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Hi all, I'm new to this forum and have some thoughts I could use feedback from folks that have been down this road a time or two. I'm in the process of deciding how I want to lower my daily driver '86 Silverado. I can't afford to bag it so I'm thinking drop spindles, coils & shocks up front for a 5" drop. Then either shackles & hangers or flip kit & shocks for the rear. I haven't made up my mind about how much I want to drop the rear yet. I'm leaning towards the flip kit although doing that may require a "C" notch which I'm heisitant about, mainly because of my limited skills in such an undertaking. I want to make the truck low and still be a daily driver. On another note my truck has 15" rims, I've read where some folks had to grind their spindles in order to aleviate problems with the wheel and steering contact. So I'm thinking of trading the 15s for a set of 18s or 20s. I could use feedback/thoughts on tire/wheel size as well. Thanks for any advice or ideas you care to share.
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
I drive mine 7 days a week to work and my drop cost me $340 4.5in/5in. Im running 15in rims but I did have to grind the lower front of the lower control arms a little bit. You can also see I have 3.5in clearance from my frame to my rear axle wihtout a c-notch.
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
J knight can u Please post links to the parts u purchased? This option is about half of what I'm looking to spend on a drop kit that performs a cnotch as well. I would like to avoid to c notch myself and save some cash. Any who. Thank you
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
Great, how does she ride?
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
I find it rides fine but with any lowered square you have to take it easy around RR Xings and turning into steep drives and pulling up to curbs in a parking lot etc.
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
For anyone wondering, here is thelink for the rear dim flip kit
http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts/re...fk10245-.aspx# Damn site is giving me hell, I can only find the 2" not the 2.5" spindles on this site. I'll update if I can find it. Haha Posted via Mobile Device |
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EDIT: Look lower in the specs and you can see it states 2.5 drop. They also dropped in price from $245 to $226. http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts/fr...mcg33154-.aspx
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
Cool, I was about to compare item #s with the manufacture. I'm going to find the thickness of my rotors my weekend and place my order. I'll do a write up for anyone interested. Would you say this took you a day to throw in?
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
Thanks J, btw, yours looks to be a sweet ride...you've helped me to decide to do the flip on the rear. Curious, if I were to keep the 15" rims if a 2.5" drop spindle would require less grinding than a 3" drop spindle? I'm looking to lower 5" in the front and 5-6 in the rear. The person that owned my truck prior to me removed a leaf on each spring pack. I've got two 4 leaf spring packs from the salvage yard I plan to install in place of the packs currently on the truck. This should put the rear close to factory height then install the flip like you did.
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
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J knight quick question on your drop spindles from mcgaughy do they have a stamp saying 6072L and 6072R ? reason I'm asking I order sum drop spindles for my 87 and thats wht it has on them. Posted via Mobile Device
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
Yes, at least one does. 6072L
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
Ok thanks plan on lowering my truck this weekend
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
I would say J Knight's way would be easiest. Here is mine. It's lowered up front with spindles and cut coils. I think they're belltech spindles. Rear is a mcgaughy's flip with notch, removed leaf and overload leaf, and hangers moved. I'm on 20", and have to use aftermarket shocks for lowered trucks. Rides great too.
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
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You need to measure the width of the rotors on your truck. They will be either 1" wide or 1-1/4" wide. It makes a difference on which drop spindle you order.
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
here is mine wth 5/6 i got 2.5" western chassis spindles and springs an didnt have to grind anything....the rear is a belltech flip kit/cnotch.
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
BBC is there anything you would have done differently now with the lowering of your truck? I have an '84 with an LS swap on 20's too.
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Re: To lower an '86 C10 Silverado
only thing I would do is go with a smaller tire up front to stop rubbing and get sway bars
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