Chevy Straight Axle
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I'd go with a Dana 60 and a coil-over setup the dual rate springs are a must for a soft street ride and solid off road setup. Also if you spend the extra $ and go with a set of king coil-overs they will let you swap the springs until you find the spring rate you like. If you want to save a little money you could always find a set of lifted springs for a older 3500 they should support the dmax weight, and spring hangers are fairly easy to fab up. Make sure you hang it square and use long enough shackles so ur springs will compress and drop out correctly. just dont do this https://www.dieselbombers.com/chevy-...amax-jump.html
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I swapped my 2005 duramax to straight axle, I went with the oru kit and it was relatively easy to install as long as you have the right dana 60 out of a 78-79 ford. No welding just have to drill a few bolt holes
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I swapped my 05 duramax to solid axle and I went with the oru kits and it went really well and was relatively cheap
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I swapped my 05 duramax to solid axle and its great and doesn't ride all that much worse
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I swapped my 05 duramax to solid axle and I went with the oru kits and it went really well and was relatively cheap
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I swapped my 05 duramax to solid axle and its great and doesn't ride all that much worse
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i have installed 9 or 10 kits from offroad direct, very stout products especially for the cost. offroad unlimited i think your bigtime paying for the name. it isnt necesarilly a hard swap if you know how to weld/ torch/ grind etc. its just more money binding than anything else
if you go leaf sprung, use super dty ford springs, they ride soooooooooo much better than the 73-87 chevy springs, and hold the diesel weight. you get a pretty soft ride between that and a good sway bar up front my truck drives like a Cadillac damn near
if you go leaf sprung, use super dty ford springs, they ride soooooooooo much better than the 73-87 chevy springs, and hold the diesel weight. you get a pretty soft ride between that and a good sway bar up front my truck drives like a Cadillac damn near