finally got it all lowered

[bigarmzz]

well, after waiting for over 3 weeks for my drop springs from sport truck direct, (i wouldnt recommend them), i finally got it all lowered...the bottom of the fender trim sits down on the lip of the tires the same, maybe an inch or so front and back

to get the stance just about right, i ended up going with:

front:
western chassis 2.5" spindles
western chassis 2.5" springs

back:
western chassis flip kit (they say 5", but its actually 6")

wheels are 20" C-5 polished Coys from www.coyswheel.com
rears are 20x10 with 5.5 bs
fronts are 20x8.5 with 5 1/4 bs


i have a good 3" of "safe travel" before my bed would ever hit the rear end...three of us got in the bed and jumped on it (real scientific huh) and it was ok, so no more than i'll ever have in there, should be just fine

i moved the rear bumper in about 1.5", and that really helped!, its a new GM piece i got from classicparts.com for $145 shipped, and just used suburban outer brackets, worked just fine

painted the front brake calipers with high temp engine spray bomb...turned out great (and cheap, $7)

now i just need to get a roll of side molding, and a tailgate bedliner cover...eventually i'll get a checker-pro hard tonneau cover...getting the front end lined up next week

before:

now: