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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Thanks Daze.
Apologies for the double post. Posted via Mobile Device
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
started to shorten the upper and lower a-arms by 2".
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Finished up the cab corner speaker enclosure, ready for fabric. Details in the build thread.
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installed Windlace on 1 door, What A PAIN.
I cant wait to do the other door :-( |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
drove mine for breakfeast
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
So far, soldered up the tail light & turn signal wires. The right side, I soldered the tail feed to the brake side of the dual-filament bulb.
I'll fix that after breakfast. Later in the day, I'm going to screw around with the turn signals (maybe), shift linkage (maybe) and some other junk (possibly).
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Well, I'm kind of late, but we drove the 59 to the Nifty50ees this past Saturday! Can't wait for some cooler weather! We didn't get to stay long, but I had a lot of lookers! Our 5 y/o grandaughter rode in her booster seat in the middle, buckled up of course. She got to watch a movie on the 7" DVD along the way. The truck rode well and the engine was strong running! I'm very pleased!
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A/C still running hot?
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Mine still needs alot of lil stuff like bedwood, and hopefully be able to talk my wife into letting me put AC into it.
![]() I did get it all cleaned up for the pic though on sunday. Saturday was spent putting the rear shocks on, fabricating rear lower shock mounts, outside trim.
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Thank you for that nice compliment! AC is nice, but sure was a pain to install! You have a really nice truck too!
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Denee,
Lookin' good, girl! Remind me again, how many inches is your axle dropped and what did you use for springs up front? If I stay with my straight axle I'd want it to come out about like yours. Lower but not too low - heresy I know around this board! lol.
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??? what is too low ? this isn't, is it? ![]() this is with 10lbs up front. 0lbs in rear ![]()
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Hey Dan! I went with the stock axle which was overhauled by Sid@dropped axles, and I bought the 2 leaf posie springs from him as well. As for how much these springs dropped the axle? supposedly it was about 3" from stock, but I have nothing to compare to. However, I did speak with Sid not long ago asking about dropping the axle to get the truck a little lower, but passed on the idea. I have no desire to do anything else to the suspension. I'm very pleased with the ride!
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oh c'mon, don't be chickens!!! I dropped mine almost 8 inches from stock ride height if you include the rims and tires and our roads up here are way worse and I can drive damn near anywhere I would want to with it.
What did I do with my truck? The wife and I cruised like teenagers ![]()
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
...and guys worry about the scrub line!
Like this, your scrub line runs right through your oil pan, tranny pan and 3rd member!
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I want my truck lower, I've just grown up enough to not want to deal with approaching driveways and speed bumps at an angle. Not worrying about some pothole I didn't see until the last moment. Screw all that BS. I want my truck to ride decent, look cool and NOT be a pain in my a$$.
If that makes me "old" then I'm old and I don't give a rip. (Now, where are my Velcro tennis shoes, my gigantic black plastic sunglasses to put over my regular glasses, and my black socks to wear with my Bermuda shorts?! lol)
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Double post, sorry.
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You know Mike, there is a striking resemblance between your truck and Denee's!
Kissing cousins?
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Cousins indeed, one the skinny one (Denee stepside) the other a little wider (Mikes fleetside), both nice looking.
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