I used the lowering collars from Scott on the other board. You can find them on ebay - that's the only place he's selling them. The install is pretty easy. The ride is nice.
I don't think you'll get a two inch drop up front - inch and a half maybe.
My choice was simple. I would have rather payed extra for the coilovers but the feedback from the KBees was pretty sketchy. Belltechs springs have a higher spring rate resulting in a firmer ride. The rest suck from what I've read. My wife drives the SS as her daily and I needed something with a decent ride.
atlas if you look at the top of this section i have a astickey on how to lower the tbss rear. and scott has a section on here (lowering collars) which he will be posting on shortly. I dont think its fair to charge a member money to be a vendor when hes trying to get us better stuff than whats out there allready.
After reading the sticky, I wish you would just fly out here for a day and do all my lowering for me... I'd pay for the ticket and I'd get you a keg of your favorite beer... What do ya say???
if you do springs the belltech rides the best out of all of them and its like 135 shipped for the fronts. rear you can adjust the bags. Or you can get scotts collars for the same price
How much firmer ride will I have with the Belltech springs vs the collars?
I want to be as close to a stock ride as I can be.. I know I will need to cut 1.5" from the bump stops and most likely 1" to 1.5" from the rear.
The collars won't change the ride. The Belltechs imho are NOT that much stiffer if at all...other than being lower, I couldn't tell much difference. I have Scott's collars on now though...the ride is stock so long as you cut the bump stops.
if your 2wd i think the DJM kit would be best ride you keep the stock springs & full shock travel, the kit is a lil more then the other ways but its still under $500 plus you get the upper a arms so your balljoint is good & you can do your alignment perfectly, then just do Norcal's adj on the rear airbags & your golden!!!
Hey Norcal, I'm considering doing the Belltech's and modified rear air bags, will my ball joints, and the rest of my front suspension be OK with that? Also, during the install, all I'll need to do is cut the bumpstops, correct?
yes front bumpstops cut in 1/2. there is more than enough travel in the front even if you pulled tehm out completely the tire would bottom out on the fender before the shaft woudl bottom out on the shock.
the belltechs drop it a nice amount i mean its not going to be slammed but will look good.
has anyone done the djm control arm AND belltech drop? how much do those control arms drop the truck? 1.5" is just not enough for me. something like 3 or 4 is much better sounding:biggrin2:
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