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anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
I lowered the front 3 inches front and 4 rear i wanna go lower in the front to 5 inches and 6 rear I dont want to bag so if anyone has pic's on this i would really like to see them!! anyways thanks for the help.
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
I will have some pictures posted tomorrow night of my truck. It is 5 in the front and six in the rear. It will give you an idea though. It has 18's and 20's.
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
heres my 66 c10 with a 4 1/2 and 5 1/2 drop on 22's
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
You may want to reconsider. That's just too low for a static drop with stock A-arms...
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=442767
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This is also a problem on '63-'87 Chevy Pickups that have been lowered more than 4" The lower control arms get REALLY close to the ground with any more drop. Two guys here in town have gotten hooked the same way as the subject '55. There are ways to lower the truck more, but they are going to involve more bucks, as the entire suspension will get replaced, but gaining a couple inches ground clearance, and a slightly narrower track for tire clearance.
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
3" springs up front with a coil cut off and 5" springs with 2" blocks in rear.. No scrubbing problems... Except tailpipes..
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
I can definately vouch for that. Leaving downtown Pittsburgh one day I was cruising real low and all of the sudden heard WHAM and came to a complete stop. Turns out there was a steel plate in the middle of the road that I decided needed moved about 3" or 4" infront of me. It hit the control arm stopping me in my tracks and moving the plate. Luckily I did not damage the frame or crossmember (bent the shlt out of the control arm though) but to resolve the issue I did get a chopped crossmember which will bring the center of the truck (control arms and all) up 1 1/2". This should resolve the issue and give me another 1.5" drop when I am all aired out.
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
5" front/6" rear drop:
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
Hey Blue, it's going to vary depending on your tire size. Originals truck doesn't look like 5'' to me, but the front tire could be smaller than it looks. I'm running 275/40/18's on my shorty and it will barely clear a 2x4 like vin showed. Tire is roughly 26.5'' in diameter. I used 3'' springs and 2.5'' spindles.
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today and post them up. I figured out how to post so maybe some pic's will give better ideal of where i'm at. thanks |
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Here's what i shot today.
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
here's mine ,5" springs in rear...3" springs in front with 2 1/2" drop spindles...
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
Here's mine with 5 in the front and 6 in the rear!
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
It rides just fine.. I cut the bumpstop mounts off.
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
[QUOTE=Blue Heeler;4588418]What size tires you running on that bad boy? looks good. Ive been running it this way for about 4yrs
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Re: anyone have pic's on a 5 inch drop?
Thank you.. 255/60/15 rear with 8" wheels and 235/60/15 up front with 6" stock wheels..
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