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360hp350 · 01-04-2004, 01:38 PM

I have been looking a lot at really low trucks lately and seen some with Z'd fronts. This may be a really dumb question but how do they get the grill and headlights to line back up with the fenders?

Izzy · 01-04-2004, 01:53 PM

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Originally posted by 360hp350
I have been looking a lot at really low trucks lately and seen some with Z'd fronts. This may be a really dumb question but how do they get the grill and headlights to line back up with the fenders?

You have to cut/drop the frame horns behind the core support the same amount of the "z".

smashingchuck · 01-04-2004, 04:47 PM

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Originally posted by fiveeightchevy

You have to cut/drop the frame horns behind the core support the same amount of the "z".

right on.

ACES · 01-04-2004, 11:55 PM

Does anyone have any pics of "Z'd" fronts?
What does it do?

Slammed '87 · 01-05-2004, 02:55 AM

generally you are cutting out the part of the frame that supports your front suspension and raising it up. So now ALL your front suspension componets have more clearance. which in turn allows you to lower the chassis more. I don't have any piks, but basically you cut the frame before and after the front crossmember and raise it up up. It is called "Zing" because you cut the frame on an angle /, this is to retain the strength of the frame rail. Never cut, or weld on a 90 degree axis, as this weakens your frame.

ACES · 01-05-2004, 03:12 AM

Cool, I understand it now.

Thanks Slammed '87

Chevy_68 · 01-05-2004, 03:33 AM

i just z'd my front end and im only 16 so its a pretty simple task but not easy.

Izzy · 01-05-2004, 10:17 AM

http://www.ifcustom.com/projects/pro...20suburban.htm

There’s a ‘burb that IF z’d the frame on.

01-04-2004, 01:38 PM	#1
360hp350 Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 132	Z'ing the front I have been looking a lot at really low trucks lately and seen some with Z'd fronts. This may be a really dumb question but how do they get the grill and headlights to line back up with the fenders?

01-04-2004, 11:55 PM	#4
ACES Life is a gamble Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lee's Summit, MO Posts: 796	Does anyone have any pics of "Z'd" fronts? What does it do? __________________ 1970 Orange CST C-10 w/350, posi, Longbed The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

01-05-2004, 02:55 AM	#5
Slammed '87 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary Canada Posts: 556	generally you are cutting out the part of the frame that supports your front suspension and raising it up. So now ALL your front suspension componets have more clearance. which in turn allows you to lower the chassis more. I don't have any piks, but basically you cut the frame before and after the front crossmember and raise it up up. It is called "Zing" because you cut the frame on an angle /, this is to retain the strength of the frame rail. Never cut, or weld on a 90 degree axis, as this weakens your frame. __________________ If you can't rock the roads with your bumpers 1/2" off the ground, you're nowhere near low enough!

01-05-2004, 03:12 AM	#6
ACES Life is a gamble Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lee's Summit, MO Posts: 796	Cool, I understand it now. Thanks Slammed '87 __________________ 1970 Orange CST C-10 w/350, posi, Longbed The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

01-05-2004, 03:33 AM	#7
Chevy_68 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: PHX Az Posts: 155	i just z'd my front end and im only 16 so its a pretty simple task but not easy.

01-05-2004, 10:17 AM	#8
Izzy Trucker. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 1,364	http://www.ifcustom.com/projects/pro...20suburban.htm There’s a ‘burb that IF z’d the frame on.



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