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Old 12-16-2015, 12:23 AM   #1
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does this flip look right? 85 c10 rear

does this look to sit at the right heigth?

i bought the truck, with air shocks installed that hauled very heavy weight and cracked its frame around the studs.
and some homemade shackle hanger drop plates, sat very high in the rear.they tried hauling a 30ft bumper pull camper with this short bed, 305 sbc, and 700r4.
the bumped was so mangled i had to toss it.

The axle actually had flip kit brackets already installed underneath and welded in(maybe one of the trucks previous owners had it lowered?)

anyway here is the BEFORE AS I RECEIVED THE TRUCK AFTER REMOVING BED
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Old 12-16-2015, 12:32 AM   #2
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Re: does this flip look right? 85 c10 rear

HERE IS AFTER FLIPPING THE AXLE AND REMOVING THE HOMEMADE LIFT PLATES.

Does this sit too high? maybe my eyes are playing triks but it seems to me the leafs look to have an add a leaf, but the leafs dont look tampered with compared to my 78 shortbed.this is an 85
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Old 12-16-2015, 12:40 AM   #3
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Re: does this flip look right? 85 c10 rear

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Old 12-16-2015, 10:58 AM   #4
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Re: does this flip look right? 85 c10 rear

looks like u have the heavy springs on there like mine so the height looks right to me. i cracked one so i swapped in the light duty 4 pack off an 85 and dropped another 1-1 1/2
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