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jaws61 · 01-18-2022, 07:29 PM

Thanks for all the input for sure,
You sure did have the truck sitting low at the start with the original c4 front..

That sure is some wide tires to run front end and rear, I didnt think it was possible to get that fat of a tire in the truck, I ran a 255 on the front last time and thought that was to close...

I really appreciated you did this..

"I just went out and used a tape measure to guess, since the truck is jacked up in the air, but I don't think mine is ever lower to the ground than 7 or eight inches between the ground and the bottom of the front fender. And where you have to put the flatout crossmember you'd have to ruin the suspension geometry to get it any lower. The rear is even worse." doing that and
I gotta say the truck height looks awesome, making rethink on how long to go.."

I"m not going to be running a C4 rear end in mine, going a different route, so i'll be cutting up some rear fenders by the look of it too..

I like the C4 swap, but it causes as many problems as it solves. I agree with your there for sure... But isnt building a truck all about 1 step forward on a good day...lol and 5 steps backwards,
Thanks for the pictures gives me a bunch of ideas and pointers.. so thanks.

01-18-2022, 07:29 PM	#517
jaws61 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Ontario Posts: 136	Re: Yet another GMC build Thanks for all the input for sure, You sure did have the truck sitting low at the start with the original c4 front.. That sure is some wide tires to run front end and rear, I didnt think it was possible to get that fat of a tire in the truck, I ran a 255 on the front last time and thought that was to close... I really appreciated you did this.. "I just went out and used a tape measure to guess, since the truck is jacked up in the air, but I don't think mine is ever lower to the ground than 7 or eight inches between the ground and the bottom of the front fender. And where you have to put the flatout crossmember you'd have to ruin the suspension geometry to get it any lower. The rear is even worse." doing that and I gotta say the truck height looks awesome, making rethink on how long to go.." I"m not going to be running a C4 rear end in mine, going a different route, so i'll be cutting up some rear fenders by the look of it too.. I like the C4 swap, but it causes as many problems as it solves. I agree with your there for sure... But isnt building a truck all about 1 step forward on a good day...lol and 5 steps backwards, Thanks for the pictures gives me a bunch of ideas and pointers.. so thanks.