whats involved? 89-98 Chevy 1/2 ton...
 

Hey guys,

A friend asked me how much I would charge to lay out a 89-98 chevy 1/2 ton. Before I give him a quote I would like to get an idea of what is involved to see if I even wanna tackle such a task. The back is easy, notch and new link but I am curious about what is involved up front. Crossmember drop, Z ? What do you guys with these year trucks do? Also what is going to be in the way? Gas tank? Computer crap? ANy help will be greatly appriated!

Thanks
Keith

Re: whats involved? 89-98 Chevy 1/2 ton...
 

Get on streetsourcemag.com and start looking at profiles till your eyes glaze over!:lol:

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Thanks Thunder,

I thought I would do that so I went to IF Custom and they take horrible pix lol. They can show every notch they ever put on a truck, but dont try to figure out what they do up front to lower the truck.

Looks like the notch is back is going to be nice and clean. Seams you only need to be about an inch or so above the frame rail, must be nice!

Keith

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Are you just trying to get the frame on the ground? Or do you want the body all the way down? And what size wheels/tires?

On my '91, I've got tubular control arms from ART (not sure if they help lower it from stock or not, since I never had the stock pieces), and 2.5" drop spindles. In back, I have a parallel 4-bar with a panhard-bar, and about a 8" notch (which is actually overkill). I have 245/40R20 tires and with it aired out, my frame is about 1.5" from the ground. I'm limiting the travel in the rear so it doesn't drop all the way on the ground. If I altered the rear a little to use the rest of my notch and pulled out the inner fenders up front, I think I could get the frame all the way down, no crossmember drop necessary. Of course, bigger tires would be more involved.

The bottom of the fuel tank is about level with the bottom of the frame rails. If you are designing it to lay frame, you might want to do something about the gas tank since I think it would drag if the rear were all the way down and the front were still up.

Attached is a pic of my truck right now.

Re: whats involved? 89-98 Chevy 1/2 ton...
 

Thanks Mike!

I am not sure what size tires he plans on running but I know he is running stock right now. He said frame and we clarified there is a BIG difference on these trucks between frame and body so I guess all he wants is to lay frame.

Truck looks great!

Thanks
Keith

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if ya want any further info squarecan goto gmfullsize.com....go on their forum and they will have a ton of info on that!!!! i am on that forum too as revn67...just a suggestion

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also fullsizechevy.com is really good.

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Tell him your busy

get that damn thing done , jeeeeeze

mines goin under the knife for a big notch out back

so hurry up I wanna see yous resemble a truck soon, and dont tell me your busy I work megma hours plus im doing floors and rockers in a 62 , plus im cutting mine plus im building a 67 SWB to drive plus I am now having to redo the paint and body on 88


SO GET CRACKIN:aiiet:

Re: whats involved? 89-98 Chevy 1/2 ton...
 

LOL Matt,

I work about 50 hours a week on a norm plus I am on-call 24 hours a day 7 days a week and I just bought a new house. Building my truck, may be buying a different project and it is well worth the money to drop some one elses truck.

Keith