anyone running 5/7 drop on a longbed?

[jasonroman]

looking for a pic or 2 of another longbed dropped 5/7.
wanna see if it looks like mine or not.
ill get a couple pics up later. but if you have a drop like mine.
please post.

thanks

[jasonroman]

ok. 19 and nothing. ill take pics now.
hopefully, ill get something then,

[jasonroman]

ok. here they are.
not sure if its sitting right.
think rear end might be lower??
5/7 kit.
front 2 inch spindles, and 2 inch coils, shocks
rear. flip kit, shackles, shocks
cpp parts.

thinking about maybe buying stock shackles for rear.


anything look wrong?

daily driver.
not too bad at all.

might be wrong. if shackles aint what i mean to say, then you know what i mean.

[jasonroman]

oh...
the damage on pass side,
well that came just after me doing my first shot at body work, and paint.
did it all in december in jersey, 20-20 degrees.
i know, wrong time to do it.
learning curve.
then put new tires on.
got a wawa 2 blocks away.
told my wife, ill prob get smashed going to wawa to get smokes when im done.
well, actually, damage came after dropping my son at school on a monday, bout 2 weeks after work was done and week after tires.
and it was pulling into my driveway.

[jasonroman]

another oh yea,
damage to tailgate.
well that was me.
ran a kabota into rear end while cleaning some snow in apartment complex.

was real careful not to hit tennant cars.
instead i backed into mine.

[jasonroman]

not 1 out there uh.

well does my rear look too low?
if its a 5/7. and i put stock shackels back on will it be 5/5?
truck seems pretty level. but sometime it looks like the back end is lower then front

[marksmak]

Is that 2 inch lower on driver side?

[jasonroman]

Originally Posted by marksmak

Is that 2 inch lower on driver side?

shouldnt be??

does it look it?

whats pre-load?
thought i read that leaf springs need to be tightened with weight of truck on em??

i had some issues with the flip kit, and had to loosen leaf and shackles. then i put em back and tightend everything. but i did it while it was up on jack stands.

could this be a problem?

[marksmak]

The last pic look's like it's off

[SBTork]

Originally Posted by marksmak

The last pic look's like it's off

for sure. Was it level where you parked it for these pictures? Look at ones above the last one, the amount of tire sidewall on the passenger side is different than the driver side.

[jasonroman]

not too sure if ground was level.
last night at work i took a tape and checked. and it read 1/2 off.
think driver side is 1/2 inch lower.
again, not sure if i was on level ground.

why would i have a difference side to side??