thehoe92 Lowered 3/5

[thehoe92]

clean will be able to elaborate a lot better than I would
I just had to keep checking with him as he was explaining it that it would make me lower

the top bushing it metal on top and half way down has a rubber boot
take the rubber boot off and you expose what chris is cutting on in the picture

keep the top rubber boot off and put the metal back on put the bottom rubber boot on and thread the bolt a little bit

tighten each one about half way
then go back again and tighten all the way.. you will see the body suck in closer to the frame

Blizzard and I were standing at the back of my hoe while clean was tightening the bolts and we were watching the gap between the back bumper and hatch close up.. our worry was that the hatch wouldn't be able to open but I got lucky and you can just barely slip a pencil in between it


pester Blizzard about posting pictures of it and he'll eventually post them, it will better illustrate what I'm trying to say

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found another picture

 

[clean454]

pretty much u explained it correct

 

[denalianyone]

ok i took a look at my truck a few minutes ago...that boot can be cut rather easily...same procedure as trimming your rear bumpstops...good find fellas!!

 

[fatnlowtahoe504]

how much of a drop did it give you??????????? ive heard people using s-10 body mounts to do a 1in body drop too.......

 

[denalianyone]

shit ever since JK dropped his lower with s-10 body mounts i was researching and to no prevail. This may be a simpler tactic.

 

[thehoe92]

I always thought body drops were really intense procedures that only shops could do because you had to lift the whole body off the frame at once
the s10 mounts are from my knowledge for ride quality.. since your frame is now touching the body there is no separation which is another reason why when I bottom out it is quite intense

I'm sure there are also kits that let you body drop while keeping some type of separation between the frame and body

the rear hatch was about 1.25" from the bumper before we started and now its less than an 1/8th of an inch away so I gained a little over an inch

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got 1 bracket off

I love the sawzall I've never used one before but damn!!!

 

[clean454]

get them both off!!

 

[Narco]

are you done w/ the whole mod yet? how does it drive now? is ride quality gonna suffer?

 

[thehoe92]

both are off..
I stand corrected.. I only like the sawzall when it has a new blade
the drivers side took way longer because I had to fight with it a couple times

got a lot more clearance than before but now that I don't bottom out my tires hit the back fender

I drove to work and heard some scraping even though I trimmed the plastic fender liner

get out and smell burnt rubber and it was "sanding" away at my tire, its a little rough now

but I won't be able to judge ride quality until I get some shocks in haha!

 

[clean454]

Good shit does the frame bottom out?