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jhwkns · 12-16-2011, 08:27 PM

It looks cool, but that's pretty low for a static drop. Speedbumps could be a problem. Did you get the front end aligned? How does it drive? Are you running a swaybar?

GMC"ER · 12-16-2011, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ChevLoRay

Hey, I think the real key to your satisfaction happened when your wife said she liked it. That doesn't happen very often at my house.....

I will have to brag on the Wife she is great with the old cars and trucks she will point them out to me when we are going down the road and want to know what they are! She is always wanting to go to the local cruse ins around our area and see all the different rides. She likes this truck so much I have gave it to her to drive, it is hers....Lord did I just say that out loud???? As you can tell from the picture who is behind the wheel!!! Well that is a very small price to pay for a Wife that will back you up on any car or truck you want to buy! Life is good!!! Robert and Rita

**lolife99** · 12-16-2011, 09:03 PM

Tell your wife she is a "keeper".
So is the truck.
I would have to drive it like that for a while.

Watch out for speedbumps,...

GMC"ER · 12-16-2011, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jhwkns

It looks cool, but that's pretty low for a static drop. Speedbumps could be a problem. Did you get the front end aligned? How does it drive? Are you running a swaybar?

Yes it is low for a static drop I guess? And far as driving it I have to be truthful I bought this truck in pieces and I have never drove it on the road just around the yard. And no I am not using a sway bar and I have not had it aligned yet but I have talked to my alignment guy and he said should line up alright but I am crossing my fingers because I know that they can be a headache to line up after being lowered. And yes I will have to be very careful driving it... speed bumps, manhole covers and the occasional squirrel!!! I have never seen a decapitated squirrel running around yet but there is a first time for everything!!!! Look out squirrels here I come! Robert

shawno72 · 12-16-2011, 09:14 PM

Man I can't stop starring at your truck. I don't care much for the step sides but some reason I like yours.

GMC"ER · 12-16-2011, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by shawno72

Man I can't stop starring at your truck. I don't care much for the step sides but some reason I like yours.

Thanks Shawn for the pictures of your truck it looks good and I like the wheel size on your truck the fleetside and the stepside's look so much different with the same size tire. I guess with the stepside you just have such a big open fender I guess. Thanks again for the vote of a good ride! Robert

jhwkns · 12-16-2011, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GMC"ER

... Look out squirrels here I come!

LOL Right on! Just be careful you don't knock any holes in your oil pan.

**special-K** · 12-17-2011, 10:00 AM

I like as tall a tire as will fit. Gotta fill them wells up and I mean front to back as much as top. To me it's the look of the 60s and 70s and Stepsides were king back then before all the car guys turned to trucks. I've always liked both and to this day keep pondering doing my '67 project as a Fenderside. My original plan was one of each. The Fenderside was going to be pro-street and the Wideside more built more hiway friendly for travelin' long trips and daily driving. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. Your story is a good one. I've always understood that 3" spring drop is the limit to align right. That's 5 1/2" front drop combined with spindles. That is low for static,but you just drive it slow like it's low and you're good to go!

GMC"ER · 12-17-2011, 11:18 AM

Thanks everybody for the great comments on the "LOOK" of the GMC! It was brought up about a sway bar? I don't really know what that is for and what it would benefit? As the name indicates I would think that it helps when in turns with the lowered suspension? Should I run one and also I think that sway bars from trucks on up in the newer ones will fit... well I think I read that hear on the board somewhere? I am a firm believer in using parts that can be obtained used as long as they are in good safe condition. Some say that is being cheap I say that is a dollar toward another truck to fix up!! Thanks again everybody! Robert

**lolife99** · 12-17-2011, 11:32 AM

A front sway bar is the cheapest suspesnion mod (that really works) for your truck.
It will drive and handle so much better.
You can find them on some 67-72 and 73-87 trucks for cheap.($50 or less)
Add a set of good polyeurethane bushings from Energy Suspension and bolt it on.
Up front,... since your truck is so low,... you can bolt the bar directly to the frame rails.

