3/5 drop install

[04blackout]

talk to me about this free travel mod... reading up on it being done with a plasma cutter, but all i have is a grinder or sawzall. will a 4" cutoff wheel suffice? i thought it was like a 10 min deal, now it looks a little more involved

 

[NORCAL SS]

you can use a sawzall and cut along frame and be fine.

 

[JayXSP]

Did mine with a sawzall...took about 20 mins per side. Just be careful of the gas tank on the driver side.

 

[04blackout]

Ok thanks guys. Now heres another newb question... how do the trailing arm brackets go on? They look really confusing on my garage floor

I know this stuff is gonna be no big deal when I get into it, I just wanna have all the knowledge I can before I even bust the tires loose

 

[NORCAL SS]

rear brackets

1) only do one side at a time
2) drop lower control off axle
3) bolt up trailing arm relocator
4) jack the front of the axle where ds goes in to twist it up so lines up with the trailing arm relocator
5) bolt it in and then do the other side

 

[04blackout]

norcall ss to the rescue yet again! srs though, thanks alot tony, youve been a huge help, and your shipping on the spohn bar was superfast... 3 day turnaround, including a holiday

everyone else, thank you as well, your help is very much appreciated. im itching so bad to get this thing done. so far i have everything sitting in the garage but the ball joints. waiting til the week of 2/12 since im off that whole week, so ill be doing everything at once

got the 3/5 drop going in, still waiting on scan cable from BBP, then gonna do efans, gonna paint the rotor hats and calipers black, oil change... seems like alot of work, but i am dying to get started

 

[NORCAL SS]

no prob anytime man.

on the rear bar adjust it when truck is on the ground after the drop. you can spin it with a open end wrench to where you want it to sit. If you want you can put some weight in the back to make the rear end come down even more so you can adjust it exactly to the mm.

 

[04blackout]

So adjust it with the weight on the tires? Seems like you would want the weight off it to center the axle, or will it just pull the body in line?

 

[NORCAL SS]

No you **** full weight on it at ride height go adjust

 

[04blackout]

Ok thanks. Don't be surprised if I come up with 1500 more silly questions