Dillema with my 3/5 drop..what to do?

[Nickleahy23]

Alright well ive had my drop in for a few months now..im sitting at 33 1/8 on drivers front, 33 7/8 on pass front, 34 in the rear on both sides..

drivers front is sitting bumpstop, pass front is not, rear is about 1/8 from aftermarket bumpstop we put in..

now i know how to fix the front, just crank the pass side down a little more, but will that little less then 3/4 of an inch mess with my alignment badly? i have about 3k on it since the drop and alignment, and the tires arnt wearing at all so i dont want to mess it up, especially before my road trip to indy for a show..now i need to replace the tie rods and stuff, so i can just do it then when i get it aligned...

but what do i do to bring the back down? i hate the rake..i have helper bags, but 0 psi in them because it sits high already..now i think my stock shocks are holding me up a little along with the bumpstop..

if i get aftermarket shocks in the rear, and do the "free travel mod"? i believe thats what its called? getting rid of the bumpstop area, then i could just run some psi in the bags to not bottom out, and hopefully drop another inch?

does that sound like it will all work?

 

[Modded]

Yeah the DJM free travel mod and shorter shocks will bring the height of the truck down. I'd say go for Belltech/DJM 4" drop and more shocks with the use of your already installed shock extenders!
Then you should be as low asax, if not lower a bit.

 

[Max]

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Replace those ******* shocks already! My truck is over an inch lower with the same shit and 1/2" shorter tires.

 

[DarkTahoe00]

Try Belltech Nitro drop shocks. Man you gotta drive ahead of you going to Indy!

 

[Nickleahy23]

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Replace those ******* shocks already! My truck is over an inch lower with the same shit and 1/2" shorter tires.

lol i know..but i unhooked them tonight and i only dropped 1/4 inch because im already on the bumpstops in the back..so im going to have to cut the bumpstop brackets off, get shocks, and get the bags plumbed up..

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Try Belltech Nitro drop shocks. Man you gotta drive ahead of you going to Indy!

the show is in waveland so thats about 5 hour drive for me..we drove my bagged truck down to indy last summer and that was a ***** sittin 5 deep in a 95 ext cab lol

 

[Grocery Getter]

Lose the helper bags...... unless your towing. I have a 3/5 McGaughy's and after cutting the bump stop brackets(running no bump stops)off I don't bottom out unless I'm doing like 50 and hit a huge dip in the road and the momentum just sucks the ass down..... If you haven't you can also remove the isolators(plastic things in the spring seats). Mine are gone with no ill effects, I think they are just to reduce noise but I have not heard any additional noise since removing them.

but...... I also drive like an old man and don't have a bunch of knuckleheads piled in my ride. It's usually just me, my wife, and baby girl. I don't roll my 3rd row seats or a spare so that is about 200lbs I don't have in the ass.

 

[Max]

The helper bags won't make much difference in height, I've tried them both ways. His rear shocks are restricting the drop, should ride great with 5psi in the bags like mine.

 

[Nickleahy23]

what do i do though since im already ridin on bump stops? cut them out and just use the helper bags and new shocks to keep me from bottoming out?

 

[Grocery Getter]

Cut the brackets off....... Should solve ur problem

 

[Max]

New shocks, free travel mod, and new bumpstops should make it ride significantly better. Hopefully it drops the ass another inch.