Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 22y 16d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 28/02/08 08:34 AM Posted 28/02/08 08:34 AM I wanna drop my ute another 3/4' to 1' more, its not worth changing springs again so I think some small lowering blocks would do the job nicely.im POSITIVE ive read stories of others on here using blocks BUT...I went into bursons to order some and my guru there informs me that they CANNOT use blocks on the BA-BF utes.can anybody shed some light on this pls?
Fat-Tony Legacy Donating Member 5,364 Member For: 20y 6m 4d Posted 28/02/08 08:51 AM Posted 28/02/08 08:51 AM (edited) LOL...Have a look under your ute. Lower it with blocks and the shock mount will hit the rim. Edited 28/02/08 08:52 AM by Fatsex
mrdamo Legacy Donating Member 94 Member For: 19y 6m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/02/08 09:00 AM Posted 28/02/08 09:00 AM Lowering blocks do exist for the BA/BF utes because I have enquired about them before as well. But it depends how low you want to go. You said you only want to drop it another inch or so, That should be fine as long as you have 18" rims or bigger. Im thinking about dropping mine another inch as well so ill be buying a set in the next couple of weeks.
SDWAYZ Member 103 Member For: 20y 3m 1d Posted 28/02/08 10:16 PM Posted 28/02/08 10:16 PM Don't waste time with blocks. I went to Advantage Suspension in Moorabbin. Reset your factory leaf springs and enjoy. Do it once, do it right. And you can pick the exact height you want too.
Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 22y 16d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 01/03/08 04:42 AM Author Posted 01/03/08 04:42 AM its already lowered.... I dont want to pull them out to reset them an inch lower to find out I cant stand it.. blocks are easier and a more temporay solution.
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Legacy Donating Member 19,334 Member For: 21y 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 01/03/08 04:54 AM Posted 01/03/08 04:54 AM (edited) About six bags of concrete should give you another inch troughy......doesnt get more temporary than that.... Edited 01/03/08 04:55 AM by hiddeous
Fat-Tony Legacy Donating Member 5,364 Member For: 20y 6m 4d Posted 01/03/08 04:57 AM Posted 01/03/08 04:57 AM (edited) Hey here is an idea Troughy, you can get Marcus and I in the back again, that should do the trick. Edited 01/03/08 04:58 AM by Fatsex
senna_T Forged Member Legacy Donating Member 15,818 Member For: 19y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 01/03/08 05:22 AM Posted 01/03/08 05:22 AM I had a customer ask me about these, when I spoke to our local pedders, they said that they cannot do it on anything bigger than 18's, as Fatsex said, the shock mounts get in the way
Trough Lolly Member 4,349 Member For: 22y 16d Gender: Male Location: Mildura Posted 01/03/08 03:23 PM Author Posted 01/03/08 03:23 PM (edited) Hey here is an idea Troughy, you can get Marcus and I in the back again, that should do the trick.haha ill take you for a delightful spin through the spiders web with minimal time off-boost!senna, I had half a tonne of pavers in the back a few months ago and she was sitting REAL nice!! lolit was from that moment I knew I had to get blocks!oh well it cant be done mmmm tray fulla pavers Edited 01/03/08 03:27 PM by Trough Lolly
Mr Man Mad Scientist Member 816 Member For: 21y 9m 26d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 01/03/08 07:26 PM Posted 01/03/08 07:26 PM Hey here is an idea Troughy, you can get Marcus and I in the back again, that should do the trick.that means you'd have to come back up here again, what happens when u want to go home and troughy still wants his ute dumped?
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