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watindes · 07-16-2010, 11:32 AM

Should I drop the rear or leave a rake, keep or leave says it all! The top pic is before I removed the helper spring after that it it dropped the rear about an inch the next two are after.

Thank you for all the comments!

Jesse

baclay9 · 07-16-2010, 11:43 AM

I personally would drop the back another 2" or so

Sooner84 · 07-16-2010, 01:30 PM

I'd drop the back a little more

XtremeBowtie · 07-16-2010, 01:38 PM

I say Drop it. You probably couldn't care less, but I've never been much into the "raked" look.

Btw, what size wheels and tires are those?

79gmcclassic · 07-16-2010, 01:44 PM

drop the front 1 more inch then go 2 in the back to have the perfectt rake! nice smoothies too!

MotorHead Lon · 07-16-2010, 01:50 PM

I'd say about a 5/5 drop. And keep the smoothies. Lowering spindles and a coil cut from the stock coils up front and axle flip in back.

Acrophobia · 07-16-2010, 02:08 PM

I vote to drop it. Lowered a little more with those wheels will look sweet!

gchemist · 07-16-2010, 03:31 PM

Drop it but keep a small rake. These trucks look great with a rake!

Our truck look best with the wheel up near the fender lip.

Adams74Chevy · 07-16-2010, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gchemist

Drop it but keep a small rake. These trucks look great with a rake!

+1

glock35ipsc · 07-16-2010, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gchemist

Drop it but keep a small rake. These trucks look great with a rake!

Absolutely! If they are level, the front always looks higher since the wheel well opening is almost 2" higher in the front than the rear.

Dropped to the point where both front and rear tires have the same distance to the top of the wheel well lip gives them almost 2" of rake. Perfect! My ideal height is the top of the tire even height-wise to the lip.

Davidmichael · 07-16-2010, 04:08 PM

drop it a bit.

ERBSIX · 07-16-2010, 04:41 PM

Rake. Always and forever rake.

* steps back preparing his Rake to fight off the air-baggers

big10ratrod77 · 07-16-2010, 04:54 PM

leave it the way it is in the bottom picture stuff then stuff sum huge tires under there it would be so bad

maby somthin like this? http://www.summitracing.com/parts/COK-72150/

iroc12valve · 07-17-2010, 01:50 AM

I say lower the back another little bit
Could you take another leaf out ? keep in mind you need at least three on each side, the main one that bolts to the hangers, and 2 more

the only time i like a rake is when im gardening lol

07-16-2010, 11:32 AM	#1
watindes Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Richmond Posts: 30	Should I drop it or leave it as-is? Should I drop the rear or leave a rake, keep or leave says it all! The top pic is before I removed the helper spring after that it it dropped the rear about an inch the next two are after. Thank you for all the comments! Jesse Attached Images __________________ The ultimate swear! Your mother is a beep beep beepingbeeplorem ipsumbeep beep beepadmiumveniumbeep beep beep beepturolaguliobeep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep hippopotamusbeep beep beep beep beep beepbeep beep beep* Daniel Radcliffe beep beep beep beep with a bucket of beep beep beep beep in a castle far away where no one can hear you beep beep beep beep beep beep soup beep beep beep with a bucket of beep beep Mickey Mouse beep beep with a stick of dinomite beeeeeepppp magical beep beep beep beep ALAKAZAM!

07-16-2010, 11:43 AM	#2
baclay9 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle, OK Posts: 1,344	Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is? I personally would drop the back another 2" or so

07-16-2010, 01:30 PM	#3
Sooner84 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Moore, Oklahoma Posts: 379	Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is? I'd drop the back a little more __________________ 1984 chevy swb(1st truck, sold..) 2001 RCSB silverado, 5.3 with a little extra 2004 ECSB Silverado LT, 5.3 cam & bolt ons, 4l60e shift kit/stall, g80 & 3.73s My first (1984 c10) Build

07-16-2010, 01:38 PM	#4
XtremeBowtie Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Western, NC Posts: 193	Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is? I say Drop it. You probably couldn't care less, but I've never been much into the "raked" look. Btw, what size wheels and tires are those? __________________ First and Foremost: Thank you God for my Salvation! I pray that others will seek your Son, Jesus Christ! https://instagram.com/xtremebowtie My 63 Double Dropmember Build "Project Sub-Zero": http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...42#post5050342 My 2013 Camaro 1LE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxa...wL5d6RnmfdJa1A 86 C10 "Build Thread”: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=668777 Last edited by XtremeBowtie; 07-16-2010 at 01:39 PM.

