Has anyone lowered a 3rd gen yet?

You might be able to check with sos performance. They have a 1/2 drop I think and it may be a flip kit with a shackle not sure the shackles are 1” but it couldn’t hurt to check with them

 

I think a more practical approach to a "lowered" 3rd Gen would be to have a custom body kit designed to where it's built around the stock suspension's rubber stoppers clearance thresholds, rather than changing out the springs/shocks for a lower ride. As an example, the front lip and side skirts are designed/installed where it sits low enough to still clear 2-2.5" from the point where the suspension's max compression hits the rubber stop yet you can still get a cushioned ride without bottoming out or scrapping the body kit with normal driving...then just adding sway/anti-roll bars to stock suspension.
Then slap on some 19" or 20" High Performance wheel/tire sets.

 

Actually the SOS kit uses the stock springs and shocks. It just relocates spring under axle and a spacer that lowers spring on front shocks .I been running it on my 2nd gen since 2012 now and like it . Still use as a truck when I need to .

 

Seen someone working on something like that .2nd gen.

 

Wat happened

 

Still working on it lol. Might be soon . But then again Been a year now .

Done I think lol...

 

looks like a case of the Southern Squats

 

I'm using sos flip kit and added a block to level out more...want to go lower but suspension feels great beside my thin ass tires lol

 

I dig it man. You running 22’s?

 

If I didn't have to deal with snow 8 months out of the year all my vehicles would be slammed

 

What rims are those?? I got some stradas that are very similar to it

 

24' dub ballaz

 

Thanks! 24s

 

Anyone know if you can use the sos performance front lowering spring perch with bilstein 5100 shocks? I was worried the perch might not sit correctly on the c clip, and I already threw out my stock struts :/

 

Don’t quote me on it but I would imagine the strut wouldn’t make a difference.i would think the 5100 have the same bezel for the spring perch as stock struts same size in diameter. I’m running my stock struts with the sos 2” drop so I don’t have any proof or verification for ya. I would suggest contacting sos performance directly for fitment details. What better way than to go to the source. Good luck bro

 

What wheel/tire size are you running?? Truck looks good.

 

Is it possible to just get lowering springs for the rear instead of the flip kit? I only want an inch or so lower in the rear. I haven't seen these offered. For now my 150 pound weight box lowers me about 3/4 inch

 

Couple of quick pics of the SOS kit on my Gen 2.... Looking for an update on wheels/tires.

 

Looks good!!

 

I know its not a Taco thing to do but I've always been a street truck guy. Can't remember a truck I didn't lower in some way or another. Rides like stock, handles better, easier to get in and out. I don't think you want this kit if your doing much hauling but I've got an old beater ford for that.