ok i just installed them and i put the vehicle down and it only lowered the back 1'. they claim it's suppose to lower it 2'.

when i bought it, it says 97-01 F150 2' drop shackle. than in italics it said ," also fits lightning for a 2' drop" so am i wrong or are they?

 

I think you will get a little settle once you take it for a ride, but it certainly won'y be an inch, possibly 1/4 inch

 

when i did the shackles on my truck (HD's have same suspension as L's) when i lowered teh jack, and remeasured, i only got 1" also. I drove it around the block a few times and remeasured in the same spot and gained another 1/2". After driving around for another week it looked a little lower and i decided to remeasure again (parked in the same spot) i gained another 1/4" So now i'm at 1 3/4" drop total. not a full 2", but its perfect for me. Now the rear fender gap is at 3 1/4"...just 1/4" bigger than the front fender gap, so its very very slighly raked, and thats just how i like it. If you just lowered it today...remeasure it in a few days and see what ya got total.

 

yeah, i took it driving for like 1 mile and remeasured and it is maybe 1/4' lower, so yeah i'll just give it time then, but now it's completely level......... gotta get those front springs in this weekend!

 

Mine dropped 2" after a few weeks. I agree about the 'level look', I didn't mind if for a while, but after awhile I had to have some sort of rake to it. Hence the front springs. Springs dropped it 1" at first, but after many months, it is a bit lower, possibly 1 1/4"

 

I love the raked look too, and if i had it my way, i'd drop the front 2" more with 3" springs, to get the same stance outnumbered has on his 02 HD. it looks so badazz BUT (always a but ) since the road slopes down and my driveway ramp slopes up, i make it in my drive with about 1-2" of clearance up front. I'd love to drop the front even 1", but i'd hate to scrape the valance going up my drive...it never all works out for me LoL!

 

Welcome to my world

 

yeah, i'm pretty used to it. this weekend isn't going so well either long story

anyway, are you going to be at Etown on sunday fastgator? I'm putting the HD in the show..maybe see ya there

 

yeah i took it out driving today, and the back looks great..... but now the front is starting to look like it has quite a wheel well gap........ before it was the back, i fixed the back and now it's the front..... so im putting those front spings in, after the springs what should i do about the alignment problem? take it immediatly to a belle tire type place? or will it be fine?

 

Iam busy saturday, gona try to make it sunday