07-16-2010, 01:44 PM	#5
79gmcclassic Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Green bay, Wisconsin Posts: 593	Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is? drop the front 1 more inch then go 2 in the back to have the perfectt rake! nice smoothies too!

07-16-2010, 01:50 PM	#6
MotorHead Lon Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 241	Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is? I'd say about a 5/5 drop. And keep the smoothies. Lowering spindles and a coil cut from the stock coils up front and axle flip in back. __________________ 88 Chevy C1500, step side, LS swap. 98 Crew Cab Dually, tow rig. 03 Dodge Neon. ECTA Ohio Mile record holder.

07-16-2010, 02:08 PM	#7
Acrophobia Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Port Richey, Fl Posts: 92	Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is? I vote to drop it. Lowered a little more with those wheels will look sweet!

07-16-2010, 03:31 PM	#8
gchemist BAD BOW-Silverado XST Join Date: May 2000 Location: Senior Member from Austin, TX Posts: 6,431	Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is? Drop it but keep a small rake. These trucks look great with a rake! Our truck look best with the wheel up near the fender lip. __________________ Gerardo a.k.a. Mad Chemist Silverado XST videos Last edited by gchemist; 07-16-2010 at 03:35 PM.

07-16-2010, 04:08 PM	#11
Davidmichael Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Pittsburgh PA Posts: 686	Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is? drop it a bit. __________________ 86 Suburban 2WD = rolled it and totaled it 83 LWB STD Cab 4x4 = went to the scrapper. Was my baby. 84 Suburban 2WD = stripped it/ scrapped it 81 8 foot bed made into a trailer 86 Suburban going to be made into a trailer 91 Suburban 4x4 = that's my baby 00 S10 Xtreme STD Cab 01 S10 ZR2

07-16-2010, 04:41 PM	#12
ERBSIX Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 208	Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is? Rake. Always and forever rake. * steps back preparing his Rake to fight off the air-baggers __________________ 78 Silverado 1/2 Ton LWB (restore) 78 Silverado 3/4 Ton LWB (parts truck & practice - eventually a work horse) My Build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=4082128 Ellis Benus - Web Design Columbia Mo & Google Fan Boy!

07-16-2010, 04:54 PM	#13
big10ratrod77 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: hillborough nc Posts: 410	Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is? leave it the way it is in the bottom picture stuff then stuff sum huge tires under there it would be so bad maby somthin like this? http://www.summitracing.com/parts/COK-72150/ __________________ 77 chevy BIG 10 350/sm465/12bolt w 3.73 bout 240 horse power NO power steerin 79 chevy 1/2 ton 250/three on the tree/3.08s soon to get built 250/floor shift conversion/3.08s 81 mercedes 300d 25 MPG 77 chevy BIG DOOLEY 454/sm-465/14 bolt 4.10s "fully loaded" 73 plymouth duster 225 slant six/230 3 speed/8 1/4 trying to acheve 300 horse six http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3135091 '77 chevy trucks. built to stay tough. life is short build a hot rod Last edited by big10ratrod77; 07-16-2010 at 04:57 PM.

07-17-2010, 01:50 AM	#14
iroc12valve Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: niagara, ontario Posts: 109	Re: Should I drop it or leave it as-is? I say lower the back another little bit Could you take another leaf out ? keep in mind you need at least three on each side, the main one that bolts to the hangers, and 2 more the only time i like a rake is when im gardening lol __________________ 1991 V3500 350TBI/4l80/205 D60/14bff - Crew long 1987 IrocZ-28 525 horse/567 Lb Tq 383 1976 K30 on 39.5s One wheel drive thanks to a np203 and some K5's lol



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