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Old May 12, 2013 | 09:45 AM
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What do you want to see exactly? You cant see the springs from the side because its too low and the tire blocks it.
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Old May 12, 2013 | 09:45 PM
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Just see the stance of the truck. See where it sits at.
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Old May 12, 2013 | 10:16 PM
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Ok I can get some pics tomorrow...I prefer to look at it in terms of the cv angles. Right now with 1000lb springs it sits with the cv's slightly negative. If I wanted to go to a stiffer spring I could easily drop it another inch or so and still be in the middle of the shock travel using a 6" spring. I wanted the stance to be with cv's level, and its about perfect for that. I havent fully tinkered with it. Furthermore if I used the stud adapter instead of the shackle adapter deal, thats an automatic 1.5" higher mounting point. What im getting at is you can have a very low stance and still do this coilover swap.

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Old May 13, 2013 | 02:21 AM
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Ok I can get some pics tomorrow...I prefer to look at it in terms of the cv angles. Right now with 1000lb springs it sits with the cv's slightly negative. If I wanted to go to a stiffer spring I could easily drop it another inch or so and still be in the middle of the shock travel using a 6" spring. I wanted the stance to be with cv's level, and its about perfect for that. I havent fully tinkered with it. Furthermore if I used the stud adapter instead of the shackle adapter deal, thats an automatic 1.5" higher mounting point. What im getting at is you can have a very low stance and still do this coilover swap.
So are you doing a GP on these conversion parts or ?? Did I miss the thread to purchase them ? I haven't seen a price yet either.
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Old May 13, 2013 | 09:49 AM
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Yes i am. I have several lowers ready to go now but am waiting on the uppers before i sell them. End of this week hopefully.
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Old May 15, 2013 | 10:40 AM
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Mine just touches the bump stops. I don't want it low I use it too much off road for that. So that sounds like it will work out nicely. When are you going to get to drive it and see how she rides?
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Old May 15, 2013 | 08:03 PM
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As soon as i get my engine back
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Old May 16, 2013 | 05:25 PM
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As soon as i get my engine back
whats that price on those bottom brackets you made? they look great!
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Old May 23, 2013 | 12:35 AM
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Made a thread about my swap

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...ersion-518118/
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Old Sep 27, 2013 | 10:52 AM
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has anyone done this on an 04 tahoe 2wd
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