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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 05:04 PM
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I'm getting 3" drop coils and I was wondering how it would affect the ride on my truck? How bad would my allignment be? Will it make my wheels pull in?
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 05:08 PM
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A freind of mine had 3" coils on his '99. They rode like ***. He switched to 4" LCA's.
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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You have seen my truck. That's what I have. I have no complaints about the ride. You just have to take the stops out. They will horibly through the camber out. It will definantly need a realignment. You might need to get some longer tie rod ends. My right side is maxed out. It really needs to go a litlle farther. I also use stock size shocks. They wear out quicker, but keep the ride right. I just put the third set on, but the truck has almost 100k on it.
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 09:23 PM
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where did you get your drop installed?
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 09:28 PM
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Driveway.
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 09:30 PM
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Coils aren't hard to install on these newer style trucks.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 12:41 AM
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I'm installing a whole drop kit with springs so I really dont want to do it
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 01:16 AM
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how much do you want to spend? me and a friend did mine and it took about 4 hours.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 02:09 AM
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Ride quality depends on the spring rate. Two springs that give you the same drop can have two totally different rides.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 04:42 AM
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With 3" coils there just is not much travel left. I would advise against it but it sounds like you have already made up your mind. Good luck.

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