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**chevy71super** · 04-21-2003, 11:55 PM

I finished the installation of a 2.5 lift. I am real happy with the results. I am now able to run my BFG mud terrains on the street (with a little trimming). I would not try to 4-wheel a the truck as the tires would rub. Seems to work fine on the street. With 32 inch tires (really measured 31) and a stock suspense the top of the front fender measured 36.75 inches. The back was an inch lower. With the lift and tires the front measures 42.25 or 5.5 inches of total lift, the back measures 41.00 for a 5.25 inches of lift. (I did not have the spare underneath the back in the first mesaurement, the extra weight on the tail may account for the .25 of an inch.)

**chevy71super** · 04-21-2003, 11:57 PM

Another picture.

**chevy71super** · 04-21-2003, 11:59 PM

My truck and my son-in-laws escalade. (Which would you rather have?)

*dtlilly* · 04-22-2003, 12:09 AM

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Originally posted by chevy71super
(Which would you rather have?)

Actually, I would take the Escalade. Then I would sell it and be able to get 2 or 3 fully restored big block, fully optioned Super or Grande trucks

MandarinSixSeven · 04-22-2003, 12:24 AM

where is your son from? I saw an escalade exactly like that in front of my apartment the other day from alberta...prollly not him, but it looks so much the same

70blazer · 04-22-2003, 12:45 AM

That has got to be one of the best looking trucks I have seen in a while, and I am on here a lot. I don't think I could ever own something that pretty. I would never leave it alone, I would probably end up sleeping next to it in the garage!

**Yukon Jack** · 04-22-2003, 09:35 AM

Looks great. That color combo is really nice too.

Mike C · 04-22-2003, 09:37 AM

That's a beautiful little blue truck. I guess I just don't understand why somebody would by a Tahoe and pay $10k dollars more for Cadillac emblems...

*Randy70C-10* · 04-22-2003, 09:39 AM

The Escalade looks like something I'd run over with your truck.

Jason71k10 · 04-22-2003, 10:40 AM

that looks really sweet, chevy71super. Who makes the lift you installed, and what size tires are you running in the pics? thanks

Jason

bouncytruck · 04-22-2003, 11:26 AM

Was your truck in the Seattle Roadster Show?

71-longbed · 04-22-2003, 11:56 AM

hope you dont mind i cropped and blew up your pics alittle

nice lift and tight truck ...always digged that color scheme

71-longbed · 04-22-2003, 11:57 AM

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**71blksuper4x4** · 04-22-2003, 11:01 PM

I am seeing double

Didn't mean to take your post man... Your truck is definately better. Your truck looks good with that lift and as far as the escalade.... I would much rather have a blue and white Cheyenne Super swb 4x4 anyday.

**chevy71super** · 04-22-2003, 11:37 PM

Thanks for all the compliments. No, my son-in-law lives in Post Falls Idaho. He bought the Escalade used paying mid 30's for it. He put 20's on it and the picture does not do it justice. Its a nice rig. Driving around Seattle I noticed people pulling up beside us looking it over. Mike C is right, it is essentially a Tahoe but it looks alot better IMHO and they hold their resale value. I was joking with him telling him my truck will be worth more than his Escalade in 5 years. Little does he know that will probably be true as long as I take care of the truck. (He also has tire envy now that my truck

My truck was at the Seattle Roadster show. I didn't have time to put the lift on it before the show so it didn't look right with the 35's. The truck took best of class! Shows you what they know about 4X4's. (They kept asking me if I was a vendor.)

I am really happy the way it turned out once I got the lift on it. It sits a little lower in the back than the front. I was told many guys will put 4 inch springs in the back with the 2.5 springs in the front to level it out. I may put a couple of those air bag helpers in the back so it sits level when I tow my dirt bikes.

The lift is made by SkyJacker. The tires in the picture are 35 BFG's. The ride is definitely firmer than stock but I don't think it is overly rough. I am taking my wife and son on a 300 mile drive in a couple of weeks so we will see what she thinks of the ride . . .

Overall its now the truck I always wanted when I was young. I've owned if for 10 years and I keep improving it every year. I like the looks of trucks with tires that fill the wheel wells. Its just my opinion but I don't see the point of a lot of lift with smaller tires.

Thanks for cropping and reposting the pictures. 71 longbed If I send you a full sized copy of the picture with the Escalade could you repost that one also? I want to get some better out door pictures to post. Thanks again.

GreenMystChevy · 04-22-2003, 11:50 PM

New Escalades on 20's are pretty sweet and I would love to own one but if you were both rollin down Main St., you would have all of my attention! I got to see it up close at the roadster show and it is amazing. When my girlfriend saw it at the show I told her it was a board members'. I felt like I knew a celebrity

Anyways, looks absolutely perfect with that lift and tires that look so massive.

