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Working, lowered, & on Ralleys . . ....

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mine
a coil and 3 inches cut off the front springs, and the short, thick overload leaf and 2 other removed from the rear pack leaving 3 leafs
8 inch rallys with 235/75/15's
Attachment 497125

it is under going some renovation at the moment;)

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can you give us some more specs on you truck? drop and tire size??

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Here they are 20X8.5

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StepinNJ, What is you drop and back-spacing?

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3" Bell Tech spindles
1-coil cut off OE V8 springs
1-ton 1.25" sway bar on Energy Suspension bushings
Gabriel replacement gas shocks w/owner fabbed upper relocation bracket
215-70-15 BFG's on 15x6.5" van ralleys
shaved lower a-arm lip @ BJ area for wheel clearance

Western Chassis flip kit (HD 8-leaf spring option)
Bell Tech shackles
WC bolt-in c-sections (bolted-in w/GRADE-8 hardware + welded
WC shock extensions
Gabriel gas shocks for 73-87 GM 4x4 front
Owner fabbed air-over leaf set-up (manual fill w/schrader valves)
255-70-15 BFG's on 15x8" truck ralleys

Hidden CLASS IV Hitch

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Captain Thorough to the rescue!!! ;)
excellent info :thumbs:

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heres my old 85...
van ralleys on front and wide truck ralleys on the rear. i can remember the front tire size but the rear is a 275-60 drag radial.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s92/001-25.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d1...s92/005-22.jpg

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What was the setup on it?

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a 6/8 drop

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Here is a shot of mine.

It has a 2.5" spindle on the front with a Belltech 1" coil that I actually cut a 1/2 a coil off of, for a total of about 4.5"in the front. The rear is just a flip bracket that I made due to the '96 rearend swap.

I replaced the shocks in the front with Belltech Nitro Drop shocks and replaced a few bushing and the upper balljoints at the same time I installed the drop. After doing all of that, it actually rides a heck of a lot better than it did in stock trim.

It has 15x8" rallies w/ 255/70r15's which calculate out to about 29" tall and they do NOT rub at all. I have future plans for 18" wheels but no bigger because I tow a ski boat with it, and don't want to ruin the ride.

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^^ your truck sure looks sick buddy.

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Thanks, It's still a work in progress though. Gotta have that 5.3L

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man nlped, i know that you are a victom of the boss 338,but dude, the truck is super clean man. i think this looks perfect with these wheels. do you know what over all drop you have? i just got my wheel vintique vette stlyed rally's. i just ordered 2 15x8's because the 15x10''s for the rear where out of stock. i think i might go 8''s all around after seeing your setup. do you have anymore pics?

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The measurement's when I started vs. when I finally finished the drop at the fenders works out to 4.5" front and 5.5" rear. I'm not totally convinced that I want to notch the rear frame because the rearend only hits the frame if I hit a hell of a bump, and I am still using the ORIGINAL rear shocks without relocators. Those are next :).

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Nlped this is yet another fine example of a beautiful stock looking truck. That thing is beautiful! Got a few "right click save's" in that post. :thumbs:

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Thanks a lot John, I appreciate it!

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where is the cheapest place to buy the lowering kits? i was thinking of getting the 4/6.

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comes with a c-notch
western chassis $500 for 4-6 and 5-7
http://sporttruckdirect.com/C10_kits.html
mcgaughys 562
http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.as...sults_trigger=
beltec $630
http://sporttruckdirect.com/Belltech_Drop_Specials.html
no c-notch
djm 5-5 $488
http://www.stylintrucks.com/part.asp...&partid=559744
parts from summit
3" summits coils $74(ground force)
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-G726/
djm flip kit $85
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DJM-FK1024-5/
cp spindles $210
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CLP-CP4S4/
total $369

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What is the drop you have on this?

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A little more than 5/7.

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Thanks! looks Great!

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I pieced my drop together off of Ebay and managed to get the MgGaughy 2.5" spindles (so I wouldn't run into any rubbing issues with the factory 15" wheels), the Belltech 1" drop springs (I ended up pulling them back out and cutting a 1/2 a coil off to get it to sit how I wanted it), Belltech Nitro front shocks, and I built the flip bracket myself for the rearend out of an $8 piece of material and $25 labor at a machine shop up the road. My grand total for all the above mentioned parts was approximately $350. Just an fyi ;)

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not the best pic for this topic but the red & white one is lowered on rallys
[IMG]http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...e/rapidroy.jpg[/IMG]

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here is a better one of it ;)