Porterbuilt Body Drop ????
 

I saw Porterbuilt has body drops.Has anyone bought and installed one?? How is it? Would you Do it again?? I want to lower my 69' about 1 more inch all the way around.It all ready sits 4.5 in front and 6 in rear on coil and drop spindles..Should i go this route or not??Does anyone have any pics?? O yea how was the install??
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I got it ....i Love the way it takes it on down !! PINCH FLAT ON THE GROUND , here are a few pics , any questions just give me a shout ! First getting rid of the stock mounts, and adding the new ones

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next ! notching the core support

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next....PINCH ON THE GROUND....and oh, dont forget SLOSH TUBZ !

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nacho used one too. came out killer!
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1333299622

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nice kit

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oh man, that looks killer......if only I could pull this off while the truck is blown apart
for the LS1 swap lol

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this is hot

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If the truck is apart the kit is very simple to install. It didn't take me long to install on a bare frame. Well worth te money!!!!
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67cheby; with all the other work you did to the suspension, did you need the body drop to fully lay out, or did you do it because maybe it will leave somethin' extra, not fully use the available drop without it. Plus it's kool.
I ask because I'm using Nate's dropmembers front and rear on my step, which is harder to lay out from what I hear. Just curious.
If this doesn't make sense it may be because I've had a few margaritas while out in the garage and I make 'em strong! :lol:

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I love Broey's tag line.

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With just the dropmember your pinch welds are 3/4 inch off of the ground, it give you that last little bit to lay pinch weld !
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any pics or info on the box mounts? my truck just has the coils and was wanting to lower it some more but didnt want to change the suspension, plus the roads here are crap so i was thinking about this set up since im down to a bare frame right now

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I seen that you notched the core support, I also read that you have to notch the cab for the trailing arm crossmember and notch something at the front of the cab as well. Did you need to notch any of these areas? This is using porterbuilt dropmembers.
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You will have to notch the following places:

Core support (so it can set over the frame that extra 3/4")
Cab at firewall to to floor pinch weld (really simple and not too involved)
Cab floor for trailing arm xmember (more involved not terribly difficult)

That's all the notching. :)

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On mine I had to notch the floor for the trailing arm crossmember. On the front of the cab I had to cut the pinch weld just above the transmission because it won't let the cab come down to the cab mounts. The core support I haven't done yet but when I looked at it I figured I would have to notch it 3/4" plus what ever the thickness if your metal. The other thing that you will have to do is run a high hump trans cover and modify it for the 1" also. Hope this helps out.
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Do you have any pictures of the cab floor for the trailing arm x member? The way I'm reading it is that the cab floor needs to be notched the entire section of the trailing arm x member, is this correct?
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How much is the kit?
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$650 for the complete kit.
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http://i43.tinypic.com/t0kg1d.jpg
This is not low enough...



KIDDING..




I will be buying this kit for mine.

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67cheby.... Do your slosh tubz bolt up to all the factory mounting locations? It looked as if you have to trim your fenders.. Let me know because i might buy a set.. Are you going to be at GoodGuys in KC?

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Okay I guess there isnt a goodguys Kansas City this year.. Maybe the Des Moines Good guys

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What part of the trailing arm cross member causes the interference? Is it the whole width of the x-member that you have to notch the floor or is it just the center section? Is there any design modification to the x-member that could be done to alleviate the interference?

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X2. I would like to know this info as well.
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I don't think I took a pic of the notch... at least I can't find a pic yet! The "v" on the upper tube of the trailing arm x-member pokes into the cab about an inch. The length of the notch was about 12" wide. I made it a little bigger than it needed to be.

Nate