Suspension is done - quick pics...

[ballsie]

Installed my spindles and springs yesterday. We had a hell of a time getting the driver lower ball joint out of the control arm - everything went fine otherwise.

Wheels didnt push out at all.

Its now 5/5 with DJM free travel mod.

I will post better pics in a day or 2 after i wash it up.

That is a tube of chapstick on the front tire in the last pic.

 

[Nnaboy]

Nice one Ballsie! First time I think I've seen your car.
What kit did you use and how hard was the install?

 

[ballsie]

Front: Belltech Keys and Mcgaughys drop spindles
Rear: DJM 5" coils and free travel mod

Rear took about 30 minutes - very easy.
Front took several hours as we could not get the driver side lower balljoint out of the stock spindle. I even went out and bought a ball joint removal tool and shattered it. We ended up removing the whole LCA with the stock spindles attached. Took it to the driveway - 2 whacks with a sledge and it was off. piece a cake from there on.

There are better pics of the truck in the gallery, but its only lowered 3/3 in those pics.

Thanks!!!

 

[Nnaboy]

Ok thanks!
So how do like the ride now, harsh?

 

[ballsie]

Front isnt bad, rear isnt great, but so far its tolerable.

 

[boostaholic]

Looks dope, did you pull the coil isolators when you installed the 5" springs? I may end up having a local spring shop build me some progressive rate 6" springs...maybe I should just bag this fu*ker.

 

[JKmotorsports]

Nice man! Looks real good.

 

[Sepiroth]

:drool:

 

[ballsie]

No, I just swapped the springs and cut the bump stops. The front end is the perfect height and it has a nice rake to it. I am actually happy with it. Im normally the dumbass that always goes to low to make the car a pain in the ass to drive. The truck is nice and low and still has "driveability." I will get some measurement photos up in the next couple days.

 

[ballsie]

Here is a better pic. I couldnt get my buddy out of the driver seat. He drove it 20 miles before I even sat in it.

 

[cwyatt27]

hey that looks so badass! great job!! What kind of rims are those? and also on your frontend, what kind of bumpers do you have? it looks a lot like the denali.

 

[FergHoe]

NICE WHEELS. truck is looking sweet!

 

[boostaholic]

Hmm that looks familiar lol.

 

[Nnaboy]

LoL does kind of loook like yours Boost...

 

[ballsie]

What looks familiar boost?

 

[matt14]

Looks good. its hella low in the front. How did you get the 5" up front?

 

[ballsie]

I got 3" out of some belltech keys and 2" spindles.

 

[FergHoe]

yours looks farmilliar..
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Because he has seen mine

 

[boostaholic]

What looks familiar boost?

Looks just like mine with only the keys...seems about 4" or maybe 4.5" drop up front. Get some of those helper bags for the back and pull the coil isolators, should give you the same drop or maybe more but it will ride 10x better and you'll have the ability to adjust the ride height. Did you ever do the free travel mod? Rear bottoming out on something?

 

[ballsie]

free travel mod is done. I will check out the helper bags. I dont understand how they can make it ride better - it looks as though they just add more stiffness to an already stiff ride. I measured it when it was stock. It is right at 5" lower up front.