Dale Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 I had my truck lowered today at a shop here in Portland. They used a DJM kit on the rear (hangers and shackles) and turned the bolts on the front. Got 2"on the front and 3" on the rear.They had to modify the cross member to allow room for the drive line to travel up a little further.They put it up on the alinement machine and I paid them $600.00 and away I went. I have not noticed a change in the ride at all yet! Will report later after I get some miles on her. What you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrow Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Dale, first let me say that it looks pretty good. I definitely like it However, if I had done it, I would have only done 2 or maybe 2 1/2 in the rear. It looks like it still has the reverse rake going on. So far every SS I have seen has it. Allright guys, I was just making a comment. Please don't think I'm doggin' Dale. I don't want another incident like we had with Lee. Please. BTW Dale, I like how the paint from the parking lot reflects off of the truck. It's nice!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Lee Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 It looks like it still has the reverse rake going on. So far every SS I have seen has it. How the hell do I get rid of that? My stock SS looks like that just a little bit. Though in the picture below, the rear looks slammed.LOL. I hate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN C5 Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 I had my truck lowered today at a shop here in Portland. They used a DJM kit on the rear (hangers and shackles) and turned the bolts on the front. Got 2"on the front and 3" on the rear.They had to modify the cross member to allow room for the drive line to travel up a little further.They put it up on the ailment machine and I paid them $600.00 and away I went. I have not noticed a change in the ride at all yet! Will report later after I get some miles on her. What you think? Sorry about the picture I will get a better one done later. Looks Nice Dale, samething I did except I went with BellTech. I'm not sure about the cross member issue though. I didn't do anything to the CM and it looks like there is still 4-5 inches of space between the driveshaft and the crossmember. I'll take another look. How do you feel about ride quality? I think mine rides smoother that it did prior to dropping it. Dale how much do your wheels weigh? Tlook very nice on a red truck just imagine how good the would look on the fastest color....Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted July 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 I had my truck lowered today at a shop here in Portland. They used a DJM kit on the rear (hangers and shackles) and turned the bolts on the front. Got 2"on the front and 3" on the rear.They had to modify the cross member to allow room for the drive line to travel up a little further.They put it up on the ailment machine and I paid them $600.00 and away I went. I have not noticed a change in the ride at all yet! Will report later after I get some miles on her. What you think? Sorry about the picture I will get a better one done later. Looks Nice Dale, samething I did except I went with BellTech. I'm not sure about the cross member issue though. I didn't do anything to the CM and it looks like there is still 4-5 inches of space between the driveshaft and the crossmember. I'll take another look. How do you feel about ride quality? I think mine rides smoother that it did prior to dropping it. Dale how much do your wheels weigh? Tlook very nice on a red truck just imagine how good the would look on the fastest color....Black MN C5, The ride doesn't seem to have been affected by the lowering. I've haven't put many miles on yet so time will tell. I'm not sure how much the wheels weight. They don't list any specs on their web site. I'm Sure they would look great on your Black Truck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 the fastest color....Black True with our trucks, but only because of what you have done with yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrow Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Speaking of black being faster. I told a friend of mine(yes she's a girl) that the optical properties of black made it faster than any other colors. Then by putting on wax it made it even faster. I ended up telling her the truth but I had her going for awhile. She said it sounded good because I was using technical terms like 'optical properties'. Anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Kind of reminds me of the Tony Stewart / Lance Armstong commercial about shaving his legs. Is she a blonde? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrow Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Nope, she's a redhead. Funny thing is she used to drive a 95 formula that was black. Never saw the commerical but I can imagine. Besides shaving the legs is for road rash anyways. Not for aerodynamics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammedss Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 dale, i just spoke with bell tech and they told me that the reason they did not make a lowering kit for the truck was that the drive shaft hit the crossmember with the 6400 shackle kit. can you take pictures of the trucks driveshaft to crossmember clearence. i would really like to lower the truck but i do not want to waste my time doing it or have drive line issues.....thanks, brent [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted July 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 dale, i just spoke with bell tech and they told me that the reason they did not make a lowering kit for the truck was that the drive shaft hit the crossmember with the 6400 shackle kit. can you take pictures of the trucks driveshaft to crossmember clearence. i would really like to lower the truck but i do not want to waste my time doing it or have drive line issues.....thanks, brent [email protected] Hey Brent, I'll try to get you some pictures of the cross member that they modified. You might want to talk to MN C5 he used a BellTech kit and said he had no problems with the drive shaft clearance. I'm gonna go get some pictures! Hope I can get under there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Hope I can get under there. Better break out the jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSilverado60 Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Why not just have a different driveshaft made so that it isnt so big. If you make them out of a different material they can much much smaller in diameter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctrow Posted July 10, 2003 Report Share Posted July 10, 2003 Dale, I have to say, the more I look at the 'Give me a ticket' Red, the more I like it. It helps that you've put some time into it. Granted I'm not about to give up the black but I can appreciate others too. Yes even the blue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
variant Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 It looks like it still has the reverse rake going on. So far every SS I have seen has it. How the hell do I get rid of that? My stock SS looks like that just a little bit. just run a slightly taller rear tire, I run a 275/45/20 in front an a 285/50/20 in the rear it gives a nice rake... this is with a 2/4 drop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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