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Old Dec 19, 2015 | 04:41 PM
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Recently added some DJM 3 inch arms to a 99 silverado 4x4, wanted to get the front down a little lower 1 inch so i bought lowering keys, but it didn't drop anything.

Could this be a result of needing upper control arms because it was barely able to aling out with the new LCA arms.?
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Old Dec 19, 2015 | 06:13 PM
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What about a 2" McG spindle and just crank it up a little if its too low. That's what I plan on next time I want another inch.
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Old Dec 21, 2015 | 10:57 PM
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Anybody else had this problem?
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Old Dec 22, 2015 | 07:40 AM
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Its probably sitting on the bumpstops if I had to guess, so you need to cut or remove them. Its going to ride like *** when you do that. Coilovers may be able to get you lower and ride a whole lot better, if you want to go back to factory LCA that is. See the links in my sig for more details.
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Old Dec 22, 2015 | 01:06 PM
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Its probably sitting on the bumpstops if I had to guess, so you need to cut or remove them. Its going to ride like *** when you do that. Coilovers may be able to get you lower and ride a whole lot better, if you want to go back to factory LCA that is. See the links in my sig for more details.
I see what you did there, Richard and I like it.
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Old Dec 22, 2015 | 01:09 PM
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But seriously I got my adaptors from Richard and I'll never go back to torsion bars. The difference is amazing and I can always tweak the inch or so.
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Old Dec 22, 2015 | 08:26 PM
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Ill have to check on the bumpstop, i thought it wouldn't hit with DJM arms??
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Old Dec 23, 2015 | 11:07 PM
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update checked the bumpstops today and they are not even touching the arms
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