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AWE Daniel
05-13-2011, 04:03 PM
Got those shackles on, thanks again Greg!

The pictures dont show much but in person it is a lot less raked so im good for now, might remove the O/L later on.

Before:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/cadillac360/100_0220.jpg

After:

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r74/cadillac360/100_0222.jpg
AWE Daniel
05-13-2011, 04:22 PM
Ohh and btw my gas tank is almost empty in these pics lol
Redtruck-VA
05-13-2011, 05:00 PM
Daniel, you have now been officially infected. When you do the flip kit you can knock out the O/L spring. lol Believe me it won't be long....

Edit: your front looks to be a little lower than normally seen.

Here is a picture of Red when I first put the 08 wheels on it. It has shackles and O/L removed.

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7746/dsc00044lt.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/dsc00044lt.jpg/)
SmokedRam
05-13-2011, 05:26 PM
Looks good Dan!!!
BAD HABIT
05-13-2011, 05:42 PM
dont forget itll settle down a little bit too, my truck had a horrible rake similar to yours and i hated it, in a few days itll look better....
AWE Daniel
05-13-2011, 10:14 PM
Man those pics are crap, it looks way better in person.

And how exactly does it settle? what moves?
Redtruck-VA
05-14-2011, 07:26 AM
The shackle will settle back some, this is one of the reasons why I don't always like air tools as they can easily make somethings too tight. Not removing the o/l was a missed opportunity and you will need to go back in to remove. It'll give you another 5/8" - 3/4" drop. It doesn't weaken the spring pack but simply removes the thickness of the spring. Good luck...
Ms.MagnumSLT
05-14-2011, 08:08 AM
looks good!
4XLGator
05-14-2011, 09:56 AM
Looks good Daniel. To make it look better...86 the nerf bars.
Silverbullet08
05-14-2011, 11:32 AM
the shackle will move forward and setting in its position...

go run over some bumps
BAD HABIT
05-14-2011, 06:25 PM
actually the bottom of the shackle will lay back towards the rear bumper, if you need ill take pics of where mine sit if you need to compare, and i agree with greg, i hope you didnt tighten the shackle bolts to tight cause they are supposed to be able to move a little...
Redtruck-VA
05-14-2011, 06:42 PM
In this picture showing a shackle installed from my flip kit you can see were the arrow points is were the drop shackle had hit the frame. I didn't notice this until after the drop shackles were removed. But additional drop may be had by having some clearance at this point.

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5450/dsc0044750.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/252/dsc0044750.jpg/)
AWE Daniel
05-14-2011, 07:01 PM
Yeah greg i saw the spots on the shackles, but if that is all it did during 5 years im not worried
Redtruck-VA
05-14-2011, 07:03 PM
I don't think it is anything to worry about but might add just a bit more drop by giving it some clearance.
Silverbullet08
05-14-2011, 08:05 PM
actually the bottom of the shackle will lay back towards the rear bumper, if you need ill take pics of where mine sit if you need to compare, and i agree with greg, i hope you didnt tighten the shackle bolts to tight cause they are supposed to be able to move a little...

that is what i meant...
OklaHemi
05-14-2011, 11:29 PM
Sweet welcome to the lower side of life daniel