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Anyone 05 Z71 lowering knowledge would be appreciated

Old Jan 8, 2011 | 12:06 PM
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Thats about where Im at with my heights. Whered you get your stuff from?

@1 fastsilverado your stance looks real slick also, sick truck.
Thanks for all the info everyone.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Static54
Thats about where Im at with my heights. Whered you get your stuff from?

@1 fastsilverado your stance looks real slick also, sick truck.
Thanks for all the info everyone.
I bought the purple keys used from Bumpers who posted in here earlier, the u-bolts from and rear shocks from Summit, and the hangers and shackles from a couple of different guys on here. If you look in the classified section there are always tons of lowering parts being bought/sold.

The purple keys are actually the stock HD keys, so if you can find a guy with an HD that wants to go higher, you might be able to trade your stock keys for his (the stock half-ton keys will work as a leveling key for the HDs).
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 12:27 PM
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I got ~3/4 from mine too (2005 Z71)

I did shackles and hangars but I'd recommend just removing the rear lift blocks and using lowering shackles. In the front 2" spindles and a little de-twist of the torsions, check and you probably won't need to change keys at all.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DV2000NJ
My stock fender heights were 36.5" front, and 38.5" rear, and the current height is about 32.75" all the way around. If you want it to sit a bit higher, you could easily not de-crank the front as much as I did, and just run shackles and no blocks in the rear.

Here's how mine sat with just shackles and no blocks in the rear (with the front still where it is now).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danvala...7625561764765/

And yeah, I'm about 40 minutes outside of Philly.
Oh snap Dan, I didn't know that you did hangers too...that's what I want to do, but I want to get DJM upper and lower control arms so I can crank the keys back up a little bit and get some of my ride quality back.

My current set up consists of Belltech lowering keys (same concept as purple keys), Belltech 2" shackles, lift blocks removed, and spring clamps...tires are about 31" tall (285/50-20 summer, 275/70-16 winter...usually, haven't put my winter wheels on yet this year)









I moved this to the GM Drivetrain and Suspension section btw, you should get more hits here
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 01:11 PM
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Oh snap Dan, I didn't know that you did hangers too...that's what I want to do, but I want to get DJM upper and lower control arms so I can crank the keys back up a little bit and get some of my ride quality back.
I just did it last weekend, pretty last second before a ski trip to upstate NY. And don't expect my help if you do hangers, it SUCKS. I was blowing metal shavings out of my nose 2 days later.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by DV2000NJ
I just did it last weekend, pretty last second before a ski trip to upstate NY. And don't expect my help if you do hangers, it SUCKS. I was blowing metal shavings out of my nose 2 days later.
Haha I know the feelings. Im a millwright and back when I built FedExs that all I did all day was weld and grind. Buggers are always black from the disk.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 01:30 PM
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this is with 3" arms purple keys and a flip kit in the rear

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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 01:37 PM
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Looks great man, what size rims are you running? Did you make your own flip kit? How much did that drop the rear?
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 02:36 PM
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Subscribed. Hopefully I can keep my wrenches away from my truck, lol.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 03:51 PM
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How big are the blocks in the rear?
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