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Old 12-19-2023, 07:20 PM   #4446
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

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Tore the front end apart. Rotors and calipers were new, everything else is in need of replacement. Made a list of parts to order. Cut the rivets off upper ball joints and got them out. Will need to get a tool for the lowers.
I have 1” drop springs, The original springs had 1” rubber isolators, so the front will sit 2” lower than before.
Excited to get this back together and see how it looks.
It may not sit a full 2 inches lower depending on how much the coil is fatigued. I put 3 inch drop springs in my 68 it went down a little over 2 1/4 inches fronts were sagging 3/4 of an inch from age
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