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Join Date: Aug 2007
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What I did on labor day
Well, I cannot leave well enough alone. I am not going to be driving the '70 until I sell the '97, so I decided to drop it today. My wife say's that I cannot spend any money on the '70 until I sell the other truck, so I did the unthinkable and cut the front coils and monoleafed the rear. I know this is not safe, but since I don't drive it anyway's I decided to see what it will look like low. When the '97 sells, I am going to airbag it, along with some major engine mods. What do you think? Too Low?
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Portland, OR.
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Re: What I did on labor day
Good ride height.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: What I did on labor day
Looks good
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Katy, Texas 77450
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Re: What I did on labor day
How much was the ride height lowered? What size tires are you running/do they rub any?
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Looks good...
![]() I don't believe in the drop till it scrapes line of thinking. They need to keep some form of respectability as a truck. My idea is to drop them enough to ride comfortable and look good but no so much that you can't take a leisurely drive to those foothills in the background. |
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Re: What I did on labor day
Texanc3, the ride height was lowered 5" all four corners, 245/75/r16 tires. Not the combo I will be using when I start driving it, this was just to see what it would look like lowered.
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Re: What I did on labor day
Looks great!!
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Oz
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Re: What I did on labor day
looks great. what ya do in the rear. how many did you take out?
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Newton , Iowa
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Re: What I did on labor day
Drive it you might be surprised how good it is!!!! I wouldn't say it's not safe Unless the springs are junk to begin with !!!! My 2 cents !! Your truck looks great!!!!
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: ohio
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Re: What I did on labor day
What do you mean by mono leafing the rear. I know how to cut the coils B/C i cut them on my old s-10 but how do i go about doing the mono leaf on the rear. I have a 1968 GMC 1500 by the way.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: reno
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Re: What I did on labor day
You probably have coils in the rear, so you cannot really monoleaf it. I would not reccommend cutting the coils, it is really cheap to buy a set of lowered coils if you do your research. The only reason I cut mine was to see what it would look like. I am going to buy some airbags before I really start driving it. This can also be cheap to do if you know where to find the stuff and can do a little fabrication yourself. I found some airbags for about $60 each, However I am going to try to find some a little cheaper. I probably will not put a compressor in it right now due to funds, I will just use a shop compressor to air it up when need be (until I can afford the whole setup).
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Re: What I did on labor day
Looks good at that ride height, and I am really diggin that color
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