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Old 01-16-2006, 02:29 AM
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Re: lowering

Ok first removing springs on the front of an s10 isn't a 3 person job it's a 1 person job as long as you have all the tools and things that are needed and the entire truck can be lowered in 1 weekend by yourself. He is right about the bolts you will need grade 8 bolts for the rear leaf springs. If you are wanting a 2/3 drop then the best thing to do is get 2 in drop coils and 3 in drop mono leafs and also 3 in drop shocks all around as if you lower it with factory shocks and then raise it back up the shocks will have worn out and every time you hit the gas the back end will violently drop down to the bump stops. To remove the coils first jack up both front wheels and remove them, remove brakes and rotors, remove shocks, get balljoint seperator and heavy hammer and seperate the lower balljoint but be careful as when it seperates the spring will drop down quickly so make sure there's no hands or feet in the way then take the drop springs and slide them in place and reassemble everything. On the back you can either get the blocks, get the mono leafs, or easier than all that simply remove the bottom and middle leaf from the set and that will automatically drop it 3 in just make sure that you get the drop shocks for the back.
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