The oem set-up had a set of metal brackets riveted to the frame to lower the bar down on stock height trucks.
ECE also makes a "lowered truck" bracket, that I have used many times,... but I don't think they are neccessary.

These sway bars come in 1-1/6", 1-1/8" and the biggest 1-1/4" (usually found on 3/4 ton trucks).
Get the biggest bar you can find.
You won't regret it.

Here's a good thread:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=72338

Another advantage to the Energy Suspension bushings,... they come with the metal brackets to mount them.
You can buy them in a "greaseable" version also.

Leroy-B1 · 12-17-2011, 11:41 AM

looks right to me

GMC"ER · 12-18-2011, 07:35 PM

Thanks Lolife99 for the thread link for the sway bar information there is a lot of good stuff there. Also got the stepper out of the garage today and sprayed some of the dust off and snapped a few more shots of it. Thanks again everybody, Robert

GMC"ER · 12-18-2011, 08:00 PM

One more picture, I thought that I would stand beside the truck for reference a lot of times I see a truck and you can't tell (well I can't) how low it is. Wife said I look tall in the picture beside the truck but I am only 5' 9" hope that makes since because when I was lowering it I would show pictures of other trucks for comparison to what ours would look like to my Wife and she could not tell a lot about it so maybe this will help on visual comparison for others. Thanks, Robert

CC69Rat · 12-19-2011, 10:20 AM

Looks perfect! The distance from the tire to the fender lip is almost identical front / rear.

where is Surgoinsville TN ? Up near Nashville, correct? You going to GG in May?

Bert W · 12-19-2011, 10:44 AM

Keeping an eye on this thread, many good suggestions.

GMC"ER · 12-19-2011, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by CC69Rat

Looks perfect! The distance from the tire to the fender lip is almost identical front / rear.

where is Surgoinsville TN ? Up near Nashville, correct? You going to GG in May?

Hey CC69Rat the big town of Surgoinsville is the Tri City area of East TN. I am about 45 minutes West of Bristol Motor Speedway next to Kingsport TN. we are so small our City limit sign says thanks for visiting on the back side!! HA! HA! But we have a great cruise in once a month with free hotdogs and a outside movie that is shown on a old store building wall with a great turn out and alot of trucks and hotrods we are small but we have around 30 to 40 cars a month and growing. This is one reason we are building the 69 stepper our 1929 Model A ford is a little slow out on the highway so we thought that a truck would be just the ticket. We love to go to all the local cruses you meet the nicest car and truck people there! Here are a few pictures of our cruise in with a few Chevys that was at one of our cruses. Oh by the way what is GG in May? Forgive me I am don't forget a newbie!! Robert

GMC"ER · 12-19-2011, 07:06 PM

A couple more pictures of the cruise in.

GMC"ER · 12-19-2011, 07:34 PM

A couple more. Yea one of them is not a 67-72 but still cool!!! Hope to have my truck done and on the road by spring cruise in time. Oh! the back pew just chimed in "SHE" said that maybe I could ride with her in "HER" GMC to our first cruise in this spring!! I really think that she thinks that this truck is HERS! Well I always get in the last words.......yes dear. The beat down Newbie! Robert

Mike C · 12-20-2011, 08:40 PM

Truck looks great. Very similar combo I have planned for mine. Do you know what the backspacing on your wheels is? Most 8's seem to be 4" while the 10's are 4.5". What about the 7's?

yunkyarddog · 12-20-2011, 08:43 PM

saved tire size so come summer i get'em on my truck

**leddzepp** · 12-20-2011, 09:27 PM

Dead solid perfect.

Of course I am biased, as I am running the exact same setup

FRENCHBLUE72 · 12-20-2011, 09:57 PM

Stance looks perfect congrats.

