Shawno72's long overdue 68 daily driver build thread

[RRC]

Originally Posted by shawno72

Sorry for the crappy pics, it is dark in my garage. Anyways got a couple goodies in the mail yesterday and guess what I'm doing today.

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Can't wait to see the pics later.....have a great day!!!
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[Rusbuilt]

Sweet! keeping an eye out today for some good updates!

[shawno72]

Hopefully. I got to work this morning and the schedule is very heavy and we are short a guy so maybe tomorrow
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[shawno72]

The bags won't go on this weekend but the other pic is all the stuff for the disc brake and drop spindle upgrade That hopefully will get done tomorrow.

[Rich916]

Cool, Looks like i will get to see it.

[shawno72]

Originally Posted by Rich916

Cool, Looks like i will get to see it.

Yes you will

[shawno72]

Ok so ever since I put on the 7" wide rear wheels, 5 lug conversion, I rub going around corners and into my driveway. I got these 1" spacers it will give me clearance and it will look better to in my opinion.

[fastcam1]

Are you planning on running the cups on the rear bags or mounting them straight to the frame?
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[shawno72]

Originally Posted by fastcam1

Are you planning on running the cups on the rear bags or mounting them straight to the frame?
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I plan to run the cups. Will make it easier and not have to drill for the fitting

[shawno72]

And so begins the disc brake upgrade. I knocked out the hard stuff first, like installing the rear 1" adapters/spacers

[fastcam1]

Originally Posted by shawno72

I plan to run the cups. Will make it easier and not have to drill for the fitting

Not low enough for me lol
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[shawno72]

Originally Posted by fastcam1

Not low enough for me lol
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When aired out or for ride height?
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[DesertCat]

Hurry up! Work faster!

[Bennett68C10]

Looks great Shawn, are you going to install the front bags while you have the front end apart or at a later date.
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[shawno72]

Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L

Looks great Shawn, are you going to install the front bags while you have the front end apart or at a later date.
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At a later date unfortunately. I do have the bag plates just need another set of bags, hint hint

[shawno72]

Well business slowed down enough to get it apart. I wish I had the time to clean and detail like I want to but I will eventually go with tubalur arms so I just don't want to waste the effort
And yes for some reason the PO cut the bump stop pieces as well as 2 full coils of the stock front springs

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by shawno72

At a later date unfortunately. I do have the bag plates just need another set of bags, hint hint

sorry buddy I need those other two
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[shawno72]

Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L

sorry buddy I need those other two
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I figured you did but was worth a try
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[fastcam1]

Aired out might not be different if you have 2" blocks but ride height will probably be a inch or two difference. With not having a dm I want to be as low as I possibly can
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[shawno72]

Originally Posted by fastcam1

Aired out might not be different if you have 2" blocks but ride height will probably be a inch or two difference. With not having a dm I want to be as low as I possibly can
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I want my ride height as low as possible as well. So I will look into drilling the frame. Just wanted to take the easier route
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[lolife99]

Drilling the frame sucks!
I was sick of metal shavings. Ha.
I ended up using a 7/8" drill bit for the air fitting hole.

I suggest using the hat's first and see how far you get into your c-notch,... especially since you have 2" lowering blocks.

Everyone talks about "low" ride heights.
And yes,... you can drive it as low as possible.
But you will have to air up quite a bit to get the front end back into alignment.
Just depends how often you want to replace your front tires.

[fastcam1]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Drilling the frame sucks!
I was sick of metal shavings. Ha.
I ended up using a 7/8" drill bit for the air fitting hole.

I suggest using the hat's first and see how far you get into your c-notch,... especially since you have 2" lowering blocks.

Everyone talks about "low" ride heights.
And yes,... you can drive it as low as possible.
But you will have to air up quite a bit to get the front end back into alignment.
Just depends how often you want to replace your front tires.

I'm with you about the metal shavings just had to drill a couple of rivots out the other day. As for the front alignment, could you just set your ride height then have them do the alignment for that specific height?
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[lolife99]

Originally Posted by fastcam1

I'm with you about the metal shavings just had to drill a couple of rivots out the other day. As for the front alignment, could you just set your ride height then have them do the alignment for that specific height?
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I had my alignment guy, (a gearhead, and good friend), align my blazer.
I told him to align it as low as possible.
He did the best he could at keeping it low,... but I would have liked a lower ride height.
That's really what a Dropmember is for.
LOW ride heights!

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Drilling the frame sucks!
I was sick of metal shavings. Ha.
I ended up using a 7/8" drill bit for the air fitting hole.

I suggest using the hat's first and see how far you get into your c-notch,... especially since you have 2" lowering blocks.

Everyone talks about "low" ride heights.
And yes,... you can drive it as low as possible.
But you will have to air up quite a bit to get the front end back into alignment.
Just depends how often you want to replace your front tires.

Very well said. One reason why I used the hats was I didn't want to go through all the work of drilling the frame for the fittings and bolting the bag down. I also new at some point I would go much lower with the dropmember, just didn't realize it would be this soon When I had the bags mounted with the plates it bottomed out in my notch with the 2" lowering blocks. Now I had welded in my own notch but it was equivalent in height to cpp or porterbuilt. Also with the 2" blocks your ride height will be lower then if you didn't run the blocks with the plates. I also agree with Keith that low ride heights require a dropmember and is ultimately why I decided to just do it.
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[shawno72]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Must be nice to have a lift and your own alignment equipment available to you.
You're killing your mods one by one!

It is a real blessing plus I get paid to do it

Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L

Very well said. One reason why I used the hats was I didn't want to go through all the work of drilling the frame for the fittings and bolting the bag down. I also new at some point I would go much lower with the dropmember, just didn't realize it would be this soon When I had the bags mounted with the plates it bottomed out in my notch with the 2" lowering blocks. Now I had welded in my own notch but it was equivalent in height to cpp or porterbuilt. Also with the 2" blocks your ride height will be lower then if you didn't run the blocks with the plates. I also agree with Keith that low ride heights require a dropmember and is ultimately why I decided to just do it.
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Great now you got me thinking that everything I did today was a waste Now I gonna have to bag it and THEN decide its not low enough when I knew up front that the dm was what was needed.