5" rear drop question

[red02chevy]

What rear springs will give me an actual 5" rear drop? I just did a McGaughy's 4/5 on my girlfriends 07 Tahoe and the rear still needs to come down roughly 1.5" to sit where I would like it. The front is perfect. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Jon

 

[BlizzardX23]

The springs need to settle for about a week or so...also, if your sitting on your bump stops, that will prevent it from going any lower...also, if your shocks are fully compressed, they will hold your truck up as well too

 

[red02chevy]

Bump stops are removed and the shocks are fine. I understand they need to settle but I doubt it's going to be low enough after that....

 

[BlizzardX23]

honestly, I've had mine for around 7 months...they have dropped a lot since I first installed them...daily driving, heavy loads, etc....it all helps to settle the springs...and although people say they settle within the first few weeks...they continue to settle months down the road...at least mine did...

 

[red02chevy]

Are you running the McGaughys springs?

 

[BlizzardX23]

yep...Im using a full McGaughys kit

 

[red02chevy]

I guess i will see what happens. I still have a few things I need to do to it for it to be 100% complete so it wont be a big deal at all if I have to change the springs later

 

[BlizzardX23]

I say give it a month or two...it should settle nice

 

[NORCAL SS]

the djm springs sit lower i installed 3 mcgaughy kits with 5 inch drops rear that they brought to me to install and on all 3 5 inch rear kits they didnt sit as low as the DJM 5 inch rear kits.

 

[allando]

the djm springs sit lower i installed 3 mcgaughy kits with 5 inch drops rear that they brought to me to install and on all 3 5 inch rear kits they didnt sit as low as the DJM 5 inch rear kits.

Yeah, I have the mcgaughy 3/5 and can tell that the rear is still a bit higher... I can only imagine how big of a difference a 4/5 would look. What's in the DJM rear kit, or can the springs just be swapped out?