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Old Jan 30, 2009
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leveling with a twist

i have an 01 edge and this might seem unorthadox, but i want to level my truck by dropping the back instead of rasing the front. im looking for a sportier stance but not slammed. i want to eventually put some bigger rims and a quality tire on them so it sits almost musclecarish. its yellow, its supposed to look fast. haha
 
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Old Jan 30, 2009
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so? go out and do work!



IF you're rear sits 1" too low, you can always get a '08 1.5" block if you wanted.
 
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Pull the factory lift block and you should be good.
 
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X2
 
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Old Jan 30, 2009
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Originally Posted by 04blackedge
Pull the factory lift block and you should be good.
 
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whoops....i was first to post. i figured pullin' the rear block was a given! dur di durrr. lol.
 
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but then you gotta get shorter rear shocks right???
 
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not for just a couple inches.
 
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shoot, if it was earlier & warmer out I would attempt this... gotta study for tests next week...
 
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hell i had my splash on stock xlt shocks with a 2x2 lol no problems
 
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thanks everyone. (insert compliment describing how sweet this forum is here)
 
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