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Discussion in 'Suspension' started by socaltaco22, May 12, 2010.

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May 12, 2010 at 10:30 PM

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im thinking about installing 3' lowering blocks for the rear and keeping the front stock would it look good on single cab 98 and will this affect in any way

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affect as in ride quality? load capacity? nose high? all of these will change and blocks are not the best to lower a truck but will work

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3" would be a bit much the most i would use are 2" ones to level it out unless you like riding donk. you'll need to change out your rear bumpstops to some low pro ones so that you don't sit on your bumpstops.

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btw customtacos.com has a lot more info on your generation and lowering trucks.

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all i wanna do is level it so would 2' work for that

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or should i just go with a 3/4 Drop

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PM me if you have more questions.

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just go 3/4 lol

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