Shocks for lowered

[Scott91370]

Doing an axle flip in the rear and 2" coil + 2.5" spindles in front. Along with the front I am going to do the shock extenders so the length will stay the same. I will probably do extenders for the rear as well but I doubt they will make up the full 6" or so meaning I will need a lowered shock.

Question is, what shocks do you guys like to run? I know on the regular and lifted trucks the 4600/5100 Bilstien work well, just couldn't find any real threads naming shocks.

Thanks!!

 

[Swims350]

like to follow along doing the same drop going to need some shocks and/or extenders and want a nice ride.

 

[bluex]

You don't need extenders on the front but you will on the rear. Run KYB 344068 front and 344072 rear. Yes those are stock replacement shocks. Yes they will work fine an will ride great. They have plenty of travel to accommodate that drop as long as you use the rear extenders. Ive done it on too many trucks to count now an everyone is always very happy with the ride.

 

[chipmaker]

You don't need extenders on the front but you will on the rear. Run KYB 344068 front and 344072 rear. Yes those are stock replacement shocks. Yes they will work fine an will ride great. They have plenty of travel to accommodate that drop as long as you use the rear extenders. Ive done it on too many trucks to count now an everyone is always very happy with the ride.

Not too high jack, but will those fronts work on my 1981 c10 w/ 2" drop. Thx.

 

[Scott91370]

Not too high jack.

No worries, questions are very welcome. I'm so new to the game I don't know what's what and this can only help.

 

[bluex]

Not too high jack, but will those fronts work on my 1981 c10 w/ 2" drop. Thx.

Yes they will. I run the same shock on my bagged truck an the ball joints bind up before the shock bottoms out. They still had 1/8" travel with the cross member 1/4" off the ground.

There is really no reason to run a drop shock or extender on the front of these trucks. The lower a-arm bump stop will hit the cross member before the shock bottoms out.