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02-08-2004, 11:16 PM
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Why So Serious Mod?
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All of your 2/3 drop info here!
Seems to me that the most popular question about the Xtreme drop is the static drop 2/3. Lets get some basics down with the Xtreme........
It has the Zq8 suspension package.....which includes steering box, sway bars, Bilstein shocks front and back, sits 1.5 inches lower than the stock S-10 using drop coils For most of the people who can't afford bags or just want to go a little lower and level it out because of this 1.5 drop, the most popular drop is the 2/3 (2 in front and 3 in back) This involves using 2 inch drop spindles and 3 inch drop blocks **note** if you have an extended cab, you use ANGLED blocks! The most popular setup and cost efficient one I have seen is through Summit racing and the part numbers go as follows a 2/3 drop belltech drop spindles bel-2100 and belltech 3" blocks bel-6200 or bel-6202 (depending on if you have a extended cab or not) This usually runs for about $170 shipped, and is pretty easy to do with the follow along instructions. **Note** Some cut the bumpstops out halfway or completly this is to prevent from bottoming out hardcore, and also you will run into the infamous Chevy lean where one side will lean about a 1/4 of an inch lower than the other side, this can simply be solved by using the spacers that are available at Summit. I hope this has helped answer some questions and if I forgot anything I will add it later! Keep on rockin kids! Last edited by zYgoTe : 12-17-2004 at 08:20 PM. |
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02-09-2004, 07:19 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
maybe a make it a sticky? great info :thumbup:
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02-09-2004, 07:20 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
nothing you couldnt of found out by just searching..but good consolidating
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02-09-2004, 08:45 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
true but that was the problem. no one would search for the info they just made a new thread, but now that we have all the info in one thread and have it stickied at the top they have a better chance of seeing it before making another thread on it. |
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02-09-2004, 09:00 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
Would the "chevy lean" cause the truck to pull slightly to one side? or can you drive fine with it?
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02-10-2004, 08:04 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
na, everything i've read so far says it doesn't pull the truck, i'm not worried about mine
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02-10-2004, 08:04 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
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02-11-2004, 08:34 AM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
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02-11-2004, 11:20 AM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
so whats the part #'s for the spacers.
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02-11-2004, 06:58 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
no, scotts just being the dumbfuk he always is.....lol.. the lean wont effect your alignment or anything |
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02-11-2004, 10:06 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
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02-13-2004, 05:05 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
How hard is this to install yourself. Can you do it with a few floor jacks and jack stands or do you need a lift?
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02-13-2004, 07:19 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
This can be done with floor jacks and jack stands. Thats how I did it and it wasn't very hard at all. make sure you get that spacer though for the drivers-side spring.
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02-13-2004, 07:28 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
I just have to convince my parents that it wont do anything.
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02-13-2004, 07:40 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
yup, me and my dad did it in our garage... a jack and 2 jack stands.. took about a weekend to do... front one day, and the rear the next day..
spindles took the longest for sure! they're kinda a bitch to do if its your first time blocks..... with a sawzall, no more then 1 hour and half..... AT THE MOST! |
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02-13-2004, 08:43 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
Will dropping it affect anything. Like will I have problems down the road besides scraping the front?
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02-14-2004, 02:47 AM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
nothing i've noticed wrong yet...... had the drop on almost a year, only is scrapping the front, and you will do that a lot.
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02-14-2004, 11:07 AM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
quick question for the sticky icky, would i need to camber the truck after doing the drop?
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02-14-2004, 10:31 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
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02-15-2004, 06:37 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
Will I have to do anything to the driveline? Or will it be fine.
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02-15-2004, 11:53 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
oh man, great stuff, my brother in law just told me he would do it for me for free!!! i love australians...
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02-15-2004, 11:53 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
i just hope when i go get an alignment they dont tell me its too low ...
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02-16-2004, 12:08 AM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
i dont know if you have firestone out there, but they can get it on there racks out here, im sure they can do it out there.... check and see if they can do it.....
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02-16-2004, 10:07 AM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
gotta check it out, thanks
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02-16-2004, 03:59 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
Sorry to get in late on this thread, but i was looking for a picture of a zq8 with the 2/3 spindle/block drop done to it. I have a stock 01 sonoma extended cab with the zq8 and its not low enough for me. I want to go lower, but only to where the top of my tires are just inside of the bottom of the wheel well. Can anyone help me out with this?
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02-16-2004, 09:08 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
I've got angled 3" blocks on my blazer x, do you guys think i should get some shims?
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02-16-2004, 09:55 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
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02-18-2004, 08:02 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
ALRIGHT!! i lowered my X with a 2/3 drop. i got some questions...i get some rubbing when i turn, is that normal or do i need to adjust something? and also do i need to buy a camber kit, cuz the wheels dont look like they are out of line... i kno i need an alignment but dont know about camber kit? i love my truck this way...
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02-18-2004, 08:02 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
oh yea and how much is an airdam cuz i see myself cracking mine with all the potholes in miami...
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02-19-2004, 01:49 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
see this is why we start new thrreads, nobody wants to play with me....
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02-19-2004, 08:31 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
answers.....
. a new airdam......... get it from twins0203 here on the forum. as for a camber kit.. i didnt buy one.... and you still havent got the alignment yet? man i smell my tires burnin just going to get mine done. lol and yes rubbing is common, but when is it rubbing? mine rubbed on a full lock turn, and some times turning in reverse. |
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02-19-2004, 10:32 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
ok good to hear...it rubs on turns, not even on a full lock turn tho.
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02-19-2004, 10:40 PM
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Re: All of your 2/3 drop info here!
ok new guy here fill me in on the camber kit thing what is it and do i need one doing a 4/5 just got the last of the parts in (i hope). Was going to drop it this weekend but if i got to order more parts it will have to wait
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02-20-2004, 07:17 PM
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