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Okay thanks buddy!

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Murd969, looking forward to seeing your 56 Chevy layed out !

Harvey
1957 Chevy Stepside
1958 GMC Fleetside C4 build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=535686&page=6

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After what seems like an eternity I finally got my fedex tracking number for my wheels. Looks like it will be Christmas in May as well.

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Finally I have wheels and a steering wheel. The steering wheel is the half wrap so I can add the leather to it once I get my interior done. 20 x 8.5 and 20 x 10 Raceline Burst 5 with matching steering wheel.

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Real nice.
Kim

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New wheels always look great....Jim

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I got the tires mounted on today. I was also able to test fit them and they look pretty good. The rear will need some modifications. Either widening the fenders (which I don't really want to do) or narrow he rear end. Either way I think once everything is setup correctly it will look awesome on the air bags.

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I couldn't set the truck on the ground because it was sitting on jack stands and the coil overs were taken off. Also the rear tire is hitting the fender so some modifications will be needed. Seems like there's always something else that comes up that requires more time.

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Here's a pic showing how close the tire is to the fender. Not too happy about it but also not much that I can do.

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Wheels look nice.
That rear tire is a bit close.
Kim

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Kim57

The rear tire took up more room than I anticipated. I knew I was going to have to make some modifications but I wasn't expecting it to be like that. I have to widen the fender or narrow the rear end. Not sure either option is ideal. Widening the fender is the easiest but then you mess with the body line of the truck. Not sure what to do.

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I have no idea what it would take to narrow a vette rear.
Can you exchange the wheels for ones with a different offset?
Kim

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Can't exchange the wheels. They are custom ordered. I'm not too concerned. Worse case I widen the fenders. I found some info today about how to narrow the rear end so I might try that.

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Great build, I'll be headed down a very similar path, except I'll be doing 57 GMC. How did you establish ride height, front & rear? What is the set back on those shinny new rims?
Thanks

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Murd969

something you might want to think about - for your back fenders being too close to your tires .take the 2 or 3 fender braces off and add a inch to the brace in the middle -cut it -add it - weld it bk up- fit it .
i think its the 2 top braces only - it'll push the fender out just a tad - possibly giving you the lil extra room for your tire - just a thought
lemmee know what ya think
v v nice wheels sir .

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Nut Case
When we set up the ride height we knew someone using the flat out engineering bracket kit so we modeled ours from that but made our own brackets. Definitely a lot cheaper way to go and you can design it however you like.

Daze57
Thanks for the idea. I will look into it and see what happens.

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We started work on the step notch. We're making a little bit of progress. Hope to have it done this week.

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Nice progress.
Kim

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More progress on the rear of the frame.

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A couple more.

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One more.

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Looks good.
Kim

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I finally got the step notch done and everything is welded back in. I also had to narrow the rear suspension 2.5". I had the half shafts narrowed. Just waiting for the tie rod ends to be finished and the lower control arms. Then hopefully we can get the suspension back together and then install some air bags.

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We also realized that we would have to notch the cross-member in front of the rear suspension in order to install the drive shaft.

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Nice progress.
Looks real clean.
Kim

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Finally getting the suspension back together made a little progress the other day.

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I went today and it's finally all together. We have to shorten the 4 link bars a little bit the get the suspension lined up. Other than that we're getting ready to set the ride height and get the air bags on.

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Pretty slick.
Kim

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Looks good...Jim

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Nice read... killer truck!! /Ken

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Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm definitely glad to see some progress on my truck. This project feels like it's been going forever. ( It's been 4 1/2 years) I guess maybe that is forever.

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I finally have the wheels on the truck. The rear needs to be adjusted a little bit and then it will be ready to get the mounts welded on for the air bags. Basically where it's sitting now is the ride height. The low height will be almost 3 inches lower and I should be able to go up about 2 inches. I should have plenty of travel. I should have it rolling around next week.

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Here's a view from inside the bed.

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murd969, great, pics, ideas and build. If this question is in previous posts I'm sorry, what is the advantage to lengthening from stock the link rods. Thanks in advance NC

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We did it longer to help get a better ride and to limit the pinion angle when there's suspension travel.

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If you were to guess what is your estimate of degrees of adjustment to pinion angle that you gain by lengthening the links. Considering that the differential is fixed what are you going to set your pinion angle. FYI I'm a few months before I start on a 57 GMC 100 with 96 C-4 both front and rear. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Could I PM you about setting up how to put pictures in this forum? Thanks in advance NC

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I'm going by the shop on Thursday and I will try and get accurate information before I relay it to you. You can PM me any time and I can try and help you out.

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Looks real good.
Kim

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I have more progress done on the truck. The suspension is done other than minor clean up and other small things but it's officially a 100% roller with the air bags.

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Here's some closer pics of how we did the lower rear bag mount. A lot of people use the shock mount but we weren't comfortable using it. We added a bar below the lower 4 link bar and put the bracket there. I get plenty of lift now that we did the bags like this.