Drop Shackels
Grand Champion
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Kekaha, HI
Here you go man. Sorry the truck is dirty but I've been driving in snow, lol.
Stock
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Full 2" rear drop truck sits level
Stock
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Full 2" rear drop truck sits level
use the middle hole wteboy. like I said, I initially used the very top hole, but it looked lower than the front, so I put it at the middle hole.
pre-level:
Post level at the top hole:
after moving to the center hole:
pre-level:
Post level at the top hole:
after moving to the center hole:
Record Breaker
Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Sandy, UT. (SLC Suburbs)
No worries man, my pleasure. I never thought to take pics of the install, lol. Took me about 2.5 hours or so start to finish. That included fishing one of the flanged nuts out of the frame. 1st time I installed the shackels I had 4 guys helping from my SOVA crew, we set the shackel to the next to last setting for a 1.5" drop. It took us about 5 hours to do it. Later I set it to the last for a full 2" drop and it only took me 2.5 hours installing it by myself, lol.
edit.. Oh, if I'm seeing those pics right, I guess you didn't lower the front.
Last edited by FrenicX; Jan 27, 2011 at 04:23 PM.
Grand Champion
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Kekaha, HI
jkeaton, you must have different drop shackles than I do. Yeah, with those drop shackles that does look low on the last bolt. But who knows, my tires on the back are slightly larger than the front. Back tire diameter is 31.2" and the front is 30.4" as the backs are 285-50/20 and the front are 265/50-20.
FrenicX, I haven't lowered the front yet. You have a couple of options. You can trim the front coils or get a lowboy kit.
http://www.airbagit.com/category-s/2214.htm
FrenicX, I haven't lowered the front yet. You have a couple of options. You can trim the front coils or get a lowboy kit.
http://www.airbagit.com/category-s/2214.htm
Record Breaker
Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Sandy, UT. (SLC Suburbs)
jkeaton, you must have different drop shackles than I do. Yeah, with those drop shackles that does look low on the last bolt. But who knows, my tires on the back are slightly larger than the front. Back tire diameter is 31.2" and the front is 30.4" as the backs are 285-50/20 and the front are 265/50-20.
FrenicX, I haven't lowered the front yet. You have a couple of options. You can trim the front coils or get a lowboy kit.
http://www.airbagit.com/category-s/2214.htm
FrenicX, I haven't lowered the front yet. You have a couple of options. You can trim the front coils or get a lowboy kit.
http://www.airbagit.com/category-s/2214.htm
Grand Champion
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 5,293
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From: Kekaha, HI
Tell me about it. We have some aftermarket support but it usually involves aftermarket parts for things like Ford Cobras, 4.7L Dodge rams, etc, lol. Crap, I even have some Chevy parts in my truck 
Has anyone looked into the BMW 4.7 V8 for matching parts?