I am re-doing my suspension on monday and just now am thinking about compatability issue between a DJM lca and aftermarket spindles...Have any of you done this or know someonew who has done this succesfully? It says on DJM's website NOT to but a rep on Stylintrucks said he know customers have done it succesfully...I may have to use my generic spindles due to the way the Mcg's mount the lower ball joint....

-Any help/knowledge is appreciated for a little piece of mind.....

 

Bump...Even if you have known of someone running a LCA with a SPINDLE of any brand post up....I am doing this tommorrow and think the ride will be awseome

 

spanky on gmfs changed his 4x4 rcsb to awd and dropped his truck with the djm arms and mcgaughys 17" spindle up front and a flip kit in the back. he said the truck rides great, the truck lost some turn radius with the spindles only, but when he put the arms on it gained it back.
http://gmfullsize.com/forum/showthre...=38799&page=20

 

Yeah worked good for me even though mine is 4wd. I'm sure itll be fine on your 2wd.

 

Thanks guys...I was just wanting some actual feedback...I saw no reason why it would not work...tommorrow will be fun..
Parts list..(6/8 drop)

FRONT
-DJM 3" lca
-McG's 2" spindle
-Stock Moog springs cut for 1" drop
-1/8" thick spring pads
-Fox emulsion shocks valved for front
-Energy sway bar hardware
-NEW Moog steering hardware

REAR
-06 rcsb leafs GM rpo smooth ride option
-Flip kit
-2" shackles
-Chromoly long bars bushing/heim
-Shock tabs/ new crossmember
-Fox emulsion valved for rear

My current is spindles/springs front and shackles/hangers drop leaf rear..Doetch tech all 4 corners...THE RIDE SUCKS!!!

 

Black-04 have you had any problems with the CV's on your truck since you dropped it. I'm going 3/5 on my 4x against the advice of a few also. just curious how many miles you've put on it since the drop.

Thanks

 

Its been dropped for over 2 years now and still on stock cv axles.

 

So did you get that setup all installed that you listed above? What were your thoughts after?

Very similar to black04, I have DJM torsion bar LCA's with new style Belltech 2508 spindles and it handles amd rides great! Actually 10x better than when it was just arms and keys. I also flipped my oe UCA'S & bj's with Moog offset bushings. Threw on a set of the hotchkis anti-sway bars and this thing is a carver!
I'm only at about 4.5" front drop though, so not sure how it'll align and handle at 6"?