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I need to mention that the Ford 8.8 rear-end tubing is larger than the Chevy was which lowers the thing by another half inch give or take. I did an extensive search here and have found that it used to be common to flip axles, and due to frame hitting problems also flip the rear spring mounts to the top of the frame. This puts the shackles under compression rather than tension and actually raises the frame back up almost 2 inches. My math adds the width of the axle housing, the springs width and the mounting pad and says that I lowered the rear frame by a little over 8 inches. Flipping the rear spring mount would raise it just shy of 2 inches for a total of a 6 inch give or take drop. These pics show me jacking up the pu by 2 inches, measured at the center of the axle to the fender.