Anybody lowered 4/7 beware.

I cant say that If anybody lowered less than 4/7 might have the same problem.

I have had this problem on 2 RC trucks, mine and my cosin that got me curious about it.

Year ago we lowered my cousin truck 4/7 and blow the driver side shock twice, I thought that it was his ruff driving style.

3 Months ago I lowered my truck and blew my shock last week. So I took truck to shop to find out what the deal was cause I didn't want to change the shock again for it to blow up.

We found out the driver side shock has to be shorter 2in than the passenger side which meant that drivers side was bottomed out and had no movement. btw I got bell-tech lowering shocks

Now that we know what the problem is, I will probaly order two different length shocks or change stock shock mount for a better design cause I think that stock setup wasnt meant for the truck to be lowered.

I hope that will help for future reference and will keep this thread updated as I move forward.

 

thanx for info. i got a djm 4-7 on my 08 silverado which maintains oem shocks but havent had such problem. only about 3k miles since kit install though. will monitor. thanx again, rob.

 

ive got a 5/9 on mine lol running beltech drop2 shocks havent had any problems,though one my driveshaft almost hits the gas tank member

 

which belltech shocks do you have? the street performance( gray) or the nitro drop2 shocks( black)

ive had mine lowered 4/7 for 2 years on belltech street performance shocks and they are just fine. no problems with blowing out the shock.

 

The only reason that I might say that blew my shock out was loading the truck with 2 engines and it was bottoming out for couple on miles. You cant really tell if you guys have the same problem or not without measuring on both shocks and finding a difference. I dont seeing it being and issue for normal street driving but am **** like that and like my truck to be balanced.

The only issue will be bottoming one shock and the other wont so it will blow one before the other.

I got Belltech Street Performance Shocks they pretty much new under 3000 miles on them. We got alot of pot holes here.

I will measure bolt to bolt on the rear shocks on my truck and with my cousin truck and see the difference. Can someone please measure too just to compare since both of us had the same problem or I wont be able to tell.

 

How long is yalls? I hauled a trailor loaded with furniture, fridge, bed, washer/dryer. Then a motor, engine lift, a 3/16" thick steel bbq pit i built at work and never had an issue. Mine has atleast 6-7k on it.

 

Looking at all these lowered trucks makes me want to lower mine soo bad! I have all the parts sitting here and the belltech shocks were backordered so I wont have those til Oct 5th. Scheduled to be installed on Oct 10th!

 

sick looking truck man

 

Agreed, that truck has been my inspiration for the RCSB build

 

How low you going bud?