Belltech 3/5

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I found this kit on Craigslist used for 1000 miles, 3'' keys up front and 5'' springs out back and all 4 nitro drop shocks, all for 120$ is this a good deal. also will i have any problems cause im running 24'' wheels. 305/35/24. Thanks
 

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I found this kit on Craigslist used for 1000 miles, 3'' keys up front and 5'' springs out back and all 4 nitro drop shocks, all for 120$ is this a good deal. also will i have any problems cause im running 24'' wheels. 305/35/24. Thanks

I don't know if you will have any issues with running the 24's but $120 for a complete kit with shocks, kinda a no brainer. I would jump on it.

If you don't get it let me know I would grab it. I would even give you a finders fee!!
 
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it actually turned into an awesome deal, the guy ended up delivering it to me, he was about 1 hour and 20 min away from me, so he calls me up and asked me if i was ok with me if he brought it to me, so i said SURE.. now got the kit in my garage ready to be installed next weekend.:party33:
 

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belltech never sold rear 5 inch springs you will get 4.
 

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The 5305 coils give a 5" drop so he may have ended uo with those.
 

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ive never got 5 inch drop out of the belltechs on the 00-06 up and thats doing it over 10 years now on them.

talking over with geroge about 3 years ago he said if it dropped it over 4 inches they would have to make a trailing arm kit and endlink kit thats why they dont want to offer lower springs because thats needed if they went lower. I tried for them to make a kit allready but he said not many people want a 5 inch drop....... i beg to differ on that lol
 
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The springs do say 5305 on them. But you guys are saying it's a 4in? anyone have pics of a 3/5 on 24s?
 

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ive never got 5 inch drop out of the belltechs on the 00-06 up and thats doing it over 10 years now on them.

talking over with geroge about 3 years ago he said if it dropped it over 4 inches they would have to make a trailing arm kit and endlink kit thats why they dont want to offer lower springs because thats needed if they went lower. I tried for them to make a kit allready but he said not many people want a 5 inch drop....... i beg to differ on that lol

They may not be exactly 5" but they have to be pretty close.
Its has been established on here that the Belltech 5305 coils sit at just about the same height as the 5" DJM Tahoe coils, if not lower. And Matt switched from those DJM 5" coils to the 4" TB coils you mentioned above and said he saw only .5" of extra drop. So that means that either the 5305 will settle to just about 5" of drop after some time of use, or the 4" TB coils are not worth 5.5" of drop.

On my 07 Tahoe I had to drop the front 3" just to make it just about match the rear drop height of the 5305 coils. Stock, the front was right at about 2.4" lower than the rear. So if I drop the front a additonal 3" that means I need 5.4" of rear drop to make the rear level with the front. Right now with the 5305 coils the front is .3" lower than the rear so that means its about a 5.1" drop with space for error somehow. And not only that, these were lower than my my old 4" DJM rop coils which gave me 4.5" of drop (with isolators) , only one hour after they were installed!!!
Just saying...:Handshake:
 
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its cool i havent use the tahoe springs in years i allways use the trailblazers even on the tahoes i lowered i never get below 34.25 buy using the 5305 spring which is about 4.25.

member here pmed me he had the 5305 springs and his truck sits at 34.5 from ground to fednerlip where as the djm tb springs sit at 32.5 to 32.75 with the same tires he has.

also depending on what springs people have ive seen many trucks sit up higher than others in rear on the 00-06 suvs.


the djm tahoe springs sit at 33.25 about from ground to fendelrip with stock tires the belltechs dont sit that low at all.

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btw im dealing with tahoewhat from here hes kinda upset the 5305s only have him at 34.5 from ground to fenderlip which I told him thats what it would be. I told him time for the tb springs lol
 
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