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Kyle Butler

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Good morning yall, I'm new to the site so howdy.

 

I've got a 2005 Sierra 1500 crew cab that I bought about a year ago. It has what I believe to be a 2/4 drop and I want to lift it or at least get it back to stock height. Suspension is not my forte so I'm a bit lost on how to go about doing this.

 

Ideally i'd like to find someone stock/lifted that wants to drop theirs and just switch. In this case, what all would need to be switched?

 

If I can't find someone to switch with, where do I start? What all do I need?

 

I'm not even 100% what I've got down there (how it was dropped) but someone told me once it was "done right" so I don't think it was just a "cut and drop/hack job".

 

Any advice is appreciated, thanks in advance!

 

Attached a few photos of my current set up.

 

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Chris Senior Enthusiast

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There are a few ways it could have been dropped up front. And in the rear. Front could be spindle, spring, or LCA. Rear could be any combination of shackle, hanger, or spring. If starting over i would get stock springs and spindles for the front and hangers and shackles for the rear since those are the most common

Kyle Butler Enthusiast

Kyle Butler

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Thanks for the reply Chris. I should've mentioned before in the end i'd like to end up with a 4 or 6" lift but depending on cost that may have to wait. Should I do anything differently now knowing thats coming down the road?

Chris Senior Enthusiast

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Depends on the lift method. If you know that the new lift replaces say the spring and spindle up front, then hold off and do it all at once. my advice is leave it alone until you figure out your end game and then see what parts get dumped for new lift parts. So if you need new hangers or shackles, then get stock ones. Cheapest route will be to wait.

Chris Senior Enthusiast

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I am thinking if it was dropped that the front was done by spindle. spring and LCA appear stock. but keep in mind, they sit low as a stock 2wd.

I havent dropped mine. Stock height suspension and stock height tires

 

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bubbanbrenda Enthusiast

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Kyle B, on 21 Apr 2016 - 08:02 AM, said:Kyle B, on 21 Apr 2016 - 08:02 AM, said:

Good morning yall, I'm new to the site so howdy.

 

I've got a 2005 Sierra 1500 crew cab that I bought about a year ago. It has what I believe to be a 2/4 drop and I want to lift it or at least get it back to stock height. Suspension is not my forte so I'm a bit lost on how to go about doing this.

 

Ideally i'd like to find someone stock/lifted that wants to drop theirs and just switch. In this case, what all would need to be switched?

 

If I can't find someone to switch with, where do I start? What all do I need?

 

I'm not even 100% what I've got down there (how it was dropped) but someone told me once it was "done right" so I don't think it was just a "cut and drop/hack job".

 

Any advice is appreciated, thanks in advance!

 

Attached a few photos of my current set up.

 

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In my opinion from the pictures you posted, that truck has NOT been lowered correctly. the front end is riding the bump-stops, someone has heated or cut the coils (or both). If someone had put 2" spindles or 1" ball joints (or both) it would not change the spring travel. Comparing your shots of the rear to my 2008 you are missing a spacer between the spring and spring perch, and you did not include pictures of the shackles, but as close to the bump stop as it is in the back I'm assuming it has 2" lowering shackles. It also definitely has factory shocks on the rear, and can't tell for sure on the fronts but at any rate, riding around with the shocks completely compressed isn't good either. But to answer your original question on how to get it back up to stock or higher, at this point the cheapest way to go would be something like this...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rough-Country-239N2-4-5-inch-Lift-Kit-for-Chevy-99-06-Silverado-1500-2WD-GM-/141933544982?fits=Year%3A2005%7CModel%3ASierra+1500&hash=item210be60616:g:3g8AAOSwYmZXFqxM&vxp=mtr

I would choose that one or something like it because it includes front springs that have been ruined from heating and or cutting. Just my $0.02.

Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

Silverado4x4

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Looks to me from the pics as bubban said all your going to need is the rear stock leaf spring shackles and the stock block that goes in-between the leaf and spring perch to get the rear back to stock height.

 

For the front, stock height springs and maybe shocks (cant tell) on the shocks. If I were you I would go down to your local salvage junk yard and get the parts you need for cheap but if your going to do a suspension lift on a 4x2 then wait till you know what your going to do if your going lift or stock.

 

As far as a spindle drop, cant tell from the pics.

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