You read it right. I need to lower my '04 standard cab 4x4. Before anyone starts screaming about why I would lower a 4x4, I do have a reason. My wife is disabled. It's very hard to get her in and out of the truck when it sits so high. I could always get a 2x4 truck, but then when it snows I'm screwed! So lowering my 4x4 is an option I'm looking into. It will do two things: 1) Make it easier to get her in and out of the truck. Maybe she'll even be able to get in on her own 2) If she can get in on her own, it will give her back a little bit of her dignity
So a rear axle flip will give me about a 5" drop I'm told. The front of my truck already has the torsion bars cranked up raising the truck 2" to make it sit level. Been that way for about 12 years now. Loosening the torsion bars back to stock should lower the front back down 2", and loosening a bit more until it sits level again would be about another 3" or so
My questions are simple:
1) Would it still be align-able like that?
2) How bad would it ride?
3) If the ride would be really bad, what other options are there to get another 3" after setting back to stock height?
So a rear axle flip will give me about a 5" drop I'm told. The front of my truck already has the torsion bars cranked up raising the truck 2" to make it sit level. Been that way for about 12 years now. Loosening the torsion bars back to stock should lower the front back down 2", and loosening a bit more until it sits level again would be about another 3" or so
My questions are simple:
1) Would it still be align-able like that?
2) How bad would it ride?
3) If the ride would be really bad, what other options are there to get another 3" after setting back to stock height?