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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 03:38 PM
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I am looking to lower my 2wd 1500 HD. I am looking to maybe drop it 3-5 or there about. I want to know what would be the best kit, I know DJM makes one but for what I am dropping it I didn't know what my options were. I thought I read that half ton torsion keys would drop an HD, if that is the case I have some of those as long as it would align to factory specs. The just get the shakles and or hangers in the back. I am just see what is possible right now as I am ready to order the kit soon
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 05:56 PM
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Briefly looked on belltech, mcgaughys, djm, and ground force's sites and they all showed something for the HD trucks.
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Yeah I saw that
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I am looking for as much info as possible
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Briefly looked on belltech, mcgaughys, djm, and ground force's sites and they all showed something for the HD trucks.
You cant go wrong with any of those names.
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Yeah everything I have had has been lowered at some point almost. I needed to know what works best on these trucks
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I need some help with this. I would like to know where to get either the DJM or the McGaughy's kit from. I found the McGaughy's kit yesterday with key, spindles, hangers, and shackles for 650 but I can't find that website again. I am between the two kits and am looking for the best price on either. Godfather's has the 3-5 DJM shipped for 549 and it is LCAs, shackles, and hangers. When I had the LCAs on my 1500 I couldn't quiet get the alignment perfect
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anyone?
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My 1500HD aligned perfectly with DJM, but I had upper and lower control arms (6"drop). Bought mine from stylin. with a 6/7 it sat about the same as a half ton with a 3/4.
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See I am looking at going 3-5 and I am leaning right now more toward the McGaughy's kit so I will call Godfather's tomorrow and see what kind of deal I can get. The only thing about the McGaughy's is that you have to run 17s or bigger so I might not be getting it either. I am having way too much fun with my truck, going from a 285/75 to a 245/75 is amazing. It will burn tires for days now, before I ran a 15.5 a raced a friend tonight and he runs 14.5-14.7 and I had a fender on him and was slowly pulling. The tire size and the exhaust helped alot it seems
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