diesel_s
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I noticed a bunch of guys don't really know how to lower their sports correctly.
First off, before lowering your truck, a couple of things need to be considered;
And the list goes on, for me, I carry people and I drive my X daily, and I'm a speeder, no holds bar. I wanted a 3 in drop for my X, but I wanted a street look for it as well but still wanted to sustain somewhat of a comfortable ride. Like most people here, I backed out my torsion bar bolts, the problem with this is that the bolts will scrub the ground when you climb certain speed-bumps or even enter some driveways, so I will be doing a torsion bar flip in the very near future. I also changed the shocks, keep the stock shocks will equal to a harsh ride, if possible, try doing a coil-over suspension conversion in the front. For the rear, 3 in lowering blocks and a new set of shocks. I purchased the DJM Lowering shocks and they retail for about $211 for a set of 4 and man did they make a difference. Another addition one might consider is the changing of the sway bars to increase handling and stability. I have a negative camber which has greatly increased my trucks handling as well. Word to the wise, check out all of your body bushings first before you begin work on your X, I had a very bad rear bushing and didn't know, I did the lowering job and the bushing died due to the constant bounce I had before i changed the shocks and let me tell you, that was a pain to replace!!!!!!!! When lowering the rear, one may consider ordering particular lowering blocks online rather than the ones from an auto parts store such as auto zone, bought a 2in set that died, ended up ordering a 3in set from autoanything.com that have been on the sport for nearly 2 years now. Below are pictures from before, and after.
Before
After
First off, before lowering your truck, a couple of things need to be considered;
- How low to you want to go
- Is this going to be a daily driver
- How fast do you drive
- What size wheels/tires do you want to install
- How often do you carry people
- What kind of shocks will you install
- Do you have stock swaybars
- Are your brakes still the factory system
And the list goes on, for me, I carry people and I drive my X daily, and I'm a speeder, no holds bar. I wanted a 3 in drop for my X, but I wanted a street look for it as well but still wanted to sustain somewhat of a comfortable ride. Like most people here, I backed out my torsion bar bolts, the problem with this is that the bolts will scrub the ground when you climb certain speed-bumps or even enter some driveways, so I will be doing a torsion bar flip in the very near future. I also changed the shocks, keep the stock shocks will equal to a harsh ride, if possible, try doing a coil-over suspension conversion in the front. For the rear, 3 in lowering blocks and a new set of shocks. I purchased the DJM Lowering shocks and they retail for about $211 for a set of 4 and man did they make a difference. Another addition one might consider is the changing of the sway bars to increase handling and stability. I have a negative camber which has greatly increased my trucks handling as well. Word to the wise, check out all of your body bushings first before you begin work on your X, I had a very bad rear bushing and didn't know, I did the lowering job and the bushing died due to the constant bounce I had before i changed the shocks and let me tell you, that was a pain to replace!!!!!!!! When lowering the rear, one may consider ordering particular lowering blocks online rather than the ones from an auto parts store such as auto zone, bought a 2in set that died, ended up ordering a 3in set from autoanything.com that have been on the sport for nearly 2 years now. Below are pictures from before, and after.
Before
After
