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Looks like a great Baja Pre Runner, frame upgrade would be the next step....if one is to really use it for Off Off highway, but now it looks like FUN

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I kinda miss that truck

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That thing was cool Dino........did the camo bench seat end up in someone else's truck?? I swear I saw it somewhere....

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YEAH I GAVE IT TO ERIC :lol:

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DYNO63: I have a 71c10 2wd I am wanting lift the suspension about 3 inches or so....this fabtech kit that you bought for your truck....is it the 88-98 kit? would it work on my 71? what kind of mods did you have to do to make it work on your truck? how much total lift did it actually give you? how did you lift the rear? my rear is coil springs too and will be wanting to leval the truck out after i install this kit up front...am wantin leaf springs in the back is there a conversion kit out there that you know of?

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dude... you're flipping me out. how many active projects you got going right now? just found this one and it is extra cool.

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Hey Roger,

If all you want is 3 inches of lift to be able to run 32 or 33 in tires, find as set of big block crew cab dually front coils. The old Chevy part number is 328101.
Here in the west for off road use we left the trailing arms in the truck (they act like big traction bars, thats why Nascar uses them) and had springs wound for the rear. But today you could find a set of H2 rear springs and bolt them in back. The coil pockets are about the same as the pigtails on the stock springs and may work.

The reason most old pre-runners (and race trucks) had a nose up attitude was twofold, 1. it transfrred weight to the back of the tradionally light rear end of the pickup so when you were driving down dirt roads it kept the rear planted a little better and 2. Coil springs after taking a 500 or 1000 mile beating off road lost their tension and sagged an inch or more and you ended up with a level truck. I had a 61 Chevy with torsion bars that held up to the beating way better than coil springs. It was a 1/2 ton shortbed stepside that I swapped 3/4 ton torsion bars into. Another advantage to the torsion bar front ends was the ball joints were bigger than the coil sprung ones and lasted longer. Back then almost everyone was running Fords with twin I beam, so us rare Chevy guys were on our own for suspension developement. Later of course the Chevys became more common starting with Mickey Thompsons Big Red and the Parnelli Jones/Walker Evans yellow shortbed. The red shortbed pictured is one that was built by us here is So Cal.

When you were driving these trucks you could tell when the springs were giving up because the front would start banging the bump stops and the rear end would start fishtailing more in corners.

Lastly you can convert these old trucks to leaf springs easily. It was an option available from the factory, I would bet the frame holes are pre-drilled for the mounts. If I was going to the trouble to convert to leaf springs though I would go with the 1988 and up 64" rear springs for a much better ride than the old 52" or 56" stock springs.

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Hey bud, im building a prerunner out of a 84' gmc. can i possibly get a parts list for your front suspenison set up ? my rear is leafs but i already got that covered Thanks !

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if there was only a kit that i could buy i would do this in a heart beat. I want it

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the company doesn't make the arms any more, but call porterbuilt I bet he would make ya a set that would be kick a$$

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You need to go to RaceDezert.com and check out the built Chevy pre-runners over there. Remember though a true pre-runner will not be real tall, but will have a decent amount of suspension travel with a relatively low CG.

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some shots I have saved of it:

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Could you fill me in on what parts you used and how you did this please, I'm restoring my 63 chevy and want to do something similar to this, because it's so dang awesome!

Thanks
-Jay

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been off the site for awhile been busy at my appliance shop.Still working on stuff had a lil time wanted to do another lifted truck found a clean donner

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this time i use strong arm to work out well... 27" to the rocker 37x17 on 12 "wheels

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Awesome truck! I want one.

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hmm trade maybe lol

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Very cool. Doesn't look like this truck will make it to the Git Down in November. :lol:

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Dino what lift or frame change was done on this one?

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lol so stoked you got the crew cab!!hope to see ya in november too
this time i use ART( air ride tech) lower and upper arms( meant to lower the truck)they work well because the lower ball joints been relocated. i used a 88/97 4" lifted spindle from chassi tech( i know i know)and brake rotors and caliper off 98 / i used the 98 outer tie rod ends and made a new tie rod sleeve to adapt to the stock inner tie rod, the bags 8s ( Firestone type) upper bag plates and 2 " bag cup... home that make sense. the rears not done (bagged yet) I just made a quick spring spacer and lifted it, I got the new rear end out of 98 1/2 ton called a heavy 1/2 the rear ends the same the install in 454ss truck

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few more pics

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few mo

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Looks sweet. You should cruise that to At-water, CA on October 4th and park it next to Big Ugly so my pickup doesn't get lonely being the only lifted truck.

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Awsome! I saw those same style lifted spindles at Rough Country Suspension and thought of doing the same thing some day..

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please help me out see my post love the look of big ugly

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Hey Dino, what year strong arm? For the first Gens or for the 88-98?