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building my first lowered truck
hows it going guys? decided to post this up to kill some time.
this is my first bagged vehicle, first time fabricating, first classic vehicle, even first chevy lol. so input and constructive critisem(sp?) is welcome. enjoy got the truck in june of 2010 when i found out i was loosing my license for 6 months. seemed like the perfect opportunity to build a truck. traded a 97 ranger for it. wiring was shot, has some hack work on it, cut springs, a little bit of rust and a fresh 350/th350 in it. also later learned it was a c20, first noob mistake lol. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
first thing i did was cup the LCA's
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() got myself some drop spindles off a 83 c20 with uppers and lowers ![]() upper bag plates ![]() ![]() Last edited by laid_out_70; 12-31-2010 at 05:40 PM. |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
that got the front this low, laying crossmember
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Re: building my first lowered truck
on to the rear. started cleaning and hacking **** apart
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Re: building my first lowered truck
patched the rear crossmember for practice
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Re: building my first lowered truck
painted the front portion of the frame
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Re: building my first lowered truck
my c10 collection lol
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Re: building my first lowered truck
Looks like your doing great, especially for a noob.
![]() Kep practicing, and posting those pics.... ![]()
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#9 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
yes im keeping the 8 lugger for now. just going to rock the stockers for now. far down the road ill swap to a 5 or 6 lug. havent researched it much. well ill continue my postage of pics now, dang computer crashed
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Re: building my first lowered truck
SD step notch goes in
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Re: building my first lowered truck
practiced making a WW. need to practice more b4 they go on the truck
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Re: building my first lowered truck
made little plates to box in the frame
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Re: building my first lowered truck
all that got the truck sitting just about level
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Re: building my first lowered truck
and the bridge begins
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Re: building my first lowered truck
threw some primer on the truck to slow down the rust a bit
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Re: building my first lowered truck
painted the dash and mocked up my new bench
![]() there were already holes in the doors so just calm down now people. lol ![]() ![]() built some seat adapters, brought it up 2" and bolts to stock location ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
new sticker!
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Re: building my first lowered truck
painted the gear lever and set my model on the dash
![]() ![]() red og ash tray ![]() dash pad and glove box in ![]() ![]() new gauge bezzle and ruined gauge glass or whatever ![]() ![]() painting the top of the dash cuz i didnt know the dash pad doesn't cover the top. ![]() |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
full shot
![]() started welding in the crossmember ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() wish i could tig! ![]() started figuring out the tabs since the pumpkin is near and its slopeing ![]() ![]() mocking up lowers ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
drawing up location of lower front pivot
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Re: building my first lowered truck
on to the bag brackets
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Re: building my first lowered truck
tank mounts
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Re: building my first lowered truck
gussets
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Re: building my first lowered truck
compressor mounts
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