Hitting Fender
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Big Boi
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Depends on how much you dropped the rear. I know its a 2/4 drop, but when I dropped my '02, I made the rear as low as the shackle would let me go (without a c-notch). In return I bottomed out ALL the time.
The rake wont be too bad, IDT...
The rake wont be too bad, IDT...
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HemiBabe
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Hrmmm..... It already has a little rake. I have the 4.5 in the back, but i think it setteled at almost a 5... I took off my bump stops because I was bottoming out on them everywhere too. I think it has a lot to do with what road I'm on. All the way to Hunstville and back I drove the truck and never hit, but on this one road i hit at every bridge, it's real bad in a regular vehicle lol i think thats the most of it honestly...
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did you ever put the new shocks in? did it fix your rubbing problem?
Big Boi
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Not if u wake up early enough, lol.
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HemiBabe
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Just put on the new Belltech Street Performance shocks up front, big difference between these and the Nitro Drop 2s... the Nitros you can compress w/ two fingers and the new ones are beefier and harder to compress.
MUCH BETTER ride, the front end doesnt dive down on the dips now. I love it!
MUCH BETTER ride, the front end doesnt dive down on the dips now. I love it!
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Awesome...so you think that fixed the rubbing problem?
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Good deal Kristin , I knew you would get r done
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HemiBabe
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I'm pretty sure my hittin the fender problem has a lot to do with the road I use, even in a stock vehicle it is such a big dip and bottoms out the suspension in whatever you're in... but honestly I think it improved my chances of not hittin the fender as bad. The Nitro Drop 2's were SOFT and was lettin the engine weight dip the front end... i went over the rail road tracks in town earlier, the truck didnt nosedive NEARLY as bad.
I think the Belltech Street Performance are just beefier and definitely stronger than the Nitros, the nitros were just too soft for such a heavy motor. I easily compressed the nitros whereas the street performance ones, i couldnt compress with all my weight ontop of one shock hahah, i recommend the Belltech Street Performance ones for SURE!
I think the Belltech Street Performance are just beefier and definitely stronger than the Nitros, the nitros were just too soft for such a heavy motor. I easily compressed the nitros whereas the street performance ones, i couldnt compress with all my weight ontop of one shock hahah, i recommend the Belltech Street Performance ones for SURE!
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I wonder if the old ones are best used in the mini truck scene , since they have lighter trucks ?
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the offsets on those wheels come out too far so you'd rub on the dips regardless if you get a smaller tire... on stock 20's I'd rub every so often (275/45-20's)
