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#151 |
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Re: building my first lowered truck
i chopped the top of the frame for two reasons. first being when i did my 3 link i mounted my lowers a fraction of an inch from the ground, so cutting the bottom of the frame would have put my lower links into the ground, lol. reason two is then you have to Z the frame that much more to lay out if you cut the bottom of the frame off. looks like about 1.25" would lay rocker. i do have a c20 so that may be different for you. ive also read that you can drop the body about an 1" without modifying the frame.
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#152 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
Thanks for the reply. That covers it perfectly. I actually am looking to lay pinch so it looks like an extra 3/4" is all I need. I'm planning on doing a z to match the front with the frame and will see what else needs to happed with the front end to lay it down. I've looked at your build more than once and it
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#153 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
looks like all the "practice" is paying off...luuuking guuud mon....keep "down" the good work.....
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#154 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
thanks man, cant wait to get it on the road some day. lol
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#155 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
great build so far, defiantly interested to see the rest of the front build! I love the amazingly simple idea of the angled Z cut to slide the suspension forward the inch to center the wheels!
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Re: building my first lowered truck
thanks for the interest man. hopefully i get going on the front horns tomorrow or saturday.
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#157 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
did some more forming on the Z today and threw on the suspension to stare at it.
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#158 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
Damn. Best build ive found yrt. I am about to start my build. Planning on doin the same thing but i got a question. Ur rear bags seem to curve alot. Will that damage the bag?thanx
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Re: building my first lowered truck
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thanks for the kind words. and no the bags are built to deal with odd angles. all you have to do when installing them it make sure the bag mounting surfaces are parallel to each other. did some work today. first i hacked off these things. ![]() surface to transfer measurements. ![]() tacked up ![]() all tacked in and square. going to be a mission boxing that **** in. ![]()
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Re: building my first lowered truck
are you planning on putting your steering gear, idler arm, and core support back in to see where you can add gussets?
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Re: building my first lowered truck
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let the winging it begin. first i cut out the last stock crossmember. ![]() plate 1 cut ![]() plate 2 cut ![]() plate 3 cut ![]() plates tacked in ![]() ![]() ![]() going to be a mission forming the curved plate, thats the plan for tomorrow. ![]() also found two AC compressors that im going to convert to edc's. they have motorcraft tags on them. are those sanden compressors? ![]()
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#162 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
its a york after some research, stupid me. ill check out the shafts tomorrow and see which ones i have. hopefully they're 210's!
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#163 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
that's a good looking wing
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#164 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
thanks. all done with a cutoff wheel
looked at the shafts on the yorks today and they're 210's ![]() did work on the chevy today. first i had to build the inner frame plate out of scraps. lol ![]() then got the rest of the plates cut out. ![]() tacked em all in ![]() ![]() ![]() then i welded both sides all up ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() after that i set the bumper on and pulled it off the frame jig. ![]() ![]() cant even get a piece of paper under the frame ![]() ![]() ![]()
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#165 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
wow...lotta work getting done !!
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#166 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
Very nice work
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#167 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
thanks guys. might make some progress today
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#168 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
got a few hours in today. sanded the frame horns, welded on the core support mounts and mocked up the core support.
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#169 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
well i did a little bit of work on the frame. pulled the last bolted thing to the frame to clean it up and start sanding the entire frame. then after that is the front crossmember, going to be 1.5" square turned on edge with some plate gussets. also decided im building a tube core support.
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Re: building my first lowered truck
made the front crossmember yesterday. 1.5" square on edge and rolled 1/8" plate for gussets.
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#171 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
I really like the rolled gussets. How long is your welding stinger?
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#172 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
Looking Good dude!
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Re: building my first lowered truck
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thanks man. you been making any progress on your c10?
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#174 |
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Re: building my first lowered truck
wow, great fab work as usual, NICE job!
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Re: building my first lowered truck
Nope, still working on my dodge.
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