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Drop springs? Where from and what was the cost?
Thanks guys, I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.

I got them from suspensionsuperstore.com they're part number MXT-251520-8 they show as 2" drop coils, but that's for crew cab trucks and on a regular cab will be a 1" drop. I paid about 120ish for the pair. I don't remember exactly. I try to forget the cost as soon as possible... Hurts less that way lol.

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A few pics from last week:    

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First post here Picked her about 2 weeks ago couldn't wait to start modifying it. Just installed Belltechs 4/7 drop this weekend It's low enough for the time being ??  

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Is anyone using the Inez Hotrod and Customs front control arms?  They tell me that the upper control arm corrects caster and keeps the wheel centered in the wheel house.  5aac43e86b488_controlarms.thumb.jpg.fcc0b416ed0879fc12353699cb2df25d.jpg

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OK, so when I first put my truck back on the ground, the springs and spindles totalled 3". But I just remeasured and the front has settled to 4". I'm not sure if I wanna raise the front back up 1" or lower the rear another 1". I guess I'll have to crawl underneath and see what my cv angles look like.

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14 minutes ago, lovelessjl said:

OK, so when I first put my truck back on the ground, the springs and spindles totalled 3". But I just remeasured and the front has settled to 4". I'm not sure if I wanna raise the front back up 1" or lower the rear another 1". I guess I'll have to crawl underneath and see what my cv angles look like.

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Lower is better

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23 minutes ago, lovelessjl said:

I like the way you think

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I stated at a 3/6. Now I'm at a 4/7.  Now I want 4.5/8

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Yeah, lowering the rear another inch is definitely the easier way to go. Looks better too, I just wanna make sure I'm not gonna destroy the cva axles when I install the turbos.

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17 minutes ago, lovelessjl said:

Yeah, lowering the rear another inch is definitely the easier way to go. Looks better too, I just wanna make sure I'm not gonna destroy the cva axles when I install the turbos.

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It's not fun unless stuff breaks becsuse then you can "make it better"

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On 3/16/2018 at 6:23 PM, qwank said:

Is anyone using the Inez Hotrod and Customs front control arms?  They tell me that the upper control arm corrects caster and keeps the wheel centered in the wheel house.  5aac43e86b488_controlarms.thumb.jpg.fcc0b416ed0879fc12353699cb2df25d.jpg

I bought the kit last August but have not yet had a chance to take it in to get it installed.  Too chicken to put it on myself.  I am looking forward to it though.  Search on inez in this thread and you will find at least one member put the kit on and he raved about.  Posted pictures too.

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It's not fun unless stuff breaks becsuse then you can "make it better"
Yep, you right lol

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4 hours ago, lovelessjl said:

Yeah, lowering the rear another inch is definitely the easier way to go. Looks better too, I just wanna make sure I'm not gonna destroy the cva axles when I install the turbos.

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There's a pretty well known turbo 14 Sierra SLT out there running low 11's on a 6/9 drop. I think you gonna be fine.

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There's a pretty well known turbo 14 Sierra SLT out there running low 11's on a 6/9 drop. I think you gonna be fine.
I knew there were several 2wd turbo trucks out there, I hadn't seen any lowered 4wd trucks. This is good to know, lower it is!

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26 minutes ago, lovelessjl said:

I knew there were several 2wd turbo trucks out there, I hadn't seen any lowered 4wd trucks. This is good to know, lower it is!

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I'm sitting 4.5/6.5 on a 4wd and I've got the shackles to take it down to 8" once the new wheels show up on Tuesday. Gonna wait to see how that looks before I decide if I want to remove spacers on the struts to bring it down to 5" up front. That's a lot of extra work for half an inch, and sacrifices some ride quality, but if it needs to happen then I'm all about it.

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