71-longbed · 04-23-2003, 12:15 AM

the pic is really low quality so this is the best i could do

peace

dion · 04-23-2003, 12:24 AM

I like it, can you guess why?

bouncytruck · 04-23-2003, 12:30 PM

I hate to say it, but Escalates rolling on 20+ wheels are a dime a dozen on my side of the lake. Where I work in Bellevue, I know of 5 in a 2 block radius. I can also know of 5 H2s all pimped out in that same area. I'd much rather see a very nice looking 67-72 than another overprice SUV some punk in a crooked baseball hat driving.

DMAN · 04-23-2003, 01:57 PM

Very nice. What color blue is that?

04-21-2003, 11:55 PM	#1
chevy71super Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 658	Lift installed I finished the installation of a 2.5 lift. I am real happy with the results. I am now able to run my BFG mud terrains on the street (with a little trimming). I would not try to 4-wheel a the truck as the tires would rub. Seems to work fine on the street. With 32 inch tires (really measured 31) and a stock suspense the top of the front fender measured 36.75 inches. The back was an inch lower. With the lift and tires the front measures 42.25 or 5.5 inches of total lift, the back measures 41.00 for a 5.25 inches of lift. (I did not have the spare underneath the back in the first mesaurement, the extra weight on the tail may account for the .25 of an inch.) Attached Images

04-21-2003, 11:57 PM	#2
chevy71super Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 658	Another picture. Attached Images

04-21-2003, 11:59 PM	#3
chevy71super Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 658	My truck and my son-in-laws escalade. (Which would you rather have?) Attached Images

04-22-2003, 12:24 AM	#5
MandarinSixSeven Seasonal Poster Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Canada Posts: 896	where is your son from? I saw an escalade exactly like that in front of my apartment the other day from alberta...prollly not him, but it looks so much the same __________________ 67 GMC Short Step 350/4-Speed/3.08 Posi Front/Rear Sway Bars Kelowna BC, Canada Member of DTPW

04-22-2003, 12:45 AM	#6
70blazer Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Utah Posts: 239	That has got to be one of the best looking trucks I have seen in a while, and I am on here a lot. I don't think I could ever own something that pretty. I would never leave it alone, I would probably end up sleeping next to it in the garage! __________________ 1967 Suburban, my kids call it the SuburBEAN cuz its long and green.

04-22-2003, 09:35 AM	#7
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	Looks great. That color combo is really nice too. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

04-22-2003, 09:37 AM	#8
Mike C Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 7,727	That's a beautiful little blue truck. I guess I just don't understand why somebody would by a Tahoe and pay $10k dollars more for Cadillac emblems... __________________ 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

04-22-2003, 09:39 AM	#9
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	The Escalade looks like something I'd run over with your truck.

04-22-2003, 10:40 AM	#10
Jason71k10 ready for reassembly Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Barrie ONT, Canada Posts: 413	that looks really sweet, chevy71super. Who makes the lift you installed, and what size tires are you running in the pics? thanks Jason __________________ stock 71 4x4 2003 Jeep Liberty, rocky mountain edition I'm obsessed, and wouldn't have it any other way!

04-22-2003, 11:26 AM	#11
bouncytruck SKINNY TIRES RULE! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 11,038	Was your truck in the Seattle Roadster Show? __________________ bouncytruck 1972 K5 The Hauler 1994 K1500 Suburban The Daily2010 Kia Soul Wife's Ride2014 Fiat 500L

04-22-2003, 11:56 AM	#12
71-longbed Its Magically Delicious Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oregon Posts: 2,398	hope you dont mind i cropped and blew up your pics alittle nice lift and tight truck ...always digged that color scheme Attached Images __________________ 71 C10 LWB 350sbc -TH350 12 bolt 3.42 Posi Of all my favorite things to do, The utmost is to have a brew. My love grows for my foamy friend, with each thirst-quenching elbow bend. Beer so frosty, smooth, and cold it's paradise pure liquid gold. Yes beer means many things to me that's all for now cus I gotta pee.

04-22-2003, 11:57 AM	#13
71-longbed Its Magically Delicious Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oregon Posts: 2,398	2 Attached Images __________________ 71 C10 LWB 350sbc -TH350 12 bolt 3.42 Posi Of all my favorite things to do, The utmost is to have a brew. My love grows for my foamy friend, with each thirst-quenching elbow bend. Beer so frosty, smooth, and cold it's paradise pure liquid gold. Yes beer means many things to me that's all for now cus I gotta pee.

