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Over 20 years ago a small company in Fresno, California had an idea to build the “best performing” lowering suspensions for the Chevrolet pick up. Fresno had been a haven for lowered vehicles and trucks were in abundance. Trucks were being lowered but their suspensions were terrible and not very roadworthy. Springs were either replaced with new ones not necessarily meant for the application and even worse they may be cut or heated with a torch at the local muffler shop to give the lowered stance that was cool. The stance looked good but the ride was terrible.
Beginning of Americas Sport Truck Craze
Belltech’s design staff had a better idea! Why not build
a spindle where the wheels are higher but all of the rest of
the front end geometry stays the same? In fact that’s
just what they did and the drop spindle that launched the Sport
truck craze in America was born.
To
go along with the drop spindle the rest of the truck suspension
needed to be addressed also. Shackles, hanger kits, lowered
coil springs and flip kits soon followed. Keeping with the spirit
of the “best performing” suspension the Belltech
staff designed and created these components using superior materials
and designs. The result made Belltech the most asked for and
successful truck suspension brand in the industry.
Continuous Growth
As time went on more and more enthusiasts joined the Sport truck phenomenon. Soon Ford, Dodge and import truck owners wanted to join in on the look and style of Belltech equipped vehicles. This started a whole new market of truck owners that could now do something different and up to date for their brand of truck. Belltech designed and created suspension components for these applications as well and the company grew accordingly.
With the suspension lowered there was one more factor that needed to be considered. We had to take a look at the suspension dampening system (the shocks). Stock shocks worked well with the stock suspension but by changing the ride height the shock geometry was affected. That’s when the properly designed
Nitro Drop Shock line was designed. Constantly keeping up with the ever challenging Sport truck enthusiast Belltech took this program a step further with the introduction of the Nitro Active shock line using monotube technology to further improve ride quality. Belltech now offers a choice of shocks the better Nitro Drop and the best Nitro Active. No matter what your lowered truck suspension needs are, Belltech is there with products to satisfy every desire.
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Belltech’s success
in the late ‘80’s and ‘90’s made it
possible for the company to grow from a modest beginning,
to a larger manufacturing facility with a satellite warehouse
and finally in 2003 to the current 115,000+ sq. ft. operation
located in Sanger, California. The Sanger facility has made
it possible to expand every aspect of the operation.
 Additional
space for both Engineering and R & D are making it possible
to create and develop new products more efficiently and timely.
Some of the results relating to these new transformations
are the development of new products like the GM Colorado /
Canyon lowering Ball Joint and the new line of Ford F150 drop
spindles.
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In early 2005 Belltech and its sister
company Suspension Techniques joined the team of KW automotive
North America, Inc. KW automotive North America, Inc. allows
Belltech to continue its growth in product development with
the inclusion of dynamic race proven suspension design.
With the newer SUV’s and trucks now coming equipped with
independent front and sometimes rear suspensions Belltech has
the expertise to handle these opportunities with timely and
proper solutions.
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