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[TheMaddog]

i want to make the back match the front, I'm not sure which way to go on this, i'm not looking forward to spending $300. this is my money, not my parents, and right now, I'm jobless.

 

[HemiBabe]

I don't really know what to tell ya... you gotta pay to play... You can make your own flip kit from Tractor Supply using trailer saddles blocks and weld them on and flip the leafs, but that is going to give you a 6" drop and then you have to pay to get a c-notch done which is about another $400 prolly.

I would just save up your money and buy a kit or find one used. Or you can just use the shackles from auto zone, but it won't make the back match the front at all.. it will look like mine did with the 2" McGaughy shackles :

VS. the 2/4.5 drop in my sig

 

[quietpeen]

i would think he could just get away with drop shackles

 

[HemiBabe]

Yeah me too

 

[TheMaddog]

Does it go on just like how the old one goes on?

 

[quietpeen]

pretty much. Its just a shorter shackle

 

[TheMaddog]

The one I saw was bigger, much bigger.

 

[quietpeen]

it wasn't a drop shackle for a 3rd gen then

 

[TheMaddog]

It's just a shackle. Didn't really have a specific fit for it. But maybe if I put that and a flip kit together...

 

[HemiBabe]

When the leaf spring is in the stock position, the shorter the shackle, the more you drop.

When it is flipped, the longer the shackle, the lower you go.

This is what the correct 2" shackles look like for our trucks: [The OEM shackles are 2" longer]

 

[TheMaddog]

Crap....

 

[EJM05]

Dude you must have like a million threads about this same topic. You gotta spend the money to get the mod.

 

[TheMaddog]

Erik, I'm not sure if you know this, but I'm not made of money. I have to save up, and that takes a long time. I'm just trying to find the best/cheapest way to do this and not make it look like total ****.

 

[0212353]

I ran drop shackles on my 08 for a bit. squeaky little ********.

I don't miss those days .

 

[TheMaddog]

I read somewhere that if you do like 20 lbs of pressure, you'll get the full drop and no squeak.

 

[0212353]

no.

 

[TheMaddog]

Hmmmm