SCOTI · 12-20-2011, 10:32 PM

^^Agreed 100%^^. You nailed the 'look'.

GMC"ER · 12-20-2011, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike C

Truck looks great. Very similar combo I have planned for mine. Do you know what the backspacing on your wheels is? Most 8's seem to be 4" while the 10's are 4.5". What about the 7's?

OK I am going to be real dumb here! I am new to these trucks as this is my first, with a lot of help by many different people here on the board I have managed to do this project....but I don't know what you mean by backspacing of the wheels? I just went with other truck builds and pictures that I found on the board. Can someone enlighten me here on this term? Thanks Robert

**lolife99** · 12-20-2011, 11:24 PM

Backspacing,...

12-16-2011, 08:27 PM	#26
jhwkns Registered Cruiser Join Date: May 2002 Location: Las Vegas NV Posts: 2,230	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! It looks cool, but that's pretty low for a static drop. Speedbumps could be a problem. Did you get the front end aligned? How does it drive? Are you running a swaybar? __________________ I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

12-16-2011, 09:03 PM	#28
lolife99 67-72 parts collector,… Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 22,700	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! Tell your wife she is a "keeper". So is the truck. I would have to drive it like that for a while. Watch out for speedbumps,... __________________ Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823

12-16-2011, 09:14 PM	#30
shawno72 C/10 junkie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Stockton Ca Posts: 9,093	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! Man I can't stop starring at your truck. I don't care much for the step sides but some reason I like yours. __________________ Shawn 70 LWB C10 current driver/project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=663051 68 SWB C10 Work in progress.....SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559520 72 LWB C10 Sold 71 LWB C10 Sold 68 LWB C10 CST Sold http://youtu.be/kbB0QrBIs9k My mom always had the best advice. It was just a tad late. After a fall that involved blood, she'd say....."Careful!"

12-17-2011, 10:00 AM	#33
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! I like as tall a tire as will fit. Gotta fill them wells up and I mean front to back as much as top. To me it's the look of the 60s and 70s and Stepsides were king back then before all the car guys turned to trucks. I've always liked both and to this day keep pondering doing my '67 project as a Fenderside. My original plan was one of each. The Fenderside was going to be pro-street and the Wideside more built more hiway friendly for travelin' long trips and daily driving. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. Your story is a good one. I've always understood that 3" spring drop is the limit to align right. That's 5 1/2" front drop combined with spindles. That is low for static,but you just drive it slow like it's low and you're good to go! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

12-17-2011, 11:18 AM	#34
GMC"ER Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Surgoinsville,Tennessee Posts: 113	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! Thanks everybody for the great comments on the "LOOK" of the GMC! It was brought up about a sway bar? I don't really know what that is for and what it would benefit? As the name indicates I would think that it helps when in turns with the lowered suspension? Should I run one and also I think that sway bars from trucks on up in the newer ones will fit... well I think I read that hear on the board somewhere? I am a firm believer in using parts that can be obtained used as long as they are in good safe condition. Some say that is being cheap I say that is a dollar toward another truck to fix up!! Thanks again everybody! Robert

12-17-2011, 11:32 AM	#35
lolife99 67-72 parts collector,… Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 22,700	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! A front sway bar is the cheapest suspesnion mod (that really works) for your truck. It will drive and handle so much better. You can find them on some 67-72 and 73-87 trucks for cheap.($50 or less) Add a set of good polyeurethane bushings from Energy Suspension and bolt it on. Up front,... since your truck is so low,... you can bolt the bar directly to the frame rails. The oem set-up had a set of metal brackets riveted to the frame to lower the bar down on stock height trucks. ECE also makes a "lowered truck" bracket, that I have used many times,... but I don't think they are neccessary. These sway bars come in 1-1/6", 1-1/8" and the biggest 1-1/4" (usually found on 3/4 ton trucks). Get the biggest bar you can find. You won't regret it. Here's a good thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ad.php?t=72338 Another advantage to the Energy Suspension bushings,... they come with the metal brackets to mount them. You can buy them in a "greaseable" version also. __________________ Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823 Last edited by lolife99; 12-17-2011 at 11:56 AM.

