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Do any of you like the factory stance?
I had a friend who would lower every truck he ever owned but I never did. I noticed on here it seems the first thing most guys do is to lower their truck. Am I the only one on here that likes the factory stance?
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
nope keepin mine stock
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
Don't likem lifted don't likem lowered likem stock
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
I just don't get why they think it's better. They go through a lot of trouble and even cut the frame for what may be just a fad. Some of the lowered short beds look ok but I have seen some lowered that to me just doesn't look right at all.
The same with the big wheels but at least they are easy to change. Maybe I'm just getting old but I like the old school look not the latest fad look. |
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
It's just personal preference. I don't know why people like a lot of things, but I prefer to spend my time with things I can change, rather than that which I can't.
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
wrong answer
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
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I don't know fit you are but for some of us changing a 97 lb wheel & tire is a real chore. I bought my truck with 22" wheels & tires being right at 97 lbs each. They were the FIRST THINGS TO GO. Amen for that. |
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
Stock is the best stance, bar none, for "me". I will admit that I can and do like a well done lowered swb truck - they look good - but I still wouldn't lower my swb (if I had one, that is). I'm not personally a fan of a lowered lwb C10, or even more so, a C20 in any circumstance. But, again, that's just "me"! Some people obviously like them and that's all that matters. There are plenty of lowered lwb C10 owners that can't fathom what makes me so happy to tool around in a bone stock 3/4 ton too. However, I'd submit that if you did a poll on here, slightly more folks prefer stock stance for their own truck. Well, maybe... Ha. Bottom line, it doesn't matter - do what you like. Maybe avoid irreversibly cutting the rare birds... and enjoy.
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
Stock height for me, too!
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
I have nothing against lowering if that's what you like. As I said I had a friend who always lowered his trucks (this was 30 years ago). I never lowered mine and we got along just fine. As I heard someone else say, that's why they make chocolate and vanilla ice cream.
It's just that some talk as if something is wrong with the factory stance and they are fixing it. |
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
Stock stance C20's are awesome. The 8 lugs, the larger tires, the "all business" attitude. Any serious "work" truck looks great at stock height. The C30 with a flat bed, the airport fuel truck survivor, the grandpa fresh GMC with original hubcaps.
However, starting with a plain jane 2wd C10? Drop 'em all, even if just a little. Sorry, the stock height and dinky tires aren't aesthetically pleasing for most enthusiasts' eye. There's always a place for an all original vehicle of any type (even something like a totally stock 1976 Ford Torino is cool), but something as minimal as a 2" drop does wonders for the overall appearance.
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
Agreed!
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
They've got a lot of rake to them (in the HD trucks anyway) but I like it. People raise, people lower. I just stay the same. Hubcaps coming soon...
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
I've lowered some in the past (like 25 years ago) but I like to work my trucks so near stock height is best.
Belly dragging on the ground cockroach style doesn't do anything for me.
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
Yes and No, I really don't like knocking-off parts everytime I hit anything bigger than a tar strip, but I like when people ask me if my 2wd truck is a 4x4 ... even less.
My '71 had the perfect amount of rake but sat way too high from factory so (just starting it's resto now) I'm eliminating 2-1/2" from the fender gap up front and 3" out back, so when it's done it'll look like I think a 2wd should. My daily driver ('03 rcsb) is about to get the exact same treatment. |
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
I like the look of some lowered trucks, but I prefer mine stock height. Years ago before the advent of air bags, lowered trucks rode like crap, too bouncy. Haven't ridden in an air ride but I bet they ride much better.
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
Don't like lowered at all. Stock height or (for K-series) moderate lift.
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
I prefer this stance. JK. I prefer stock.
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
A truck is meant to be a truck, not a car.
One can do anything they want to their vehicle, but I like mine at stock ride height. |
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
i think most people just want to look a little different and it just so happens everyone seems to go low. myself i did like the factory stance but i also wanted to be one of a kind so i turned a 2wd into a 4wd and made it super short just so when i goto a car show nobody has a truck that looks like mine.
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
I like them the way the General made them.
I saw a slammed (a couple inches off the ground) square body crew cab 3/4 ton at Home Depot tonight. To me, it was hideous. Different strokes for different folks I guess. |
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Re: Do any of you like the factory stance?
X 15 on that captain, Stock height is my bag, if I want to change mine a few turns of the screws on the hellwig overload springs in back puts a slight rake into the look. Leaf spring heavys look a bit different than the coil brothers.
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