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plowro8 06-28-2018 02:40 PM

Front shocks and bump stops for lowered 72
 
I just bought all new shocks for my truck, and I noticed that, when compressed my new shocks are about 10" bolt to bolt. As the truck sits with the old shocks in it, the bolts are about 10.5" apart, leaving only about half inch of play for the new shocks. In addition, there are no bump stops on the front end, so there is metal to metal clanking when I go over bumps. When I look at the area where the bump stops belong, I only have about 1" of room for new stops. I found some 3/8" stops, but do I need shorter shocks? Is there a chance the lowering was done improperly? Thanks for the feedback

rjs53 06-28-2018 08:28 PM

Re: Front shocks and bump stops for lowered 72
 
What kind of drop does it have? Did you install it?

plowro8 06-28-2018 09:03 PM

Re: Front shocks and bump stops for lowered 72
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rjs53 (Post 8290835)
What kind of drop does it have? Did you install it?

No, I didn't install it, and I have no idea what kind of drop it has. There's 2" spacers in the rear with new springs and the front just appears to have new, shorter springs. I don't know much about suspensions.

HO455 06-28-2018 09:05 PM

Re: Front shocks and bump stops for lowered 72
 
Let's see some photos. Then we can start to figure out what has been done.

BCOWANWHEELS 06-30-2018 05:49 PM

Re: Front shocks and bump stops for lowered 72
 
I used 67 camaro front shocks on my 5/7 c10. Monroe magnums.


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