Lowered my 85 Today

[carolinasled]

Originally Posted by Sodell

I used a set of 79 Toyota truck rear shocks. The stock Toyo's are 19.5" extended and 12" compressed. The Chevy's are 22" and 14". They work great.

Thank You, I might check that out I need to check out the mounted distance now.

Originally Posted by Old School Low

Help me out. Im just about ready to do this to my short 78 C15. No notch yet? Maybe just shackles so far? Are u using ANY shocks at the moment? And..did u cut exactly one coil? Anyway, you're lookin good.

No Notch, But I removed the Bump Stop Mount.

Originally Posted by Sodell

I think you would still want them at the same angle. BTW truck looks nice, like the two tone white and red.

Again, Thanks.

Originally Posted by rs74

I kind of like it with the tires in the pic. That is one good lookin truck. Is that Apple red?

Yes Sir, I Believe it is.

Originally Posted by rudey737

The truck looks great. I have a 4.5/6 McGaughy's ready to install on my truck, but I've been waiting on doing it to rebuild some of the the front end. Did you install new upper & lower ball joints? Did you install new inner and outer bearings?

No Sir, Just straight install. I may tackle this in the spring when the weather warms up. Just started to feel the chill today in SC.

Originally Posted by UATahoe

Love the look. Curious about the spindle clearance issue. Do you think this would still be a problem if you are using the stock rally wheels? I was planning on running the same spindle for a 2.5/4 drop. I have 30.5" tires right now though and was worried they would be an issue after lowering.

I have one stock rally that fit and didn't require any grinding or trimming. The 30.5s would probably be just fine, I was gonna actually gonna order new Moog springs and raise it back up to accommodate the tires that I had. However I ruled it out because I wanted the look of the drop for when I got my newer wheels next year.

[carolinasled]

So I bought just about everything to bag my truck, I used to be into trucks that sat frame. I made a wishbone 3 link and notched it. This past weekend I started on the front, I stood back and was like I HATE IT......

Yep, I'm getting older I reckon. I dont know, I just cant seem to like it and I have started to put it back to factory before I lowered it. I'm torn, I have just about everything to put air on it. minus one or 2 things. I just cant seem to fathom of cutting my bed at all.
I want to keep it stock, So Maybe run AOL? Plus I dont want to Z the frame in the front. I would like it low but not slammed. I hate being un decisive. Gonna fix the c- notches this week and fill in the frame.