2/3 drop needs improvement in ride

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kcipsirhc

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I'll measure tomorrow when I am home. Should I have gone with different springs? I was going with mcgaughys drop cups and rear springs, but they were back ordered. Guys said the MaxTracs were about the same.

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Y'all might shoot me...

I have about 3/8" to the rear bumper stop (didn't trim). Perhaps that is the core of my issue? I didn't trim the fronts either, but that may not be the issue here.

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You must be hitting the bumpstops in the rear with them being that close. Looks like you'll need to do the free travel mod. Also I see your swaybar isn't parallel to the ground so you'll need rear endlinks. Tony @ Norcal can help you out with those.
 
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Thanks for the input. Look forward to Tony telling me what I need to do/buy. I've searched a bit, but the free travel mod sounds like cutting the plate off the axle that the bump stop hits. Is that correct? Just take a grinding wheel to it? What will prevent bottoming out? Will removing/cutting the bump stop resolve this?

Interested in new end links for the rear sway bar too!
 

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You cut off the bracket that holds the bump stop and then add a small pancake bumpstop directly to the frame. At least that's the way it's done on the NBS/ NNBS. I used a Sawzall on mine.
 
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Tony, when you see my update here, can you let me know how much for the end links, if I should change the stabilizer bar brackets/bushings, and if I cut the bracket that holds the bumpstop, do you have a different bumpstop like Red mentioned?
 

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Just take a long sharp knife and lay underneath and cut the bottom half of those bump stops off for the time being until you cut the entire brackets off the frame
 

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