Belltech History Over 25 years ago a
small company in Fresno, California had an idea
to build the “best performing” lowering
suspensions for the Chevrolet pickup. 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.
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Belltech Shackle kits drop your truck
1", 2" or 3" or raise it 1/2" depending
on your application. |
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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.
No matter what your lowered
truck suspension needs are, Belltech is there
with products to satisfy every desire.
Belltech Today 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.
Ownership In early
2005 Belltech and its sister company Suspension
Techniques joined the team of KW automotive
North America, Inc, the North American arm of KW
automotive GmbH, Germany.
As part of KW
automotive North America, Inc Belltech continues
its growth in product development and technology
advancement along with its three sibling
companies: KW Suspensions – The world leader in
height and dampening adjustable coilover
suspension systems for the street and the track,
featuring exclusive Inox Stainless Steel
Construction.
Suspension Techniques
Since this time, Belltech has seen a large boost
in its technology and engineering capabilities
with the inclusion of KW Automotive GmbH’s
dynamic race proven suspension design &
technologies including testing and tuning of
complete vehicle dynamics on KW’s own 7-post
Dynamic Testing Rig.
With the newer SUV’s
and trucks now coming equipped with independent
front and sometimes rear suspensions Belltech
has the exclusive expertise, experience and
technology to handle any and all new suspension
challenges in the future. |