Got her dropped!

madmikeismad

madmikeismad

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Got her finished today. Dropped 4" in the front, and 6.5" in the rear, so its stock height with the rear leveled now. Also lost over 400# of rotating weight.

Dropping it another 2" tomorrow, but im going to have to modify the track bar tomorrow. The tie rod, tack bar, and *toe adjustment bar thing* are all within an inch of each other.

Over all, it feels waaaayyy lighter, trans shifts harder LOL, and it feels jumpier off idle! Definitely faster than before also, but haven't been able to really get on it yet, do to icy roads. The new 67/83 will hopefully be on this weekend too!

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or take the boards off now that you dont need a ladder to get in that thing.. looks good
 
Truck looks way better now. Like the wheels also! Now just lower the front down another couple inches and let it ride.
 
UNBROKEN said:
fixed that for ya
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Cant LOL. I'm 6'2" and still gotta stretch a little to get up there. I am going to bring them up level with the rockers though, like a regular running board. And paint them.

kleann said:
That looks r4eally nice now! what wheels are those?
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rdix7991 said:
Truck looks way better now. Like the wheels also! Now just lower the front down another couple inches and let it ride.
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Going 2 more in the front, and 1 in the rear. Its nuts how much lower the tailgate is without all the rake now. The edge of the gate when down is over 10" lower. And I can get in the toolbox without standing on the tire now!

Wheels are 20", got them from these guys on ebay. You can get them without the window on the end of the spokes, but they come with way less backspacing then.

http://visionwheel.com/wheel.cfm?id=625

These are what I wanted:

http://visionwheel.com/wheel.cfm?id=622
 
I have nerf bars on mine, but it only took them once being ice covered and busting my ass to decide they would only stay on for looks LOL
 
did you use different leaf spring blocks to level it in the rear? thinking of doing the same to mine.
 
SuperDave4x4 said:
Looks MUCHO better!!!!!!

What tire are you running and what size?
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Toyo proxy ST 305/50r20. Talk to Lostnwalmart, he found a store where they're 600 shipped I think. I payed 650.

duck_04 said:
I have nerf bars on mine, but it only took them once being ice covered and busting my ass to decide they would only stay on for looks LOL
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I also use them to jack up the truck, so I can keep the axles clear LOL

YOUNG GUNS15 said:
did you use different leaf spring blocks to level it in the rear? thinking of doing the same to mine.
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I completely removed the stock 4" blocks. All I have now is

stock leaf pack with stock helper spring
a 2.5in lift shackle flip
and 1" zero rate block used for centering the axle with the shackle flip

its now at 1" below stock height. I'm going to pull both the zero block and helper springs I think, for another 1.5" drop. I'm going for a full 2/4ish drop.

tcalvin said:
Looks a lot better Mike, nice work.
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Thanks!
 
man ill say i loved those old goodyears.. ran a 12.27 on them in my old rig..
 
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