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I'm in the same boat as you, two bad CV boots waiting on a swap. I lowered the car a few months ago and I've been driving through lots of rain and mud, still no knock from the axles. Looking forward to getting the engine built any day now. Good luck.

 

well its a toss up if it was on my car id do it. but lowering it an extrem amount will put more stress on it, now i have driven 1500 stight with both my CV joint bad. never broke. and my car is lowered about 2.5inchs.

simple solution would be put the new suspension on and lower it a minimal amount.

that way the suspension is on and you wont be stressing the CV any more then with the normal ride height with a bad joint.

 

Do it. If you lowered it already then noticed would you raise it again. When it goes bad it sucks either way but it doesnt cause any harm immediatly.

 

If your C.V boot has just torn I would not worry at all about any imediate damage that would be done. Lowering the vehicle does not put anymore stress on the C.V joints that if it was at stock height. Alls that changes with the joints is that the degree of angle it used to sit at would be be different. This angle changes as you drive down the road, hit bumps or load the car down with people anyway. The only time you have to worry about the C.V joint or Constant Velocity joint needing replacement is if it clicks when you turn and accelerate.
Go ahead and lower the car. Hell when you have it all apart it wouldn't be that hard to just replace the boot rather that the whole joint or axle.