Flip kit options.

[Craig Miller]

I just bought an 07 single cab v6. I was looking into leveling it for now until I have more time to build the parts to drop it but I see many people saying that the 2” shackle will level the truck. But I have a 4” difference in wheel gap from front to rear. I am curious is anyone has ever flipped the axle without buying a kit. Is there any issues I’m not seeing with cutting off the spring perch and welding it to the bottom of the axle? Thanks guys.

 

[ST-8]

The flip kit comes with lift shackles, If you just flip the axel it’s going to net you about a 6” drop. The drop shackles only seem to lower the rear about 1.5” from my experience.

 

[Craig Miller]

6” would be idea then. I could just go with spindles or springs in the front to level it with the rear.

 

[ST-8]

If your trying to do it on the poor mans way, I would prob go to the junkyard an get some factory springs cut em an see how they align. Spindals are $$

 

[Craig Miller]

It’s not really the poor mans way lol. I’m a fabricator and welder and i would rather just make all my own stuff. It’s just I don’t think making my own spindles would be a smart idea lol. I would buy springs but I want to keep the camber right. I did a 6/8 on my old Sierra and used spindles plus I cut drop springs. My main issue was the rear. I know my old truck had the alignment pin to keep the axle in the right place. I’ll have to pull one side apart to have a look.

 

[Tray Burge]

McGaughy's Drop spindles on front and their flip kit in back here. It dropped about 3" in the rear and about 2.5 in the front. I did have to upgrade to performance shocks to keep the front from bottoming out on highway dips in the road though. fwiw

 

[JoeRam14]

McGaughy's Drop spindles on front and their flip kit in back here. It dropped about 3" in the rear and about 2.5 in the front. I did have to upgrade to performance shocks to keep the front from bottoming out on highway dips in the road though. fwiw

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This looks perfect in terms of stance. Love it.

 

[Tray Burge]

Thank you JoeRam14!

 

[Craig Miller]

Alright guys. 3/6 drop with springs, flip kit and notch in. Two things. One thing I found after putting everything in is the two leaf springs are in opposite of each other. Should they be like this? And if not how do I know which on is in backwards?

Also, I can not find any adjustable or fixed control arms to fix the camber(just to fix camber not to lower any more). Does anyone have a link with some tips so I can make my own? I will be looking for a single set of factory uppers to make a jig to build new tubular uppers but I would like a good read or video with some pointers to look out for. Thanks guys.