04-22-2003, 11:01 PM	#14
71blksuper4x4 SWB 4x4 Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Osage City, KS Posts: 5,156	I am seeing double Didn't mean to take your post man... Your truck is definately better. Your truck looks good with that lift and as far as the escalade.... I would much rather have a blue and white Cheyenne Super swb 4x4 anyday. Attached Images __________________ TREVOR 1970 CST swb 4x4 (speedwarning,cruise,tilt,tach,8track, original red shoulder belts,tow hooks) 1972 Jimmy (soon to be Hickey cloned) 1971 Cheyenne Super 4x4 swb (tilt,tach,buckets, original blue shoulder belts,am/fm,cruise,tow hooks, dealer 8 track) 1972 Cheyenne Super K20 4x4 Custom Camper (tilt, tach, am/fm, tow hooks, bed toolbox, aux gas tank 1972 Cheyenne Super Crew Cab K30 4x4 Duramax, Allison, np205, buckets, tow hooks (CURRENT PROJECT) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=624819 1989 V3500 Crew Cab (454tbi, NV4500, np205) 1970 Chevelle SS (LS5 454,th400,8track,buckets,tach) :2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (daily driver) WTB: 1968-70 Cruise Control Lever

04-22-2003, 11:37 PM	#15
chevy71super Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 658	Thanks for all the compliments. No, my son-in-law lives in Post Falls Idaho. He bought the Escalade used paying mid 30's for it. He put 20's on it and the picture does not do it justice. Its a nice rig. Driving around Seattle I noticed people pulling up beside us looking it over. Mike C is right, it is essentially a Tahoe but it looks alot better IMHO and they hold their resale value. I was joking with him telling him my truck will be worth more than his Escalade in 5 years. Little does he know that will probably be true as long as I take care of the truck. (He also has tire envy now that my truck My truck was at the Seattle Roadster show. I didn't have time to put the lift on it before the show so it didn't look right with the 35's. The truck took best of class! Shows you what they know about 4X4's. (They kept asking me if I was a vendor.) I am really happy the way it turned out once I got the lift on it. It sits a little lower in the back than the front. I was told many guys will put 4 inch springs in the back with the 2.5 springs in the front to level it out. I may put a couple of those air bag helpers in the back so it sits level when I tow my dirt bikes. The lift is made by SkyJacker. The tires in the picture are 35 BFG's. The ride is definitely firmer than stock but I don't think it is overly rough. I am taking my wife and son on a 300 mile drive in a couple of weeks so we will see what she thinks of the ride . . . Overall its now the truck I always wanted when I was young. I've owned if for 10 years and I keep improving it every year. I like the looks of trucks with tires that fill the wheel wells. Its just my opinion but I don't see the point of a lot of lift with smaller tires. Thanks for cropping and reposting the pictures. 71 longbed If I send you a full sized copy of the picture with the Escalade could you repost that one also? I want to get some better out door pictures to post. Thanks again.

04-22-2003, 11:50 PM	#16
GreenMystChevy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Woodinville, WA Posts: 513	New Escalades on 20's are pretty sweet and I would love to own one but if you were both rollin down Main St., you would have all of my attention! I got to see it up close at the roadster show and it is amazing. When my girlfriend saw it at the show I told her it was a board members'. I felt like I knew a celebrity Anyways, looks absolutely perfect with that lift and tires that look so massive. __________________ Jeremy '71 C-10 '72 GMC K2500 '72 Nova (Dad's) '70 Chevelle SS '55 Sedan Delivery Attempting to build up this here 4x4...make her real tall and purty...well, maybe just tall



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04-23-2003, 12:15 AM	#17
71-longbed Its Magically Delicious Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oregon Posts: 2,398	the pic is really low quality so this is the best i could do peace Attached Images __________________ 71 C10 LWB 350sbc -TH350 12 bolt 3.42 Posi Of all my favorite things to do, The utmost is to have a brew. My love grows for my foamy friend, with each thirst-quenching elbow bend. Beer so frosty, smooth, and cold it's paradise pure liquid gold. Yes beer means many things to me that's all for now cus I gotta pee.

04-23-2003, 12:24 AM	#18
dion 72 Cheyenne Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,086	I like it, can you guess why? Attached Images __________________ Burnout Idle 1972Cheyenne 1966/67Stouts

04-23-2003, 12:30 PM	#19
bouncytruck SKINNY TIRES RULE! Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 11,038	I hate to say it, but Escalates rolling on 20+ wheels are a dime a dozen on my side of the lake. Where I work in Bellevue, I know of 5 in a 2 block radius. I can also know of 5 H2s all pimped out in that same area. I'd much rather see a very nice looking 67-72 than another overprice SUV some punk in a crooked baseball hat driving. __________________ bouncytruck 1972 K5 The Hauler 1994 K1500 Suburban The Daily2010 Kia Soul Wife's Ride2014 Fiat 500L

04-23-2003, 01:57 PM	#20
DMAN Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Benicia,Ca. Posts: 128	Very nice. What color blue is that? __________________ '71 Custom Deluxe K10, shortbed, fleetside.

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