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What's up with buying new control arms?

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I'm gonna bag the truck over time when I can find parts on sale or what not

I wanna do the front first because i'm starting to mess up my tires
because of bottoming out with how low it is

Basically an excuse to bag it. But I'm gonna keep my eyes open for deals.

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Ah, that makes sense. I didn't know you were looking to run some air bags.

Are you running factory coils in the front?

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Yeah I was looking at someone build thread and said to myself I wanna lay frame

so it will be take a while for me to earn up the money cause
I may buy other stuff in the process but I'm doing it with my dad
so maybe he will bag his 72 Cheyenne after I do mine!!

I'm running cut factory coils they don't bottom out bad but I would rather have
the bag setup

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That's why you're bottoming out.

If yo ureplaced those coils with some dropped Belltechs, you'd notice a world of difference.

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Yeah well I put the bolt in notch today

the bed is off so it is getting some much need cleaning
I'm getting some paint to dothe frame and were taking out one of the bed
support rail on the bottom

but I now need a third brake light mine broke around where the screw held it but
for the moment it is held on by the other

and I'm getting led tails because one broke!!

I'll get picture up tomorrow or mondAy I'm riding with no bed right now

oh I'm also putting a rear sway bar on tomorrow

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Today bought my frame paint so my bed won't
bed off much longer hopefully

and my dad got the rest of the hardware
for my sway bar will have pic tonight I work to much ha

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i havent done the sway bar yet but here are some pics of it
we also took the molding off my girlfriends truck

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/.../Photo0329.jpg

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/.../Photo0332.jpg

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/.../Photo0328.jpg

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an update on my truck
the last picture was today I took off the
back ventshades
I installed my 4.11 gears
bought a bunch of parts to over haul my tranny
-transgo hd2
-rebuild kit
-corvette servos
-sun gear and sun gear reaction shell
towards the end of the month my cousin and me
are minitubing it and later on I wanna raise my bed floor

lots of dreams!

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/.../Photo0358.jpg
http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/.../Photo0344.jpg
http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/.../Photo0369.jpg
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Also if yal are interested here is my girlfriends truck
97 gmc c1500 raised 4/3 and pink pinstripe
http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/.../Photo0347.jpg
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I see you have a corner marker lens that fell off -- mine just did the same thing; it was even the bottom driver's side, just like yours.

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Yeah I got new ones but I just noticed condensation in the drivers bottom left
one. Makes me mad!
I also got an oem 3rd brake light lens. My original was made in
the USA and the new one china. My new one is a good
two inches too short in the back!
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Looking nice man. love the stance. Wish i could lower mine that low, i just use it to darn much as a truck.

keep at it man.

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I got air shocks in the back if I need to carry a load or I'll just use my
dads truck ha

Thanks forthe comment
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it's time for smoothie bumpers on both. removing the molding makes such a huge difference. nice trucks!

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Thanks for the complement.
I got a box in the mail today from BlackBear Performance.
Just the scan cable though.

So ready for my speedo to be fixed.

On a side note I just started aviation mechanic school!
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Thats cool stick with that, places around here pay pretty good for their aviation mechanics.

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Thanks and I plan on it.

But back to the truck, I am looking at the GM Hotcam now for
my engine
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That's a slick looking truck. Good job!

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i like your truck man. im planing on rebuildin mine at the 200k mark, hope i have my blazer project done by then.

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Haven't really done much to the truck lately. I have a roll pan and I'm gonna shave the tailgate. And change up the exhaust a little bit. That's about all for now I'll have to get some updated pics.
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also my truck just passed over the 210k mile mark

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Well here are some picture of my truck when it snowed.
http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/.../Photo0438.jpg
http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/.../Photo0437.jpg
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Here is how it is now in the process of shaving the tailgate and I wanna weld in the roll pan I got. Hope y'all like it.
http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/...50/Photo04.jpg
http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/...250/Photo0.jpg
Ps Im thinkin about gettin a custom tag what do y'all think would be a good one? And I'm getting a new tag so no need to black out the tag
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Very cool!! :metal: :metal:

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Looking good man!

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Man your truck is awesome. I have a 94 1500 that I hope to get to the point you are at . You have done what my 'draftboard' has written on it . ;) . Keep up the good work .

........................................., peace Brian

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Thanks and to be honest this truck is far far far from being even close to done!!
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getting better all the time!

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Nice job so far! What other plans do you have for it?

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Haven't posted anything in a while but My tranny finally decided to go on me guess after 214k miles it did pretty well.
In the mean while i took the roll pan off.. liked it but i need to be able to tow trailers and my dads old truck just aint cuttin it anymore.
In the next month i plan on mini tubin the front and maybe doin a little custom stuff under the hood. Not to the engine just cosmetic.
Hopefully by tuesday of next week i'll be crusin around in it again... hopefully

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what drop does it have?

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i would like to say its a 4 or 5 inch drop in front and an 7 or 8 in the back.
In the front it has 2 inch drop spindles and factory coil which have been cut.
In the back it has a flip kit and the shackles but it has an extra leaf or something to handle the extra weight of towing trailers and i have air shocks which bring it up a lil more to

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http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/...0/b48aea32.jpg
Well its been a while thought i would show it as it sits now.

Now it has hotckis 2in lowering coils in the front.

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love the powercoat 338s

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I like that look a lot! :metal:

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looks good man!

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Thanks guys means a lot. I still have a lot of work left on it.

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Normally colormatched wheels look odd but they look really good on yours. Sweet truck..

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Thanks for sending me to this build.
Truck looks a million times better than when it started (no offense to Pops!).

You list the tire sizes but I didnt see anywhere in the four pages the wheel diameters or offsets.
I see that you planned on minitubbu=ing the front.
Did you get going on that?
Does it still rub up front?