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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: El Cajon, CA
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Help with lowering shock part numbers
Trying to order up shocks for a 1972 C10 we are lowering.
Truck is going to be built with: - Front is 2.5" drop spindles with 1.0" drop springs. - Rear is 4.0" drop springs Shocks I am looking at Front: CPP-4809G Rear: CPP-4052G Are these the correct shocks we need? Thanks. |
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Location: Southern California
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Re: Help with lowering shock part numbers
Simple answer. Stock length shocks will work fine in you application.
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Richard 1972 K10 Custom Deluxe SWB Fleetside My build https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=800746 |
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DALLAS,TX
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Re: Help with lowering shock part numbers
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For the rear w/a 4" shorter coil, I would relocate & mod the brackets to run a stock length shock: https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=437582 An alternative if you want to spend a little to improve shock functionality is to move the rear shocks outboard of the frame & improve the installed shock angle even more vs the previous DIY method above: https://nolimit.net/store/Dropped-Sh...unts-p26244502 Always keep in mind, the shorter the shock, the less functionality there is within that reduced travel. You always want to run the longest stroke shock possible. So, if you can stick w/the OE specs, do it.
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Location: North Texas
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Re: Help with lowering shock part numbers
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Something like this: https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/64350/10002/-1
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Mike 1969 Custom/10 LWB -- owned for 37 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, recent AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. Hedman stainless headers. Old Air installation in progress. 1982 Custom Deluxe 10 SWB -- converted from 250-six to roller cam 350 w/ Vortec heads -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB, 305, TH350C -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) which I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 26 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DALLAS,TX
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Re: Help with lowering shock part numbers
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Basically 'new' pieces vs. reworking the originals for the OE location.
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67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol. |
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