another weekend project done
 

well after buying a lift for my 70 stepside i found the frame was not a 70. so after having to buy additional 73 front springs and grinding off what seemed like 1000 rivits to replace the rusted out front rear leaf spring pearches i got it done. clears the garage by 1/2 inch :metal: wanted to go to 35's but ill have to stay with 33's. i ordered a/e 589's in 15 x 12 tonight so ill post those pics next week .ok ill shut up now. heres a couple pics

Nice job.....before pics were nasty....looks good and clean now, well done

hey thanks for the reply!!!! yea now i dont have to worry about the rear end falling out on a speed bump :gi:

Looks alot better. You did not get enough height to run 35" or there not in the budget?
Nice looking truck too.
-Later

Real nice looking stepside. Hope you get some outside pics posted at some point.

what size tires are you going to run on those 15 x 12s? i dont know of anybody who makes a 33" tire wide enough for that.

What lift did you use?I though it was already lifted.Was it a body lift?My guess is,you`re using 33s so it`ll fit in the garage.Doesn`t someone make 14.50/33s?Congratulations on the project!That would be real easy to procrastinate.

yea the garage is the limiting factor :( the truck has 15 x 12 rims on it in the picture ) 33 x 12.50.15 are currently on it . they fit good now so i stayed with it. the lift was all blocks but the front was shifting so i went to springs. looks like 35's would go with no problem. I have more parts to throw this weekend so ill take a couple more pics. hopefully the rims will show up and i can get them on as well. thanks for the input-much appreciated!!!

I would have been scared to drive that, where did all that rust come from? The beach?

it was there when i bought it. i thought it was going to fall out.it feels solid now :metal:

i would seriously look into some narrower rims. 12.50" wide tires on 10" rims are really pushing the limits. a couple psi too low, and you'll be losing beads left and right. not a safe situation no matter where it occurs.

Yeah, I think mine are 9.5 if they make those. Seem a little bit to wide but maybe not.
Dam that would be pretty scary with all that rust. I did not see that picture the first time I looked at the pictures.
-Later

Well The Tires Went On The Rims Good But The Rims Wont Go On The Truck :whine: THEY JUST BARELY HIT ON THE CALIPER MOUNT IN THE FRONT SO I HAD TO DISMOUNT AND REMOUNT ALL THE OLD ONES AGAIN. NOW IM TORN AS TO GRIND THE CALIPER MOUNTS AND SEE IF I CAN MAKE IT WORK OR PAY SHIPPING BACK AND GO TO 16.5 RIMS BUT IT WILL COST A LOT EXTRA!!!! WITH TIRES AND ALL. IT LOOKED GOOD TO- THE HOOSIER TIRES LOOKED GOOD ON THE RIMS-DID NOT STRETCH THE TIRES AT ALL I WAS WORRIED . I THINK IT WILL WORK TILL I CAN GET 14.50 WIDE TIRES IF I CAN MAKE THE RIMS FIT. ANY INPUT???????