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Old 04-27-2013, 09:53 PM
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Anyone heard anything about these? 2/5 drop for $199 bucks with shocks. I like the price but being that cheap I'm a little worried about quality

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Seems a little too cheap to me, but I am interested in seeing what someone else has to say about this.
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i will say the price is cheap. from reading about it its basically a flip kit/lift hanger combo in the rear and in the front the strut gets relocated. it is rough country and they do tend to make pretty good products im thinking about giving it a shot for the price
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Looking at the install directions, it looks like one of the easiest ways to drop the front end, no spring compressors, etc. I wonder if you can just get the front plate and hardware?
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according to my measurements on a stock crew cab, the rear dropped 6"
the front was already set at 1" drop with belltech adjustable struts
i used the kit's front drop kit (mounting strut under LCA) and it dropped 3". now all four corners measure at 18".
is that a 4/6 drop?
It rides really good but they couldn't align it. Im thinking its because of the way the front is dropped.
I felt vibration yesterday the first time i picked it up to 70 MPH, i backed off of it and kept it at 60-65, at night i picked it up back to like 72 and felt no vibration then

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Originally Posted by Fiveminutes
the front was already set at 1" drop with belltech adjustable struts
i used the kit's front drop kit (mounting strut under LCA) and it dropped 3".
So total front drop is 3" with belltech adjustable struts or 3" with this kit?
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i had the struts set at 1" and fenders measured at 21"
after i put the rough country bracket it went down to 18"
dropped 3" even tho it says its a 2" drop, maybe the strut not being at stock height affected it
so 4" total
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I'l also interested in this kit??? It says in the instructions that it can be realigned to specs, what did the alignment shop say why they couldn't realign your truck???
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Yea
But I think it's because I combined the strut being at 1" drop
I talked to rough country and they said use the kit with everything else factory
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Thanks for the info!! So once you reset your bell tech strut your over all drop would be a 3/6?? How does it ride???


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