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Okay so at the knoxville meet I bought some shackles. I was gonna wait till I had spindles to and put them on, but I kinda wana go ahead and put the shackles on. What do you think I should do? My rear only sits 1.5" higher then the front right now and half the time looks dead even. I kinda wana put a little more rake in it, but I am unsure if I should.

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What kind of shackles are they? If they're Belltech 6400s, just use the second to the bottom holes for like .75inch of lift in the rear. that is what i did. worked great!
 
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Originally Posted by Dangerranger01
What kind of shackles are they? If they're Belltech 6400s, just use the second to the bottom holes for like .75inch of lift in the rear. that is what i did. worked great!
They are the belltech. That's probably what I will do. I might try it at the max first to see how bad it is. If its not bad I may just run that untill I get spindles.
 
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Leave it till you lift it.
 
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just do spindles now.
 
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leave it and ship me those shackels
 
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Originally Posted by TrucknGolf
just do spindles now.
Got $330 I can barrow? lol

Originally Posted by Downey
leave it and ship me those shackels
Umm no lol
 
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i'd just leave it, looks great now
 
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looks good level
 
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Try the lower setting on the shackles. It looks dead level to me right now.

On the other hand, my F150 right now is dead level with the 2" leveling shocks and a little bit of weight in the back. It seems like if I look at it wrong it is sagging in the back and I hate that, lol. I'm either going to do a 1.5" add-a-leaf or swap the 2" block for a 3".

My vote is for yes...
If you don't like it, it's easy to take back out.
 
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Leave it. I don't see why ppl lift one side more than the other.
 
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Leave it until you get the spindles.
 
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Originally Posted by brianjwilson
Try the lower setting on the shackles. It looks dead level to me right now.

On the other hand, my F150 right now is dead level with the 2" leveling shocks and a little bit of weight in the back. It seems like if I look at it wrong it is sagging in the back and I hate that, lol. I'm either going to do a 1.5" add-a-leaf or swap the 2" block for a 3".

My vote is for yes...
If you don't like it, it's easy to take back out.
That's kinda how I feel right now. I may put them in at the lowest setting and give the rear just a hair more lift.
 
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itll look fine
 
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