49 3600, s10 swap, project boogie

[joedoh]

body on for the first time. tried a set of mounts based loosely on skymangs excellent how to but made a couple changes so not exact duplication. hey, my engineer ocd is matched only by kyles attention to detail!

[HUSSEY]

Looks good, front wheel position in the wheel wells looks on.

[joedoh]

thanks! we drew out the mounts and played around with the dimensions, it worked out well.

its just too damn high haha. starting with a stock height sonoma I didnt expect it to be an earthworm but we need some serious lowering.

[HUSSEY]

I'm setting up my mounts also. How did you locate your front mounts?

I used 4x4 tubing and mounted them 1.75 inches forward of the oval hole on the frame, just tacked for now. I based this on Bartmans YouTube tech and him noting he wished he mounted his to put his tire in the front wheel well just a tad further forward. I went the the 1.75 because I think it looks ok with the tires a little forward of center but goofy with the tires a little rear of center,

For my front mounts, from the frame to the top of the S10 bushing is 4 in. I wanted mine nice and low too but also didn't want to much of a tunnel and wanted to avoid a drive shaft tunnel. I have 2 in. dropped spindles on the front and 3 in. blocks on the back. I'll wait till I'm done to see if dropped spring or leaves are in order, or better yet, maybe bags.