Who makes a 3" drop shackle?

 

somebody on here had them custom made, but why would you want a set? Looks to me like its sitting perfectly level with 2" shackles. i think with a 3" you'd be a little lower in the back just curious

anyway,did you see that pic i posted a while back of the 02 HD on 23's. I remember you said you didn't like the orange reflector stripe in your headlights, and that guy painted the lower edge, like you did with your whole taillights. it looked really good. Made the headlights look meaner or something cuz they were thinner. look awsome. just an option for ya. If ya want i can find it and repost it

 

I am wanting to lower the front 1", so I need to lower the rear 1" more.

 

oh, that'll look awsome. post pics when ya do it. i guess do a search for "shackles" in the HD forum and see what ya come up with

so, what did ya ever do about the "yellow crap in the headlights" as you put it

 

TTT

 

aight, i feel stupid asking this, especially since i've been on this site as a member for a year, and a viewer for an additional year, and over 2300 posts, but what does"TTT" mean?

 

TTT= To the top.....

 

, ya think by now i'd know all the shortcut stuff like that and all

learn something new every day.

thanks

 

Kind of odd that one of the big makers of drops doesn't have a 3" shakle kit. If it was that easy you'd think they would have done it by now.How close to the box does a 2" kit leave the springs back there anyhow.

 

Harley 356, I finally did a 2" drop on my '00. I took your advice by jacking it up pretty high before installing the jack stands. It was easy to do, after getting the frame up high. I put my jack in the middle of the axle and was able to change both shackles, without moving the jack. I measured each wheel, before and after as shown on the installation literature that came with it, and gained about an 1-1/2" on each wheel. I discovered that the driverside was an inch closer to the fender before I even started and still is, only 1-1/2"s lower. The lowering resulted in a better ride than I had before. I don't know if I would go any lower with shackles though. It seem the I ended up, only and inch or two from the box after installing the new shackles. I'm happy with the results and it was cheap and easy. Take care

 

sounds good mvreinha, post pics when ya get a chance.

anyway, yeah, there's only like 1-2" left above teh shackle, so a 3" would be the max it would go. I guess the reason nobody really makes one yet is that it would probably throw off the angle too much and you'd need shims
but it does make sense to make one, cuz it makes it alot easier than hangers, for when you drop the front and want to make it level again.