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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 10:56 PM
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im doing another customers truck this weekend. The kw coilovers make these truck handle so much better. Ill post up pics.
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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 06:40 PM
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specs and pictures of truck yet?
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Old Nov 3, 2012 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by SgtDOC
specs and pictures of truck yet?

Sorry trucks long gone he worked 10pm -6am so lowered it during the night and aligned at my buddys shop at 2 in the morning lol.
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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 10:36 AM
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How did it turn out? Is the customer happy with the kw system?
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Old Nov 5, 2012 | 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Plumbnman
How did it turn out? Is the customer happy with the kw system?
since late 03 ive done well over 80 trucks with the kw front coilovers and rear shocks with the djm or belltech rear flip and NEVER had a complaint. I have a lot of older customers that need the truck lower to get in easier and ride is important.

Ive sold many more on here not one person has said they were unhappy with the kw kit.
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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 12:26 PM
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Beautiful truck.... mine is same ... not like I am jaded, lol. I can't believe ford makes a stock 4x2 so high. I am 6'2" and have to get "up" in it. Mine also has the fourth overload leaf on the rear leaf pack. Yours? Have you made any headway on lowering it? I am in same boat and kicking so many options around.
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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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trust me on this ive done so many of these trucks just do the 2/4 belltech/djm set up and your done.
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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 03:55 PM
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Consider the inches vs. the $'s, Sgt...
Starts to get fairly costly if what I read into all this is true.
If you do this 2/4, does this mean new spindles, a flip kit, and new struts and shocks? If cost isn't a factor, this may be the ticket for you.
I will tell you this, the Street Performance shocks all around is a great starting point in any lowering system. I love mine.
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 10:59 AM
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Thanks Jim.... to a limit the cash is not the issue.. I want a look I like with a good ride. I think putting out the cash for the strut and shock/shackle might not even be noticeable vs. going 2/4. so a few more hundred bucks is not a big deal. but I am not a fan of the flip kits, thus my looking into groundforce. Maybe getting groundforce springs front and rear with CB bracket but using belltech strut and shocks is what I am thinking now. for some reason I have seen alot, probably to many thus my confusion, of trucks with the flip and the djm seems to low for me. It looks like the GF one is a little more subtle. What I can't figure out is why so many differences in how these trucks look... I have seen several 4x2 with the belltech strut and shock/shackle set up and they vary. some look perfect to me and some don't look like the changed height at all.
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Old Nov 19, 2012 | 11:26 AM
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different leafs are used and spring rates. This is why you have to mesure the truck. You want to have at least 1/2 inch of rake and due to the way the wells are cut that will give you the rake you want.
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