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Old 05-01-2014, 07:52 AM   #119
lolife99
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Re: My daily driver/beater : How I turned lemons in lemonade

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Originally Posted by SCOTI View Post
Paint it the factory cream color w/white bumpers & wheels if keeping the 15's. Maybe opt for chrome bumpers if upgrading to 18's.

Cup some lower arms & add plates to the x-member. Add some stupid simple upper shock mounts for optimized travel. The reduced leaf pack & AOL sound good. Plan on fabbing rear shock mounts as well to again optimize shock travel/geometry.

Gotta keep the mexican blanket seat cover though to keep it legit.
X2.
The issue with the AOL set up for the rear is the offset shocks.
(one points forward, one points backwards)
It's my opinion that you need to swap the shocks to BOTH point forward (or backwards),... and then add the air bags to the leaf springs on the opposite side of the axle.
I believe this is also what n2trux had done on his original AOL set-up.
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Convert to disc brakes.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823
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