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Originally Posted by cericd
Looking great! Would it be possible to get the answers to the questions I asked earlier. I'm sure others would like to know more about this sweet setup. Thanks.
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Oh man, sorry yes! To answer your question the first photo had what I did 22 years ago now which was DJM upper and lower 3" arms with 4" rear drop coils. The control arms were never great but it's what we could get back then. The new suspension in the second photo is nothing fancy, just all new ball joints, cross shafts, tie rod ends, pitman and idler with 2.5" drop spindles (McGaughy's or nothing), HD coils with 1 round cut, and the CPP sway bar. Rear is 4" drop springs and 1.5" blocks with a double adjustable track bar. No notch, no shock relocation. It does bottom very seldom on hard dips, no biggie. The wheels are old school American Racing 15x8 with 4 or 4.5" backspacing. Tires I *think* are 255/70/15.
I have a thing whenever I lower coil spring trucks I like to use a heavier coil and cut a half or full round. It takes some digging to confirm the specs for length, load and thickness (rockauto is a great resource). I've never had good luck with "lowering springs".