Lowered my Truck (help from josealex1636)

Discussion in 'Suspension/Chassis' started by ResidentG33k, Jun 21, 2012.

  1. Byronics

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    truck is lookin' good!
    mine used to sit on the bump stops too... iTook the fronts out and used some old slippers(flip flops, whatever you wanna call um) for the rear haha... better than the rear end hitting the frame and the stock bump stops can only be cut so much...
    keep up the good work btw!:waytogo:
     
  2. bOw_hUnTa

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    Chee hee slippah stops!
     
  3. Kev55

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    Hey Im gonna steal your idea and put red electric tape angry eyes on mine, k thnxs..
     
  4. scrub88

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    I use rubber isolater pads from a 12 cylinder ken worth generator pretty soft when I do bounce of the lca arms
     
  5. ResidentG33k

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    Update:

    Okay so the other day, I got a flat and since I didnt cut the UBolts off i was scraping extremely bad. So I had to have a friend help me change the tire which I left at home since I cut the mount off the bed (I didnt have the tool to lower the spare tire).

    After that happened, I had to adjust the height of my front end as I was rubbing whenever I would turn the corner at a slow speed even. Also I was having problems with my driveshaft hitting one of my Crossmembers while I would accelerate... If I had a friend in there, it'd be worse. So me and my other friend had to add ONE leaf spring to each side, instead of my truck only having 2, it now has 3 on each side. And I replaced the rear shocks/struts because they'd take forever to decompress after being compressed.

    Anyway, got both problems fixed. Truck is lifted back up a little bit (still lowered in the front and the back just not as low as I was) and The tire has since been changed and the shocks have been replaced too!
     
  6. Bitter8it

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    Your truck looks good! For the front rub; I just took a mallet, unbolted some things in the engine bay, and went to town, Haven't rubbed since, and I'm dropped about 6in or more in front.Then for the rear, get a notch on the cross member and c-notch the frame and drop her back down! BeefedTaco did all my crossmembers and the work is amazing,I've never had a problem since! :)
     

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