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Lowering 3/4 Ton Truck Int Rear

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JB Z71

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Any body lower their truck to make it more usable. They have just gotten ricicuously hig the last few years. And please no young punks say they need to be that high to haul loads :) 20 years ago a 3/4 ton truck sat lower than todays half ton trucks :sigh: Don't get me wrong. I have a 1/2 ton I like to run round in that is stock high enough but for work I have a couple 3/4 tons and they are just too high, any body lowered one> I notice this shackle in back what if I removed it. It looks like it would drop truck 3" in back and I notice back is about 3 higher than front so I think it'd look ok? Thoughts comments welcome as always....

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Actually, removing it would raise the back, you need a longer shackle and they make lowering shackles that would replace the stock one. Check companies like Belltech, DJM and McGaughys, they should have what you need.

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I agree with you, I am planning on dropping mine in the rear soon and adding bags to retrain the load capacity. I am giving very serious thought to using the Firestone R4 tech kit which replaces the rear springs with bags, it even has a feature that lets all the air out and drops the rear for loading on and unloading.

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