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Old 09-02-2014, 12:43 PM   #11
Keith Seymore
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Re: My first square daily driver fixer upper 87 chevy

Looks like a good starting point; have fun.

You may want to check out my build/intro thread (linked below) since I just redid a similar truck. There may be some hints in there that are helpful to you.

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...Next put the lowering blocks off his old rear end under mine (I'm pretty sure there 3 inch lowering blocks)...
Last thing: Lowering blocks aren't going to work (unless you've already done an axle flip). In the stock configuration the springs are ABOVE the axle, so blocks with just space the rear of the truck UP and make things worse.

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... Still haven't picked color though that'll be hard to do but here's a picture of what I kind of like to do paint wise anyways...
What's wrong with code 72U "Apple Red"?



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