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54 minutes ago, JamesH said:

I have contacted Belltech and they said August / September!! Hope this is accurate! 

Did they tell you the one about the 3 bears?

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1 minute ago, mafd2 said:

Did they tell you the one about the 3 bears?

Haha I don’t think I’ve heard that tale before ??

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On 11/4/2019 at 4:44 PM, Bradley Cummings said:

Any drop kits for a 4x4 2019 Silverado

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Yeah IHC has a kit. I currently have the drop on my 2020. Also Reklez out of Texas has a kit. 

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On 11/6/2019 at 5:21 PM, Jermaine Dow said:

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More pix pls. Honestly, hows the ride quality ?

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Ride quality is pretty close to stock if I let the air out of the back to much things will get a little bumpy. 

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14 hours ago, 808 HI said:

More pix pls. Honestly, hows the ride quality ?

Thinking I might get the belltech drop struts up front to get another inch up front and go ahead and notch the rear. 

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2 hours ago, Jermaine Dow said:

Ride quality is pretty close to stock if I let the air out of the back to much things will get a little bumpy. 

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Close to stock, so does it mean that it rides softer or stiffer than stock with the IHC drop kit ? I had 5/7 Belltech and Mcgaughys kit on my last NNBS consisted of spindles, struts, shocks, flip kit and shock extender and it never rode close to stock. Never gonna go with the route of altering struts and coil again. I've heard lowering the front with control arms is the best way of having stock ride feel, till ball joints fail especially within a few 100-1000 miles. I want to do the 3/5 IHC but a little hesitant due to past ride quality. 

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How deep can you go in the back before a flip kit? Do they make a 3" shackle? I was thinking about 2 inch spindles and shackles in the rear. 2/2, 2/3. I did a 2/4 drop on my 2018 with flip kit and 2" lowering springs, Im wondering if spindles would be a better option?

 

The 2018 2/4 drop on 20's

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The new truck at stock ride height on 22's

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5 hours ago, 808 HI said:

Close to stock, so does it mean that it rides softer or stiffer than stock with the IHC drop kit ? I had 5/7 Belltech and Mcgaughys kit on my last NNBS consisted of spindles, struts, shocks, flip kit and shock extender and it never rode close to stock. Never gonna go with the route of altering struts and coil again. I've heard lowering the front with control arms is the best way of having stock ride feel, till ball joints fail especially within a few 100-1000 miles. I want to do the 3/5 IHC but a little hesitant due to past ride quality. 

I'd say a bit stiffer but again when I let to much air out of the helper bags it rides a little bumpy but honestly I can barely tell the difference. 

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5 hours ago, ItsDooomz said:

How deep can you go in the back before a flip kit? Do they make a 3" shackle? I was thinking about 2 inch spindles and shackles in the rear. 2/2, 2/3. I did a 2/4 drop on my 2018 with flip kit and 2" lowering springs, Im wondering if spindles would be a better option?

 

The 2018 2/4 drop on 20's

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The new truck at stock ride height on 22's

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I'm not sure on that. I know if you use the Reklez drop they provide spindles instead of control arms. Here is mine stock on 22s as well. 

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I want ahead and put the 2" lowering shackles on the back and it set the truck perfectly level empty. After I put in the tonneau cover, decked storage system and loaded it with tools it dropped it another inch and a half so the front end was higher. No airbag manufacturer makes a kit that works on lowered 2019+ trucks so I did the belltech 2 in drop spindles. It sits real nice now with a half inch rake, when I put the race trailer on the back it levels it out and tows like a dream. This thing actually rides and drives better than stock, I'm really impressed. 75e969e98ca58141f36e3d5b6cea6c35.jpg4c8ad40cf4c4b14aee8208b24f37b667.jpg2259b69ed3168032698191af3f9f760e.jpg

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On 11/23/2019 at 2:14 PM, ItsDooomz said:

I want ahead and put the 2" lowering shackles on the back and it set the truck perfectly level empty. After I put in the tonneau cover, decked storage system and loaded it with tools it dropped it another inch and a half so the front end was higher. No airbag manufacturer makes a kit that works on lowered 2019+ trucks so I did the belltech 2 in drop spindles. It sits real nice now with a half inch rake, when I put the race trailer on the back it levels it out and tows like a dream. This thing actually rides and drives better than stock, I'm really impressed. 75e969e98ca58141f36e3d5b6cea6c35.jpg4c8ad40cf4c4b14aee8208b24f37b667.jpg2259b69ed3168032698191af3f9f760e.jpg

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By chance u got any more pix on leveled ground? Reason so is that I have lowering shackles set at 2" as well but looking to lower the front a bit for a slight rake. The mid pic makes the ass look a bit higher or it may be the missing fender liner that makes it look the way it does. 

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