12-17-2011, 11:41 AM	#36
Leroy-B1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Mars Hill, NC Posts: 1,994	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! looks right to me

12-18-2011, 07:35 PM	#37
GMC"ER Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Surgoinsville,Tennessee Posts: 113	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! Thanks Lolife99 for the thread link for the sway bar information there is a lot of good stuff there. Also got the stepper out of the garage today and sprayed some of the dust off and snapped a few more shots of it. Thanks again everybody, Robert Attached Images

12-18-2011, 08:00 PM	#38
GMC"ER Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Surgoinsville,Tennessee Posts: 113	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! One more picture, I thought that I would stand beside the truck for reference a lot of times I see a truck and you can't tell (well I can't) how low it is. Wife said I look tall in the picture beside the truck but I am only 5' 9" hope that makes since because when I was lowering it I would show pictures of other trucks for comparison to what ours would look like to my Wife and she could not tell a lot about it so maybe this will help on visual comparison for others. Thanks, Robert Attached Images

12-19-2011, 10:20 AM	#39
CC69Rat Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Chattanooga TN Posts: 6,212	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! Looks perfect! The distance from the tire to the fender lip is almost identical front / rear. where is Surgoinsville TN ? Up near Nashville, correct? You going to GG in May? __________________ Chad 1967 C10 SWB - Project Savannah - 6.0/4L80 Currently underway 1968 C10 SWB - TOTY 2018, 50th Anniversary Tribute Project * Sold * Pride and Joy 1986 Silverado Short Fleet - Scarlet Sold 1985 Silverado Short Fleet Sold 2022 Jeep Gladiator Mojave 2001 Jeep Cherokee XJ 4x4 - Lifted, Built 1992 Jeep Cherokee XJ 4x4 - Lifted 2013 Honda Accord EX-L v6 Coupe 6spd (wife's ride)

12-19-2011, 10:44 AM	#40
Bert W Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jackson, MS Posts: 373	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! Keeping an eye on this thread, many good suggestions. __________________ 1968 Chevy C/10 LWB V8 1983 K5 Blazer 1989 C1500 Stepside Reg. Cab V8

12-19-2011, 07:06 PM	#42
GMC"ER Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Surgoinsville,Tennessee Posts: 113	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! A couple more pictures of the cruise in. Attached Images

12-19-2011, 07:34 PM	#43
GMC"ER Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Surgoinsville,Tennessee Posts: 113	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! A couple more. Yea one of them is not a 67-72 but still cool!!! Hope to have my truck done and on the road by spring cruise in time. Oh! the back pew just chimed in "SHE" said that maybe I could ride with her in "HER" GMC to our first cruise in this spring!! I really think that she thinks that this truck is HERS! Well I always get in the last words.......yes dear. The beat down Newbie! Robert Attached Images

12-20-2011, 08:40 PM	#44
Mike C Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 7,727	Re: Think I finely have the right tire size combo!!! Truck looks great. Very similar combo I have planned for mine. Do you know what the backspacing on your wheels is? Most 8's seem to be 4" while the 10's are 4.5". What about the 7's? __________________ 44 Willys MB 52 M38A1 64 Corvette Coupe 68 Camaro 'vert LT1 & TH700 69 Z/28 355 12.6's @110 69 Chevy Short Step 4 1/2"/7" drop 72 Jimmy 4WD 4spd 4" & 35's 02 GMC 2500HD 4x4 Duramax

12-20-2011, 08:43 PM	#45
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12-20-2011, 09:27 PM	#46
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12-20-2011, 09:57 PM	#47
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12-20-2011, 10:32 PM	#48
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12-20-2011, 11:24 PM	#50
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