Lowering Shocks

[GarnetRed4.3]

I just bought a 1994 C1500 and it already has a 3/4 drop on it; 3in springs in the front and a shackle/hanger kit in the rear. However, the stock shocks were left in the front and the guy replaced the rear shocks with the stock rear shocks from a Suburban because they are a little bit shorter than the truck shocks.

So essentially the truck has stock shocks with a 3/4 drop. It rides pretty good for the most part, but has a little bit of a floating feeling, especially over larger bumps/dips.

Are lowering shocks the way to remedy this? I was looking at the Belltech Nitro Drop 2 shocks...these any good? I would think coming from Belltech that they would be.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

[Patman03sprcrw]

yes drop shocks will help, make sure you get quality shock tho.

Ive got bilsteins under my truck and they ride great

[chris mason]

what will also work is 66 stingray rear shocks they are a lil bit cheaper than a set of drop shocks, i have a set of them on my 2door hoe and it rides great

[riddick1224]

I have KYB shocks under mine. They ride great. I believe that Chevy_dreamz has them too on his truck.

[framedragger]

Stay away from the Nitro drop shocks or the Toxic shocks. They are way too costly for what they really are. A friend of mine ordered a set of Toxic shocks for his OBS Chevy and afterward he found out that they were the same as stock S10 shocks.

I have always went to a parts store (autozone, Oriellys, etc.) and asked to use a reference manual for shocks. Most stores have these behind the counter. I then ask for the part number for a stock shock for whatever vehicle I am working on. Then I look up the shock and see what the stock specs are (top and bottom mounts, compressed length, uncompressed length, stroke, etc.) Then all you have to do is figure how far you have lowered the vehicle and subtract that from the overall compressed length of the shock. Then you can look through the reference manual for a shock that has the same mounts as your stock one, but meets the new requirements for the lowering job. I have found great working shocks for less than $10 a piece depending on the vehicle and application desired. You would be amazed at what vehicles are interchangeable. I believe when I dropped my first F-150 I started running Ranger shocks in the back. Cheap and had the shortened length I needed.

[bluechevylow88]

in the rear i deff recomend air shocks they are amazing my truck has a 5?10 drop on it and its the smoothest ride

[LEO]

i recently read on gmfullsize that the summit racing shocks are just renumbered doetsch(sp?) tech shocks.
the guy that created the post proved it w/ pics.
i don't have any experience w/ doetsch tech shocks but from what i hear, they are a stiff riding shock.

http://www.gmfullsize.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134476&highlight=shocks

[Faust1]

We stock lowered shocks for that year model at carquest. if we dont have em in stock we can have em next day. if you're around the beaumont area.