EXTENDED HOLIDAY HOURS Black Friday 6am-6pm | Saturday 8am-3pm | Cyber Monday 6am-6pm - SHOP DEALS NOW
Drop Kits
VRP Front Lowering Collars Corvette C8 Z51 2020-2024
VRPBF10
ARB Pair Torsion Bar Set Mitsubishi Montero 1983-1991
BLKFRI24
ARB Pair Torsion Bar Set Mitsubishi Montero 1989-1991
BLKFRI24
ARB Pair Torsion Bar Set Mitsubishi Montero 1991+
BLKFRI24
ARB Pair Torsion Bar Set Toyota Land Cruiser 1998-2007
BLKFRI24
ARB Pair Torsion Bar Set Toyota Land Cruiser Diesel 1998-2007
BLKFRI24
Arlen Ness Rear Adjustable Lowering Kit Harley Davidson Softail Models 2000-2017
BLKFRI24
Belltech -1 to -3.5" Front & -5.5" Rear Complete Lowering Kit w/ Street Performance Struts/Shocks Ford F-150 4WD 2021+
BLKFRI24
Belltech -1" to -3.5" Front & -4.5" Rear Complete Lowering Kit w/ Street Performance Struts/Shocks Ford F-150 2WD 2021+
BLKFRI24
Belltech -2" to -5.5" Front & -6.5" Rear Complete Lowering Kit w/ Street Performance Struts/Shocks Ford F-150 2WD 2021+
BLKFRI24
Belltech -2? to -4? F |-4? R Complete Kit with Street Performance Struts GM Silverado | Sierra 1500 2WD | 4WD 2019-2024
BLKFRI24
Belltech 0 to 4"F | 4"R Street Performance Shocks GM Silverado | Sierra 1500 2WD | 4WD 2019-2024
BLKFRI24
Belltech 0" Front/0" Rear Drop Muscle Car Performance Kit Buick | Chevrolet | Pontiac 1967-1972
BLKFRI24
Belltech 0" Front/0" Rear Drop Muscle Car Performance Kit Chevrolet | Buick 1967-1967
BLKFRI24
Belltech 0" Front/0" Rear Drop Muscle Car Performance Kit Chevrolet | Buick 1978-1988
BLKFRI24
Why Install a Drop Kit on your Truck?
For a lot of truck owners, deciding on whether to lift or lower their truck often comes down to style. Aside from style, there are a lot pros and cons to lowering or lifting your truck. Things like handling, ride height, how much you’ll be towing, aesthetics, and more, are all accounted for when making the decision to lift or lower your truck. For those who want to improve their truck’s handling characteristics, lowering it is the better option.
How Drop Kits Work
To put it simply, drop kits are designed to help lower your truck, according to desired levels. Some kits will just drop the rear of your truck to help it sit level, and some kits will lower your front and rear suspension. The lower you go, the more complicated everything becomes, especially at the rear where the axle can hit the frame if you go too low. Typically, a drop kit will include a set of springs, nuts and bolts, rear shocks and front struts, however, some drop kits include very minimal components.
These items will replace the corresponding original equipment manufacturer or OEM parts that are presently fitted on your truck. Most trucks can use either lowering blocks or lowering shackles in the rear. Up front you can either use lowering springs, torsion keys (on trucks with torsion bar suspension), or drop spindles. Many lowering trucks use a combination of these components.
Performance Benefits
The big performance benefit from decreasing ride height is improved handling. By lowering the overall center of gravity of your truck, body movement is greatly decreased and grip is improved. Of course, if you go too low, decreased suspension travel can impair handling, so it’s important to find a balance between lowered ride height and decent suspension travel. Aside from the performance benefits, your truck will also look great!
1. Improved Aero and Fuel Economy
Lowering your truck’s suspension will bring it closer to the ground. In case you didn’t already know, most trucks suffer from terrible fuel mileage, which is partially caused by the large amount of air which can go under the truck while driving down the road. Lowering your truck can massively improve fuel mileage by reducing overall drag. This is especially important if you plan on taking your truck to the track or drag strip where speeds are much higher.
2. Improved Handling
As stated earlier, lowering your truck can improve handling by lowering your truck’s center of gravity. The lowered height results in higher stability, better responsiveness, and more effective speed control. More importantly, well tuned spring rates and dampers are necessary once you install sticky tires which can easily overpower your OEM suspension when cornering hard. On top of that, the risk of rolling over is greatly reducing in a lowered truck, especially compared to a lifted truck.
If you own a high-performance truck and you plan to further enhance its capabilities, then fitting it with a drop kit or lowered suspension is probably the next best step. In addition to that, the lowered look will never fail to turn some heads!
Lower your truck’s height just a bit or slam it all the way down to the ground! With the extensive assortment of drop kits here at Vivid Racing, everything is up to you! Regardless of if you just want that lowered look or are looking to improve your handling and overall driving experience, we have the right kit to suit your needs! We carryCoilovers,Mounts,Bushings,Strut Bars,Sway Barsand more!