i am researching dropping my truck, probably 2/5. i can either use the Eibach 2/3 kit with springs (AutoAnything.com has them for $313 w/free shipping!) and then use shackles for another 2", or get a kit that has a flip kit.

are there any benefits of one over the other? cost, ride, etc?

Thanks!

 

You DON'T want a flip kit, they will twist and bend and squeak.....just go with what we all have springs and leafs and shackles....!

 

Yeah, mine slips all the time if I give it too much gas after putting it in reverse. The whole assembly will slip under the axle lol. It seems like I can never get those suckers tight enough.

 

I did Eibach rear springs (218 bucks AJUSA) with the Ground Force shackles I already had and it gave me a 4.5" drop on the bottom hole of the shackle, though I am a supercrew with a fiberglass tonneau.

 

cool. thanks, guys. i did not know that the flip kits were bad about squeeking and what not. i will keep looking at the springs and shackles, then.

thanks alot!

 

My DJM flip kit has been fine. Yet, I don't drive like I use to with my first new truck. I've had the kit on for 6 months now and no sqeeking, but I do think the hangers in the kit are under-designed for agressive driving.

I have some new ground force shackles still in box if your interested...

 

shoot me an email, please, and we will discuss...

 

^^^e-mail sent^^^

 

It doesn't squeek it just shifts under torque in the opposite direction. It sounds like a clunk when a truck drops into 4x4.

 

Hey stealth, what website is this? ajusa can you get me a direct link? and post a pic of your truck in your sig now that she looks great

 

I put a direct link in the other thread where you asked me.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...8&postcount=57

 

i think that one problem with the flip kits is the design of the brackets that relocate the axle. if you look at the DJM brackets it looks as if there is no way for that axle to rotate once everything is bolted down. i looked at the McGaughy flip kit brackets and other companies flip kit brackets and can see where the rotating of the axle could be a problem. i would let you guys know if it was a problem with mine but i think i am going to wait to install my drop on my new truck. i might be wrong but the brackets between the two look completely different.

 

all you have to do on a flip kit to keep it from moving is weld the bracket to the axle.

 

well you could do that as well. i was just saying that i think that some companies have addressed the issue where others haven't.