6 in the rear, you need a notch. some will say you don't, but smacking your axle on the frame aint cool, trust me. As for the front, getting 3'' out of a cut coil seems a bit extreme, but it might work. Personally, I would, go with drop spindles.

ive heard from a bit of reliable people that 3 inches in front is achievable with only cutting 1 coil from the front coil, and many have cut a whole coil off the front with no problems, but sometimes people tend to leave out things like "well i cut 1 coil and dropped the truck 3 inches!! *OMIT - and i changed the shocks for drop shocks, new drop spindles, and put in disc brakes in order for it to work!! - /OMIT*, and it looks awesome now!" lol, know what i mean?

but worse comes to worse and i end up putting the truck out of comission for a couple weeks until new parts arrive if it doesnt ride right after cutting the front and putting in the rears with a c - notch

[dieselarmy13]

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[HoupPhotography]

Take the time and save the money to do your drop correctly. I have drums on the front of mine and it's really low, it took some headaches to get it there, now that it's there the headaches keep comin'

If you do a conversion, spindles, C-notch etc., wipe your hands, it's done and done right, knowing you don't need to go back and fix something later is a nice...

Here is a photo of mine on drums....




This is a bad photochop of what it will look like when its done, but about 2" lower...