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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 01:02 AM
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Both links you posted are the same so, no difference at all Streetbeat hasone kit thatis bolt on, the other is weld on. HP Indy has the bolt on kit on his. Had to beef up the welds on the pan hard bar cause he broke one.
On the front, expect to remove some/most of the well liner and may have to cut back some of the inner fenderalso depending on what rims/tires you have. Wider/taller tires will mean more to cut out. Lower profile means less cutting and or possibly none.
If you want tolay frame itrequires more work and parts. Drop spindles and or adjustable upper & lower control arms, completely removing inner fendersas well asflush trans crossmember.
Another guy I know from back when I hung out at the indyram.org mailing list (before forums/chats), put hisbagged Indythrough some twisties so hard that the body twisted a bit and cracked the windshield.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 09:45 AM
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OK... I know I might get busted on for asking this but....

is it possible to drop a 4x4?

I wanted to drop like an inch in the front a 2 in the rear....

1996 1500 reg cab and bed...
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 11:59 AM
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Yeah,some will get bent out of shape over you evan thinking it.
IMHO, its your truck, your money, make it suite YOUR needs, not theirs We all dont want/need lifted to the sky trucks. Bad for fuel economy, makes it harder to use cause you have to lift items so high to get them into the bed as well as vertically challenged passengers/drivers have difficulty getting in and out of the truck regardless of steps.

1" frontlowering springswith shackles and flip kit in the rear will probably give you the height youwant and shouldnt affect payload.(tow capacity maybereduced a bit)With the Belltech shackles(probably DJM as well/not sure) you can adjust the back enddown by 2"to 4". Contact Belltech or DJM to be sure.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 01:15 PM
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Thanks Indy... I was looking through BellTech's site and from what I can see they dont specify 2WD or4WD.

I love my truck but I dont need it for off-roading at all. I need/want 4WD for the winters and because I race motocross. It makes it easy to get my bikes around. Every once in a while I will go to a track buried in the woods and need 4WD to get back to it but there is no need for it to be lifted... in factI think I have room to lower it.

Until I found this site my truck was bone stock.... now I have the mod bug BIG TIME!!! I want my truck to be as fast,fuel effiecnt and as fun to drive as possible. Ithink my truck would be perfect lowered by an inch or two and hope to gain a little highway MPG and oomph when you hit the gas....
 
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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I called BellTEch... no parts to lower 4WD Rams..

any other places to try?
 
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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 12:07 AM
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haha oops, i meant to paste the link for the 4 link w/ shockwaves and the other- i guess its still just on is bold on and one is weld,man i appreciate the help, BTW DPR i think but wouldntbe for certain, styinconcepts.com has some options.
Anyways, i was thinking about a drop spindles and flip leaf springs in the rear, maybe like a 2 and 4 drop. So, with that could i still do the bags, or do i just do bags and adjust the ride height as preferred?
 
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