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As the title says, I have the urge to lower my edge. I have read this ( http://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2/...=lowering+edge ) over and over again and think I have everything down packed as far as figuring out how I'm going to do it. For the real I intend to go with the Bell Tech 3" drop springs and remove the factory blocks. For the front, of course, torsion key flip. Is it absolutly nessecary to swap the control arm on the driver's side with a passenger side one? How about the tie rod flip? Anybody lower their edge via torsion key flip and not do these two things? How long have you been riding this way?
Anybody have any pictures of their lowered ranger? Lets see some pics.
Yeah, I'll admit I am concerned about flipping the keys. So you just cranked the t-bars all the way down up front right? I had thought about doing that, but I want to put a body kit on and want it as low as possible for the best looks.
As the title says, I have the urge to lower my edge. I have read this ( http://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2/...=lowering+edge ) over and over again and think I have everything down packed as far as figuring out how I'm going to do it. For the real I intend to go with the Bell Tech 3" drop springs and remove the factory blocks. For the front, of course, torsion key flip. Is it absolutly nessecary to swap the control arm on the driver's side with a passenger side one? How about the tie rod flip? Anybody lower their edge via torsion key flip and not do these two things? How long have you been riding this way?
Anybody have any pictures of their lowered ranger? Lets see some pics.
thanks
Why would you buy belltech rear leaf springs and pay that much, just buy a flipkit, it will drop you 5 inches with stock shackles and with the 2 inch lifting shackles youll get a 3 inch drop and wont lose your hauling capability.
And Jeff Ive seen lowered edges, unless hes planning on running rubberbands hell be about stock 2wd height unless he goes all out to the point where its not alignable.
Your truck looks good both on the ground and in the air Dub. The flip kit lowered you 4" in the rear from stock height, am I correct? Your truck looks really low to have only gone down around 2" or so. Your pictures have that hampster in my head running on his wheel, thus initiating the thought process. Since your rear ended up being 2" lower than the front, what if I kept the factory blocks in the rear and installed the 3" Bell tech springs and de-cranked the t-bars all the way. Should keep the front and rear closer to level. Of course I could be totally wrong, who knows.
if you flip the keys in the front, and get the Flip kit... you should be like stevens truck (except level). If you want that flip kit, I still have it (i bought it from steven)
The more and more I read about flipping the keys, the less and less I want to do it. I have heard of people running fine with them flipped, and I have heard a few horror stories as well. I am begining to think it is more trouble than its worth based on the alignment issues alone. Is the flip kit 100% bolt on? I really don't know anything about it except it places the axel on top of the leaf springs.
Flipkit will give you 5 inches.
Flipkit with lifting shackles 3 inches
Those are without the blocks.
I dont know why you want to keep the blocks, without blocks and flipkit with lifting shackles around a 4 inch drop.
Flipkit is 100% bolt on, basically it takes your axle from underneath the leafs and puts it on top of them netting a 5 inch drop with stock shackles.
If you want to get a minium drop for minium cost You can take out your blocks and flip the rear hangers with about 10$ in new hardware bolts and that will get you around 3 inches for 10$
Have te urge to lower my Edge....
