How Lowering Works

Part 4 of the DJM 1966 Ford F100 Budget Project gets the rear lowered about 4 inches. We used a leaf spring hanger and shackle kit to reposition the leaf springs up on the frame rail. First, we removed the factory leaf spring hangers, replacing them with DJM leaf spring hangers. Followed by removing and…

Jay Robins Award Winning 87 C-10 Voted “Best Truck” by the Vintage Chevrolet Club. Dick Wheeler Memorial Car Show. March 19, 2017 DJM2456-5/5+ KitJay Robins 1987 C-10 Jay was very specific about how he wanted his 87 C-10 to look. He spent some time talking with us to find the right kit, getting the look…

Here’s something you should know! There have been issues with 73 – 87 Chevy C-10 lowering spindles and aftermarket brake rotors. The problem it seems is with the aftermarket rotors making contact with the original equipment calipers. You should know about this because we can’t get factory replacement rotors from Chevy any longer. We tackled…

A Behind the Scenes look at Truckin Magazine as they Install A DJM Calmax Lowering Kit Truckin’ Magazine contacted us wanting to use our Calmax 4/7 kit on a 2010 GMC Sierra project. We were very happy to work with Jeremy Cook editor and Anthony Soos contributing editor while they installed our kit in their fantastic…

Man what a nice F100, just needs a couple things and it’s better than nice! Gerald Haney must have been thinking thoughts like this as he began the restoration of his 78 F100…