Moderate Drop

I static dropped my truck today. It's just a moderate drop since it's my daily driver for work. It's a 3" drop in the rear and a 2" in the front. I cranked the torsion bars instead of re-indexing them because I couldn't get on of the bolts off...it's stuck good. But the torsion "hooks" don't hang any lower than the exhaust, so I should be ok. Anyway it looks alot better now. I might take one leaf out in the rear when my drop shocks get here.

the beginning


and now

dont look that bad besides the monster truck tires. lol.

looks good man...ahh the memories, I can still remember when my truck had that kind of drop on it, for about a day and a half then I dropped the dog snot out of it, lol. Definitely need to look into some smaller tires though

Looking good man. Nice start. Like you said, drop shocks and take a leaf out. OR you could run blocks; 2"~3" is about what most people run.

185/60/14s work and look beautiful!

The rear has three inch blocks on it in the two lower pics. It's not low enough, that's why I said I'll take a leaf out when my drop shocks come in.

Thanks for the comments. I plan on getting a little smaller tire soon, but not too much smaller. The rims and low pro tires will have to wait a long time...I'm going to swap the axle and control arms to Ford Ranger stuff. That will be done when I get the new engine, trans, ecm, and harness... so I have to save quite a bit of money first. Until then stock is in.

if I remember correctly you ordered the doetsch tech shocks right?
if so they are overkill for your drop
you would be better off with the monroes I bought or any other similar shock/length
my monroe fronts were 2" shorter than stock and rear is stock length which is fine with a block until you start removing leaves

Yep, I ordered the Doetsch shocks. The Doetsch fronts are two inches shorter than stock, so I'm ok there. And for the rear I plan on removing one or two leaf springs so I should be alright there. I just don't want to go too low in the rear and bottom out on the frame.

right right

if you remove 2 leaves get a notch and monroe shock 32207. it's perfect, nice and smooth ride. I'm not sure how close you'll be with removing 1 so you may have to use the doetsch techs there unless you get a notch.