Anyone messed with lowering a 4x4 4th gen? If so, any pics and/or advice?
How much are you wanting to lower it?
Nothing crazy, maybe a couple inches if it's not too much trouble. They just seem to sit way too high from the factory for my liking.
I was just thinking this about my 98 12 valve the other day....They’re all too tall for my liking from the factory.
Im thinking 2in drop shackles in the rear for mine, just not sure what to do with the front.
I was just thinking this about my 98 12 valve the other day.
Damn modern trucks, anyway.
Mark.
Don’t do drop shackles. It screws with the pinion angle, and if you have helper springs, the front of the helper spring touches the stop all the time and it rides terrible.
If you have blocks in the rear, take them out. If you don’t have blocks, disassemble the spring pack (you’ll need a shorter spring bolt), and take the bottom leaf, (or 2 or 3) out.
For the front, take the coil out, pop the rubber isolator off, and cut 1 coil out. I use a cutting wheel on a grinder, and trickle winter on it to keep everything cool. 1 coil will get you 1.5”-2” of drop.
Put the isolator back on, trim, or eliminate the bumpstop, and rock on.
Don’t do drop shackles. It screws with the pinion angle, and if you have helper springs, the front of the helper spring touches the stop all the time and it rides terrible.
If you have blocks in the rear, take them out. If you don’t have blocks, disassemble the spring pack (you’ll need a shorter spring bolt), and take the bottom leaf, (or 2 or 3) out.
For the front, take the coil out, pop the rubber isolator off, and cut 1 coil out. I use a cutting wheel on a grinder, and trickle winter on it to keep everything cool. 1 coil will get you 1.5”-2” of drop.
Put the isolator back on, trim, or eliminate the bumpstop, and rock on.
Here is my 2015 with stock vs. lowered for reference. This is all but 3 leaves in the rear, and 2500 v8 springs in the front.