First ever C10 project

[Alex41]

Originally Posted by GMC Guy

dude. Beautiful. how does it drive??
Wheel specs please! and i like the gas struts for hood springs, how easy was that?

Thanks. It's not too bad. The front shocks are still stock and I have about a 6" drop on it so it rubs on larger dips in the road when it rebounds.

Wheels are 20x8 up front 20x10 rear. Not sure the back spacing but stock c 10 was what I ordered. I did use a 1/2" spacer in the rear though.

Hood struts were pretty easy. I just had to weld on an elbow tab to the fender with a ball socket I got off a Tahoe in the junk yard. I took the stock spring hinge apart and used the triangular tab that bolts to the hood for the top side but flipped them from left to right. The shock was trial and error as far as finding the open/closed length and strength. The parts people weren't able to tell me how much weight they could hold so I had to push down on them in the store till I found one that seemed right..lol. I can get the part number off it if you want.