I need some help choosing lowering shocks for my blazer. I am looking to improve the ride quality first and foremost.

Right now the factory Bilstein shocks are still on it. I was hoping new shocks would help the ride, since they would be designed to work with my lowered suspension.

I have an 05 2dr Blazer that is lowered 3 inches in the front with drop springs, and 4 inches in the rear with 3" leafs and a 1" block.

I have heard both good and bad things about the belltech drop shocks, both the nitro 2 and the street performance ones. But I would definitely like to hear about any experiences people have with them.

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

 

Bump.

 

You are pretty close to your bump stops aren't you?

 

I'm not sure. I would have to take a look under my blazer. It has been a while since I did any suspension work to it. The guy who owned it before me had cut the front coils a bunch and removed leafs from the rear, so it was riding really low, like about 5 inches lower than stock, and it absolutely sucked to ride in.

My first priority was fixing that so I lowered it correctly with ground force 3" lowering coils in the front and Eaton 3" lowering springs in the back, and it helped a ton. Then I wanted it so sit level instead of have a slight forward rake, so I put a 1 inch block on the back also.

But after having it for a while now, I think it could still ride better than it does, so I was hoping some good shocks might do the trick.

 

How close to level are your lower control arms? I think thats the sweet spot for this platform as far as bump steer and roll center. Three inch springs seem like a lot.