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    leveling out a 00

    i wanna level out my rear on my 00 to sit even with my front what do i need to do this and can someone post some pics.
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    belltech 2" shackles. LFP has them for 50 bucks shipped i believe. that will make it sit level.

    it'll still look higher than a 02-03 HD though. since us 00-01 guys dont have fenderflares to take up some of the wheel well gap we gotta drop an entire extra inch to make it look as low as a dropped 02-03.

    right now i'm dropped 3" in the front and 4.5" in the rear, and flatoutkrazy's 03 HD with a GF 2" front 3" rear still looked a tad lower than mine

    www.ftwtrucks.com/harley356 i got lots of pics of my trucks.

    so far i've had...
    0" front drop 2" rear drop - stock front - belltech 2" rear shackles
    1" front drop 2" rear drop - cut stock coils - belltech 2" rear shackles
    1" front drop 3" rear drop - cut stock coils - JLP 2-3-4" rear shackles
    2" front drop 3" rear drop - ruslow coils - JLP 2-3-4" rear shackles
    2" front drop 5.5" rear drop - ruslow coils - hotchkis leafs & belltech 2"shackles
    2" front drop 4.5" rear drop - ruslow coils - hotchkis leafs & belltech 1" shackles
    3" front drop 4.5" rear drop - hotchkis cut coils - hotchkis leafs & belltech 1" shackles
    3" front drop 4.5" rear drop - cut ruslow coils - hotchkis leafs & belltech 1" shackles


    i may be taking my front coils out once more to cut them a tad more. i say 3" front drop with them, but i think its really only like 2-3/4 and i wanna get like 1/2" more out of it and cut another 1/4 or 1/8 coil off

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    when you lowered it 1-2 how much did you notice in the ride quality change?

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    I think you would love the groundforce 1/3. That was my first drop and it road great, just wasnt low enough for me. But i tend to do things a little extreme.
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    with doing 2" shackles in the rear, and 1" cut coils in the front, didnt really change the ride quality at all. handled a little bit better from lower center of gravity, but overall it wasnt a very noticible change in the feel of the ride

    and just like 00harleytruck it wasnt enough for me either i'm currently at 3/4.5 and i wish i could go even more, but i'm not doing a C-notch or getting front A-arms

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    Belltech makes 2" drop spindles for Ford F150s. They're about $230 through Summit and at the time I called, they had to order them. I've got 2" Belltech shackles in the rear to level it out, which did a nice job. But, I want to go lower in the front and still put Bilsteins on the truck without altering the suspension geometry of the truck. Just thought I'd broaden the horizon for front drops.

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    a few guys at f150online have the belltech spindles on their lightnings, from what i've heard so far belltech still has some ironing out of the design on them

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