How's the ride of the Hotchkis kit? I've been wanting to install the springs and leafs on my truck for a while but I would need to redo the entire front end of bushings and joints and the $$$ adds up.

My dad had a Hotchkis kit on a 86 Monte Carlo SS and the ride was awesome so...I'm just hoping that with the springs/leafs and caltracs that it still will transfer the weight.

Oh and with 248,000 miles on my truck...my left rear sits lower as well.

 

Here are a couple of pics of my 94 which is long since gone....[IMG][/IMG]

 

what drop and size of tires were you running. Truck looked sweet by the way.

 

That red truck did look sweet!!! It looks like it had 275/60's on the rear, that's my guess.

 

Thanks. It was a 4/6 (spindles/coils up front and flip kit in back). 275/60s in rear and 236/60s up front.

 

There's some sweet looking 88-98's around here, nice to see them!

tdrumm, there was a straight RCSB (might have been a WT) for sale in Englewood this summer, in the lot right across from the Exxon on Dean St. It was a lt blue color with about 80k on the ticker, and they were only askin a few thou for it if I remember correctly. I think it was a 95 or 96. If I had the cash and wasn't preparing to become a daddy, I would have jumped on it and brought it to life with my current 5.3.

 

I know the exact truck you are talking about, I looked at it when it was on the lot. It was pretty nice but I wasn't serious about it. The guy that bought it lives in Cresskill on Knickerbocker. The kid that has my old truck has threatened to sell it a couple of times, I told him to let me know when.

 

Sorry it took so long for me to reply. The ride is really nice. It has hardly any body roll with the big sway bars. When I placed the order for the Hotchkis kit, the "salesman" on the phone told me that Hotchkis was going to quit making the TVS kit for the 88-98 Chevy pickups. He said because that style of truck isn't in the "market" anymore. At that time he said they had 23 complete kits. The following monday I placed an order for mine. At that point Hotchkis had already posted that the kit was no longer available. So then the company I ordered the kit through saw the post and called me back saying that it was no longer available. I told them that I had just got off the phone with Hotchkis the day before, and they told me that when those 23 kits were gone..... thats it,... no more. This went off and on for about 3 weeks. When it was defantly on order for me there were only 3 left. After that it took an additional 1 or 2 months for me to get the kit. Because they said that Hotchkis had to make a "run" (make) of rear sway bars. They told me that you could still get the sway bars, but the coil and leaf springs weren't going to be made anymore.

 

Hmmm....the springs and leafs are still on the website but who knows. I know I loved the ride in the Monte Carlo my dad had so....just getting an opinion about the truck kit. I don't want the sway bars, just the springs.

 

Post your photo's only please...Let's see those '88 through '98 Regular Cab ShortBeds!