lift kit for 72 2wd

[ppllaaiidd]

Does a 6" lift kit exist for a 72 C-10 2wd? Has anyone seen this?

Please help!

[Prerunner1982]

NO.. not as a kit. you could fab up your own with longer coils, but the most that will net you in the front is 3". nobody makes a spindle for anything less than 88.

[slam33]

Acually you can get 2" on the front. I did mine with a lift plate and that was about max. You should know that you will gain on the compression stroke but your going to loose most of your rebound. Driving over a bump no problem but going over a pothole you have nothing, just a hard hit. As for the rear if you have coils you max out at about 3" then you get into a very steep angle on the drive shaft. You going to need longer shocks too. I use the KYB 0" to 2" lifts for the front and the rears are stock HD's . The truck is sitting on 265/70/15's There room for 32's maybe even 33's.

[scotty b]

There is another option. You can swap the cross member to a 73-87 style, you will gain power steering and disc brakes. The swap is fairly easy and is covered in other forums in this site. You can then order a Fabtech long travel kit for a 73-87 C10, which is upper and lower longer control arms and springs, and longer tie rod adjusters, this will result in a 3 inch lift and longer travel.
Coupled with fiberglass fenders, it should allow at least 33's and possible 35's.

The kit is offered with a shock hoop that will allow the use of double shocks for 73-87 application, but it does not fit on the 67-72 frame correctly. This kit is spendy $$$$, but is generally well made. I have a Fabtech lift on my 03 Ford diesel, and it fits well.

I have a 69 C10 SWB, and initially started to go this route. However I learned quite alot regarding the overall ride quality. I swapped the cross member to the newer style. I plated/gusseted the lower control arms, fabricated a double shock mount that bolt to the upper control arm thru the ball joint. I don't have the skills to make a quality shock hoop, and had one fabricated for about $300.00. I then added 3/4 springs (73-78) which resulted in a 1.5" lfit. The wheel is controlled by dual Fox Shox (these broke the bank). You can added taller/stiffer springs, but the ride will be less than desirable. I setteled for 33's and will trim the inner fenders accordingl and you will have constant camber/caster problems that will eat the tires.

On the rear, I had taller progressive springs made and seam welded the control arms for strength. I have not decided if I will utilize one or two shocks per wheel on the rear.

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[LONGHAIR]

Unless you are doing a lot of off-road driving with springs that are soft enough to give quite a bit of suspension travel.....dual shocks are of no benefit. Even then they must be valved significantly softer than a "single" shock would be. The point of multiple shocks is to share the load of what one shock would do one it's own, thus running cooler and being able to maintain the same ride quality. Just adding another shock of the same valving stiffens the suspension making the ride harder.

[Prerunner1982]

with just fiberglass fenders, atleast on 73-87s you can run 35"s with no lift. Heck i run 32"s with no lift (except HD front coils) and factory fenders..