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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
They sure are. Much heavier & expensive though.....
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
More mild progress as I trimmed the width of the 'rails to fit the notches. Still some more trimming to go before they are ready to drill, but man do they look sweet! ~4 more inches of drop from my already pretty extreme 8" static drop ought to do nicely
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Looks great Chris!
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
I like it!
Since you have the tape measure out, what is the measurement from the top of the notch to the top of the original frame rail?
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Oh, yeah, that!
Thanks buddy! Should be about 6", I'll verify
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Yup, about 6 3/16" right now, which should be closer to 6" once it's all snugged down. This is the 'touring' notch; the 'extreme' is a few inches taller, but I'm not sure by how much.
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
That would be about perfect for my other truck since I've already raised the bed floor 6.5".
The frame under it turned out not like I wanted it to, so I really want to start over on that one once the Blazer is finished.
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Speaking of things that take longer than intended, I got the framerails trimmed for final notch fit, then primed/painted the bare metal and proceeded to drill a BOATLOAD of 7/16" holes to attach the radius notches and bridge. I used an old trick of dropping a 1/4" nut in the holes to center my pilot--worked out great!
Looks like not a lot of progress, but it's all final installed and torqued, and fits like butta. It's time now to remove the offending sections of framerail getting in the way of super-static lowness ![]()
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Never thought of doing that while drilling. Excellent.
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Those notches look great in there, I love watching your builds come together. You seem way more organized than me.
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Feel free to use it; pretty sure it's a trick I learned here somewhere. I think when I saw it, they were using it to center punch, but ain't nobody got time fo' dat
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Thanks! I'm really liking the quality and ease of installation of these porterbuilt pieces, plus they just look BA!
Took the plunge today and removed a big ol' chunk of framerail ![]()
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
Hung the TAXM, then slung the axle back underneath. She's square and centered at ride height and almost ready to re-meet mother earth.
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
I like these two pics at mock-up ride height. The axle now resides where the framerails used to--she's gonna be low
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Looks good!
I like the fact that you still have the hitch bolted up! ![]()
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10
just turn the drop hitch upside down, then it would be a raised hitch...
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Looks awesome Chris, can't wait to see the ride height when's it's back on the ground.
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