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What would you guys do? Lowered 3 in front and back. Drop springs up front and shackles in the back. But it looks like it needs another 2 inches in the back.
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Flip kit.
 

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If its just a **** hair I would try to pull a leaf spring.
 

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Looks like more than 1 hair to me. Not sure if a leaf will get him where he wants to be.
 

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My first thought is "pull the overload".

My second thought was "raise the front". All you gotta do is put half a coil back in...
 

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Definitely wanna lower the back


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It's got 3 in drop shackles on the back. Can I go to for without it hitting the bed or so I need to go to a flip


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Four inch shackles


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So add hangers....
That's the next step. (At the front of the spring)
 
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from what I read it has drop shackles, If so then do hangers. you could get drop leafs, or you could go back to stock shackle and do a flip leafs under axle that's usually 5-6 inches of drop stock.
 

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I think it looks really good as it is :shrug:
 

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What size wheels and tires are you running? I'm not contributing to the discussion but this is the exact stance I'm lookin' for out of mine...
 

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You could also try removing the overload leaf springs and see if that works first since its less involved than installing a rear flip kit.

As an example...I removed my overload springs, installed a rear flip kit AND installed 2" leaf hangers (at the BACK of the axle)..... for a total of 7" drop. Start off small and work from there.....ditch the overload springs and see how much it helps. The next step would be to do a flip kit.
 
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