Lowered Crew Cab on 22's

[fastnloud]

I had my 06 Silverado crew cab lowered 4/6 on 22's with 265/35/22 tires. It was spindles and springs in front and flip and notch in the rear with all new shocks, I'm not sure of the brand of the kit though.

Anyway, It still rides really good. The front turned out a bit lower than the front, but it looks fine to me I don't mind that. The shop that lowered it also do alignments, they said they can't get all of the negative camber out of the front with it this low. It drives good and does not pull to one side either.

Should I worry about some slight negative camber? Or should I try to raise the front an inch with some 1 inch coil spacers and then see if it aligns better? I am tucking a bit of tire.

This shop uses those laser alignment machines, maybe those don't do as well on slammed vehicles.

Here's a few pics, I really like how it turned out, it almost looks a bit lower than 4/6.

[lolife99]

Looks good.
What did you do about drive shaft clearance?

[fastnloud]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Looks good.
What did you do about drive shaft clearance?

Thanks.

The stock one worked fine apparently, I'm not sure if they just notched for clearance a few more places or what. It drives/rides really good, no weird vibrations or anything.

[lolife99]

Usually on the crew cabs, you have to notch the crap out of the crossmembers or run a 2-piece driveshaft out of an extended cab truck.
Keep an eye on it, if you put alot of weight on it, or pull a heavy load.

[fastnloud]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Usually on the crew cabs, you have to notch the crap out of the crossmembers or run a 2-piece driveshaft out of an extended cab truck.
Keep an eye on it, if you put alot of weight on it, or pull a heavy load.

Yeah, I was reading about having to switch to a 2 piece before I lowered it, so I'm glad it seems to be fine with the stock one.

[cstm68]

how far in is the camber? if its not too bad then just keep your tires rotated every 3k

[fastnloud]

Originally Posted by cstm68

how far in is the camber? if its not too bad then just keep your tires rotated every 3k

I don't know the specs on it, but it doesn't seem too bad, and I found out I can supposedly get them totally straight with some belltech camber bushings, but the guy that installed my kit said he's thinking it might rub more with the tires all the way straight, so I'm not sure If I'm going to get the camber bushings, or just leave a bit of camber. My turning radius is great, I just rub sometimes going over dips in the road and driveways.

The guy on the Belltech tech support told me as long as my toe is set correct, the bit of camber will be ok.

[lolife99]

Negative camber will still wear the inside edge of the front tires.
Just don't be surprised how fast they wear.

There aren't many "off the shelf" wheels available, that will tuck inside those front fenders,...
except custom ordered billet wheels.

[fastnloud]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Negative camber will still wear the inside edge of the front tires.
Just don't be surprised how fast they wear.

There aren't many "off the shelf" wheels available, that will tuck inside those front fenders,...
except custom ordered billet wheels.

I went by this tuckable rim chart I found on GMFS.
http://www.gmfullsize.com/forum/showthread.php?t=222435

But, yeah I'm not sure if they are totally straight ,if they will still tuck or not, mine are 22x9.5 and +30mm offset, if I remember correctly.