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Thank goodness! After you bag it, I was worried that you'd be knocking little kids off bicycles on the sidewalk with those things. :lol:

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hey, what came off the cowl where those 2 screw holes are below the spotlight?

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Haha yeah I like them now, I thought they would have more movement without that brace on there but they seem pretty solid.
Truthfully I almost killed a guy that was standing to close to the road! I had to do something!
I'm not sure but I would guess it was a dealer tag.

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Looks much better. I would leave the passenger side for fun ;)
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I believe that if he did that, at the lofty top speed of 55 mph, the difference in wind drag would cause Miss Darcy to pull to the right! Why, I bet with both mirrors trimmed down, that truck will see speeds as high as 57 or maybe even 58 mph!

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Watch out now :lol:

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I thought about hard mounting a slingshot on my west coast mirror bracketry, for those times when hand communication doesn't quite express my true feelings!

JK
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Too late! I already shortened the pass side. lol
:lol: Idk about going any faster but I sure can squeeze through tighter spots!
Well now I really don't have to watch out any more... I can see in my mirrors without having to stick my head out the window!!;)
Easy now, you might put an eye out!:lol:

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I'm glad you did that with your mirrors. I bet it makes the truck look a lot slimmer lol. Probably easier to get in the door too.

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You should paint the mirrors black :) hehe

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Lol oh yeah. When I park next to a car in a parking lot I don't have to walk back behind the truck and around the car to get on the side walk now!:lol:
I may get some fancy chrome ones!!!;)

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Rusbuilt do you realize you have nearly 250 replys and you haven't even started your project in earnest yet, popular much?

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He's a likable guy.
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Definately, It's 1st grade psychology, I'm only picking on him because I like him :lol:

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Lol yeah I thought about that just today as a matter of fact! Don't worry though its gonna get good soon!!

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Plus you say the words "dually on air" and people tend to notice! Just like the guy running out of Kroger yelling "Fire"! lol

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ROFL! you got a point there.

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lol I should have some poterbuilt stuff in soon and then things will really take off!

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Yeah!

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Can't wait to see this, hopefully mine will be in soon in a couple of weeks as well.

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I just got off the phone with Dave at PB!! I added A arms, sway bar and some of them famous PB hood hinges!!!!:metal:

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OMG!!! Its about to start happening!!!!! Lets do this!!!!

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Have you had a chance to shop NV4500's around Nashville? Just curious what the going rate is. I found a salvage one for $450 plus core, and a rebuilt with warranty for $1075, prob also plus core--which I don't have. So another buck and a half for that, I imagine.

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I have been looking for a 3500 or 4500, I've found a few but none I want to pick up yet. I have actually been debating on buying a whole truck so I know I get a good one. lol

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LOL!

And you guys talk about me. LOL!
:wop:

I am excited though. I want a dually...plus I miss driving my stepper.

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When I was debating on going with the T56 or the NV4500, I saw SEVERAL on ebay with 1 or 2 year warranty, free shipping, and remanufactured for $1099 and $1199. They were purty, too. But I decided I wanted the extra gears and the double OD.

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double over drive! lol:metal:

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Good idea. That rebuilt didn't have shift tower, stick, bellhousing, release arm, throwout bearing, flywheel, slave cyl, master cyl---I know some of that stuff you'd want new anyway, but I'm jus sayin....
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BTW--while I've got your thread 'jacked for my own education, what do you use for hubs and rotors when you put a dropmember on a 45 yr old one ton? Are the spindles set up for hubs/discs that bolt up to the spacers it already has, to compensate for the wheel offset?
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are your mirror arms white or a brushed finish?

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I'll be running 73-87 1ton 3" drop spindles and rotors. All I have to do is install the 1 ton ball joints in the PB arms.
They are brushed

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[QUOTE=Rusbuilt;5891543]I'll be running 73-87 1ton 3" drop spindles and rotors. All I have to do is install the 1 ton ball joints in the PB arms.


Aren't the lug studs in a big spacer that bolts to the hub? Like 3" deep and 7 or 8" around, or is my memory fuzzy? If so, I guess you just get a stock one for a 73-87 1 ton, huh? Or IS that the hub?

And that T56-in-a-C30 idea is intriguing! Damn, if it can handle the torque of a Viper V10, it ought to be able to handle a HD truck pulling the occasional trailer! They have a funky output shaft though.

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I'm not sure I'm following your question.. Big spacer? Are you referring to 10 lug adapters?

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No, I'm talking factory stuff for 8 lug. You're saying the front wheel bolts to a hub face that is the same as on a C20? So the control arms are longer? Or is the spindle designed to "stick out" farther? I mean---to compensate for the 9" or so backspacing of the front wheels.

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The only thing C20 I am using is the frame itself. I will be running c30 PB arms, 73-87 ball joints and spindles. With factory dually hubs/rotor.

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Ahh! A picture's worth a thousand words! Its the outer half of the rotor/hub I was trying to describe. That answers my question. If you get the hub for a 83-87 DRW C30, that "spacer" as I was calling it, is just the outer half of the hub. Thank you--now I don't have to worry about scrounging the salvage yard!

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gonna be SWEET !

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Do it! I am excited about it. Think about the benefits....and yes you can make it do what you want!
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Is Nate making your arms shorter so the wheels will tuck?
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Lol you're welcome.
Thanks Mike
That was actually originally posted by jkeating1. I don't think I will do a t56. I will more that likely be running the NV3500.
I'm not sure. I went ahead and placed the order for the arms with Dave so I could have it all cut with my dropmembers and I should be hearing from Nate about what exactly I should do on the arms. I welcome any input, especially from a wise suspension man like yourself!!