My Low83 Pics

[Malo83]

Thought i'd post some pics of my Daily Driver, whatcha think
Little fuzzy , first time posting pics ha,ha.
John

[BaddBusa2005]

looks good, that is how i want my truck to sit. What drop do you have?

[Malo83]

Thanks, it's a 4/5 drop, 2 cut coils in the front with an old time alignment kit to bring it back to specs and a flip kit in the rear. Rims are 15x9 with 275/50R15 TA's
John

[Malo83]

How do you size the pic's a little larger???
John

[Eyegore]

Are they jpgs file? if their jpg and you have microsoft office just open it in Microsoft photo editor under the pull down "image" select "resize" you can increase or decrease size.

Nice looking truck by the way.

[Rc 415]

go to www.imageshack.us , and where it asks if you want to resize the image, select message board size (640x480).

[Rc 415]

Btw nice lookin 83, I have one myself, but its a stepside I have the drop kit (5/7) sitting in my garage, but cant put it on yet because I have heard stock rallies will rub on the lower a arms. Is that just primered gray?

[knightlife]

hellaciously sexy truck bro! 83 is the best year in my mind *nods*...cuz I have one too! lol

[slugish]

your truck sets perfect . My 84 is very similiar but has a little more rake than yours , but Im a little old school being 60 yrs old . Will post some pic,s of mine if I EVER FIGURE OUT HOW ,Too many dead brain cells. Will get my son to help me.

[Ivan D.]

Slugish, I assume you have a 4" drop in the rear? How did you do that, 2" drop shackles and 2" drop spring front mounts? I actually think even lowered trucks should have a rake to them, if I ever get to build a "g-machine" street truck (something that I really wanna do) I'd be going for 4/4 drop, thus retaining the rake these trucks have stock.

[slugish]

Yes you are correct about the rear. Iused shackles & hangers which got me down 4 in , then I had the stock leaf springs (4 on each side dearcked ) approx.2.5 in. for a total of 6.5 in ,or thereabouts. If Idid over again I WOULD DO A FLIP KIT . Iended up spending too much money on the de arcking. Had it done twice because the 1st time . wasnt satisfied with look. What a disease to have. Ive also heard the lowering leaf springs you can buy are a little mushy.

[boatpuller]

looks good.....you got a color in mind? you'll catch on to the picture thing.

[boxrodz]

Looking good, Malo.

BTW, you'll lose a bit of resolution as you increase the original size of an image.

[boxrodz]

Originally Posted by slugish

... Will post some pic,s of mine if I EVER FIGURE OUT HOW ,Too many dead brain cells. Will get my son to help me.

slugish -
When posting a message, go down to the 'Additional Options' section and click on the 'Manage Attachments' box. A pop-up window should appear. From there, you can upload up to five images that are stored on your computer to your post. To do so, use the 'Browse' button to find your images located on your PC. Then, once you have included up to five images, click on the 'Upload' botton. Once the images are uploaded, you may close the pop-up window. And, you can use 'Preview Post' to view your post with the image(s). BTW, the filesize of the image is restricted to 100 kb and the image itself is restricted to a maximum of 642 pixels wide.

[87 STEPPER]

That looks nice!

Good job!

[Malo83]

Thanks for all the kind words , like Slugish i'm just an old fart trying to learn new tricks yeah the truck is primered, the original paint was a two tone, light beige on the top and bottom with a darker bronze on the mid section, not in a hurry to paint yet, but I like the silver/pewter colors. Taking lessons from my teenage daughter on this digital camera and posting pics problem of mine
John

[boxrodz]

John -
Your pics has good resolution, just increase the size of the pic on your camera. I increased one of your images to the maximum allowable uploaded width, but it loses some resolution. But ..., the Truck/Stance stills looks good.

[Hoods69BadBowTie]

Sweet looking ride. Really like what you have done to it! Keep up the good work.

[Malo83]

Thanks BadBowTie, boxrodz thanks for the help, I uploaded my pics onto Imageshack in the 640x480 size for message boards so now i'm working on getting them here
John

[Rc 415]

Ok, heres what you do, copy the "Direct link" and paste it here in between these tags: [img]image link here[/img ] minus the space i put at the end of the g in the second tag.

[Rc 415]

Or, alternately, you can just copy the "Direct link" and then click on the little mountian in the yellow box thats in the quick reply box, and paste the link there, and press ok.

[SaskC10]

Hey Malo83 Sweet truck, i love the stance.

What is an old time alignment kit??

How does that front end ride with 2 coils cut?

[Malo83]

Originally Posted by Rc 415

Ok, heres what you do, copy the "Direct link" and paste it here in between these tags: [img]image link here[/img ] minus the space i put at the end of the g in the second tag.

Originally Posted by Rc 415

Or, alternately, you can just copy the "Direct link" and then click on the little mountian in the yellow box thats in the quick reply box, and paste the link there, and press ok.

Rc 415 thanks for the help , gonna give it a try and see if I can get the ball rolling

SaskC10 the old style kit is what they used to lower the front before Spindles which was replacing the top 2 A arm bolts to longer ones and then a 1/2" spacer is placed behind the shims to kick out the top of the tire so you don't get that bowed in look when they cut the 2 coils off, and it rides nice with the coils cut, it's been this way for the last 23 years with no problems
John

[boxrodz]

Originally Posted by Malo83

Rc 415 thanks for the help , gonna give it a try and see if I can get the ball rolling

SaskC10 the old style kit is what they used to lower the front before Spindles which was replacing the top 2 A arm bolts to longer ones and then a 1/2" spacer is placed behind the shims to kick out the top of the tire so you don't get that bowed in look when they cut the 2 coils off, and it rides nice with the coils cut, it's been this way for the last 23 years with no problems
John

If I'm following you, then you've that drop 'bout a year after you got the truck new?.

[gchemist]

That's BADBOW's lost twin sister!! Boy do our trucks look alike.