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1972 c10 lowered
finally lowered my c10 went with a 3/5 drop, looks great i think, dont need a shock relocation kit when your shocks are shot so thats nice. jk ill get shocks on er soon lol, tired of daily driving a bouncy house
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Re: 1972 c10 lowered
Looking good.
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Re: 1972 c10 lowered
I think it looks great, I was curious to see it because not too many people do a 3/5 drop with springs alone.
Very advantageous to someone who has a truck with no spindles - like me - on my 68. Please keep posting your progress with the truck!
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Re: 1972 c10 lowered
oh yeah, im grateful to have a factory five lug and front disc brake truck. 3 inch drop springs in the front with no drop spindle is kind of pushing it through, whenever i jack the front end up it almost takes the springs out of its pickets. makes for some very concerning sounds going back down
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Re: 1972 c10 lowered
Rear coils or leafs. I have a '72 long bed as well but with rear leafs. I wanna do a 3/5 drop as well. Looks good.
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Re: 1972 c10 lowered
hey thanks, thankfully ive got coils all around, id say 3 inch drop springs in the front and drop blocks? or maybe flip your leaf springs. thats pretty tricky, you dont want to put 5 inches of blocks in er, maybe take out some leafs so its not as stiff. they probably. make drop leaf springs, who knows
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Re: 1972 c10 lowered
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Looking good! From what I understand, standard shocks should work fine in the front. Rear, I'm not so sure. -klb
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Re: 1972 c10 lowered
Looks good.
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Re: 1972 c10 lowered
3/5 springs on mine never rubbed on any speed bumps. Still not low enough for me so i put 2” blocks in the rear and waiting on disc with drop 2.5” drop spindles for the front. Truck rides amazingly well on the springs and relocated shocks
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