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Old 08-22-2011, 12:49 PM   #1
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6" lift and 37x14.50's

heres a pic of my truck just after the lift went in
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Old 08-22-2011, 02:03 PM   #2
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Re: 6" lift and 37x14.50's

Looks great! Are you using blocks or springs (or a combination)?
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Old 08-22-2011, 02:14 PM   #3
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Looks great! Are you using blocks or springs (or a combination)?
4" block with an add-a-leaf in the rear....although i need to add another leaf in the back to make it level
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Old 08-22-2011, 09:59 PM   #4
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Looks great, that other leaf should make it perfect.
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Old 08-22-2011, 10:30 PM   #5
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Re: 6" lift and 37x14.50's

how does that 305 push those 37's?
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Old 08-22-2011, 11:31 PM   #6
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Re: 6" lift and 37x14.50's

Cool If you do a shackle flip you can get rid of the blocks.
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Old 08-23-2011, 12:10 AM   #7
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Re: 6" lift and 37x14.50's

Did you the K10 destroyed video? Firm up the frame and suspension!!
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Old 08-23-2011, 08:48 AM   #8
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Did you the K10 destroyed video? Firm up the frame and suspension!!

I really wouldnt take that video to heart... that truck looked like a huge pile that has been driven hard and put up wet. With the huge meatballs he had on there which I am sure it had big axles and big gears... it was a recipe for destruction... especially if it was on a 1/2 ton unmodified frame.
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Old 08-26-2011, 10:25 PM   #9
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how does that 305 push those 37's?
sorry haven't been on here for a while.....the 305 isn't too bad....the 6.5 is going to be alot better when it gets swapped in.....
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Old 08-26-2011, 10:31 PM   #10
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I really wouldnt take that video to heart... that truck looked like a huge pile that has been driven hard and put up wet. With the huge meatballs he had on there which I am sure it had big axles and big gears... it was a recipe for destruction... especially if it was on a 1/2 ton unmodified frame.
haven't seen it sorry, but this rig isn't going to see alot of off road action....some trails maybe but mostly pavement....
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Old 08-26-2011, 10:32 PM   #11
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ya a shackle flip is in the works
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Old 08-26-2011, 10:44 PM   #12
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haha just watched the k10 destroyed video.....bit extreme i think....
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Old 08-29-2011, 01:30 PM   #13
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Looks good!
I just put 6 inch front springs in because the 4 inch ones I got were junk. Still have just the 4 inch blocks in the rear, which already has add-a-leafs and a big 1 ton spring pack. It sits pretty decent, not perfectly level but not a west coast lean either. I'm hoping the front settles in a bit and levels it out. I planned on putting military 37s on it but I've scrapped that idea. Too much work changing the dually hubs and rear axles around to get them to fit. So I'm stuck with little weenie tires. Another reason I don't want to raise the rear any more to even it with the front, the tires are already small looking.
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Old 08-29-2011, 01:42 PM   #14
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Looks good!
I just put 6 inch front springs in because the 4 inch ones I got were junk. Still have just the 4 inch blocks in the rear, which already has add-a-leafs and a big 1 ton spring pack. It sits pretty decent, not perfectly level but not a west coast lean either. I'm hoping the front settles in a bit and levels it out. I planned on putting military 37s on it but I've scrapped that idea. Too much work changing the dually hubs and rear axles around to get them to fit. So I'm stuck with little weenie tires. Another reason I don't want to raise the rear any more to even it with the front, the tires are already small looking.
37" duals would look awesome.........do they have to be military?
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Re: 6" lift and 37x14.50's

I think the tires look perfect under it but I hate lifted trucks where the back sits lower its like a disease but that's just me, but yours doesn't sit bad at all
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37" duals would look awesome.........do they have to be military?
Well militarys are cheap. But they would need to fit on 6 or 6.5 inch rims. I dont think 12.50s would be too safe on a 6 inch rim. I've been wanting to get 9.00x16s but not had any luck finding any. So I think I'm just going to stick with 235/85s and try to live wih the truck like that. I always want bigger tires, but really the only way to do it would be to switch it back to a four wheeler, which would be costly and pretty permanent, plus it would ruin the whole idea of the truck, which is to have the dual rear wheels tucked under the fleetside bed.
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I think the tires look perfect under it but I hate lifted trucks where the back sits lower its like a disease but that's just me, but yours doesn't sit bad at all
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still needs a leaf in the back though, but ya i do agree with you on the rear being lower than the front
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Well militarys are cheap. But they would need to fit on 6 or 6.5 inch rims. I dont think 12.50s would be too safe on a 6 inch rim. I've been wanting to get 9.00x16s but not had any luck finding any. So I think I'm just going to stick with 235/85s and try to live wih the truck like that. I always want bigger tires, but really the only way to do it would be to switch it back to a four wheeler, which would be costly and pretty permanent, plus it would ruin the whole idea of the truck, which is to have the dual rear wheels tucked under the fleetside bed.
I have 14.50's on a ten inch rim......
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