i will post pics within 24 hours to help you out.

 

did you take measurements of all 4 corners before you lowered the truck?

 

im still trying to decipher that but make sure theyre seated properly in the spring pocket make sure theyre proper coils etc etc etc

 

I agree it's hard to understand, but after reading it yet again I might have deciphered part of it. Since the truck was a ZQ8 to begin with, it was already lowered 1.5" in front using drop coils and 1.5" in back using drop leafs. Therefore in the rear you kept the factory drop and added 3" blocks to drop it 3 more inches. However in the front you removed the stock coils that dropped the truck and added 2" drop coils, so the new coils would only drop the truck .5" by themselves, the spindles would add another 2" to it. So basically you dropped the front of the truck 2.5" more and the rear 3" more. If the truck sat level to begin with, then you dropped the rear .5" lower and this is why the truck sits higher in the front now.

 

but its basically a ZQ8+2/3 then an extra 1/2" more in front so techncially the front should sit lower

 

well it's basically a 4"/ZQ8+3 drop, so in other words a 4/4.5"

And it all depends on how the truck sat stock whether it should or shouldn't sit higher in the front. That's why you always want to measure the truck before you drop it so you know exactly how much it ended up dropping.

 

ok found the problem... i think. the springs arent in the pockets right. and i did measure b4 the drop. ill check tomorow on the springs. didnt even look at them just popped um in and set the hell with it. if that is the problem the truck should sit a little lower in front when it is fixed.

 

the end of the bottom of the coil should cover one of the drain holes in the LCA, but not both of them. The drain holes are located on the engine side of the lower spring pocket. Also check to make sure they are in the upper pocket correctly, there is a metal lip that the coil sits around. If it isn't around then lip and is sitting on the lip instead then it won't drop right either.

 

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When i put 2" belltech drop coil springs on my 98 zq8 sonoma v6 i didnt pay any attention to where the spring was located on the drain holes. if the springs are installed wrong could there be a possibility that the springs could sit a .5" lower if they were installed correctly?

 

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yes

 

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I believe so. The lower A-arm is molded so the spring will fit in there a certain way. Then again, it could be the imfamous "chevy lean" you're referring to.

 

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it wouldnt be the chevy lean becuz the whole front sits up too high

 

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its the way the control arm is stamped. i didnt notice untill i pulled my coils back out...my truck was .5" too high, and i turned the coils and it dropped to a full 5"

 

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anyone wanna second that? i have been tryin to tell my dad and bro that that is what is wrong with my bros truck but they are just like no it takes like a mont before the springs seat up and break down more. they will not believe me because what do i know i am just a 14 year old kid.

 

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springs dont settle unless theyre seated wrong i dont see why you needed another thread for this when we covered all this in your other one

 

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They need to be installed correctly. The correct way is set the coil on the ground, then turn it end for end and set it on the ground again, the end that made it set up straightest faces up in the spring pocket. When seating the coil in the lower A-frame, the tip of the coil must cover one drain hole, but not the second. Make sure the rubber insulators are installed and secure, I always tape them. The upper end of the coils must fully seat in the pocket, and not hang up on the center of it. I have been carefull to use this proceedure on several S- trucks, and never had one lean yet.

 

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springs dont settle unless theyre seated wrong i dont see why you needed another thread for this when we covered all this in your other one

because no one understood my other thread and i didnt know what the problem was then.

 

okay so im a slow merger but yeah this is much better...ONE thread

 

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i dont see why you needed another thread for this when we covered all this in your other one

there was no need for a 2nd thread......threads merged