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Here's a thread for my 86 C10 daily driver.

Got the truck from my dad so it's been in the family since 1994.

Figured I would fix this truck up while I wait to start on my 63 double dropmember.

Got my 2013 1LE Camaro running good so I should spend money on this truck, right? :lol:

Hopefully I'll be able to paint this thing towards the end of summer. We'll see how things go.

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Bought a set of (blems) 20" Boss 338's from Tommy Lee (ksbrktracer) and fixed the blems by polishing out the bad spots:

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We're getting there:

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Not perfect but I think it'll do

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Wheels and tires mounted. This thing needs to be lowered something awful:

I'll take care of that once the men in brown deliver my McGaughy's 4.5 / 6 drop kit.

Also got the complete polyurethane bushing set from Energy Suspension to get installed

Tires are: front 245/45/20 and rear are 275/40/20 (same size as factory 5th gen SS Camaro)

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Good looking truck... cant wait to see it lowered down.

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Made it to the garage...

Time to get started. :metal:

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All the goods boxed up.

Thanks again to Tommy Lee (ksbrktracer) for the hookup!

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Got the front finished up today:

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Front tires rubbed quite a bit.

You guys suppose once the back is done it'll level out?

Anyone else had problems with inner fender clearance on a 4.5 drop?

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It should raise the front some once the back gets down, but I ran 245/45 on my blue truck with a 5" drop and it rub from time to time. My yellow truck has 245/40 with 5" drop and zero rubbing so far.

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That's good news.

Thx for the info!

Trucks look great btw

That looks way better than this guys, we actually heard it scrape going over a bridge.
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Got the rear done today. Front tires rub way too much. I believe the front dropped much more than "advertised".

Can't even turn full round without rubbing...

Ordered some coil spring spacers (1/2") so we'll see how that works!

Spacers are said to raise front end 2.5X - 3X height of spacer.

Maybe 1.5" will give me clearance I need

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Any pics of the spacers you're talking about? Truck looks good by the way.

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Let's see it with the rear drop. That sux that it rubs. Hopefully mine will be ok when I swap my 20s over.

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As it sits now:

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Looks good

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Coil spring spacers helped a lot.

Post pics in a bit.

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May have to raise up a little more. Rubbed on way to work today...

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One more

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When does it rub? That's sometimes the cons of lowering.

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It rubs a little when I make a tight turn.

Not that big of a deal but still kind of annoying

My bagged S-10 tires were really bad to rub the shocks and it drove my crazy! Lol

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Where is it rubbing? Do you scrape the fender also?

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Nice, looks good!

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Truck looks good. Do you have a pic of the coil spring spacer you used?

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I used a 1/2" thick spacer I ordered from Summit Racing.

Found this pic online, and it looks exactly like the one I used. Spacer sits underneath the spring, on top of the lower control arm. The end of the coil fits into the "pocket" that is cast into the spacer.

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Now that I got it lowered and some new wheels and tires, it time to start on the rest of the truck.

Gonna put on new bumpers, sport mirrors, and door handles. Want to polish the molding on the tailgate.

I need to do some work on the interior like replacing the pull straps and fixing the door panels.

I hope to get started on the body of this truck so I can paint this late summer / early fall.

Can't decide if I want to paint it back the original gray or a different red or blue.

Leaning towards Kinetic Blue Metallic (2013 + 1967 Hot Wheels Edition Camaro color) or Red Rock Metallic (new 2014-2015 GM color)...

Don't know which color would go better with a gray interior...

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Kinetic Blue Metallic:

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Red Rock Metallic:

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Sweet! How much did it raise your truck?

Love the blue, think that will go on my truck.
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That blue is beautiful. Has a lot more flake than the pictures show

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I didn't measure with a tape measure but I would guess it raised it 1"-1.5".

Doesn't look like it sits different but you can sure tell when you run your hand between the tire and inner fender!

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Few before and after pics:

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