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Old Nov 3, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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is it safe still to run stock shocks with a 4/6 drop kit ..looking at other peolpe that they do that without replacin..it ???
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 12:34 AM
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Thats not a good idea. the stock shocks would have to compress however many inches you dropped your truck and with a 4/6 its definantly not a good idea, if you do it your trucks gonna ride like crap and the shocks are going to where out EXTREMELY fast if not break almost immediatly
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 11:31 PM
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Why... Why would you lower your truck and then cheap out on the shocks. If you keep the factory shocks on, the will be so compressed they won't be doing their job. SMH...
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 05:39 AM
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Not a good idea at all, you definitely need new shocks
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 08:06 AM
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Who needs shocks. Air bags man.
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 01:08 PM
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Not a good idea to run stock shocks with that.
I would even say it is dangerous.
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 06:40 PM
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You wont get the shocks to compress that far. Probably won't be able to bolt them back into the truck. Lowered my lightning and the stock shocks wouldn't compress far enough to bolt them back in, shocks were on back order. Had to wait til I got the shocks. Save a few extra bucks and do the job correctly.
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