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lspower
PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:48 pm 
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looks awesome!!! what size tire are you running front/rear??
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I'm running 255-35-20's all the way around with Cenetrline wheels
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:48 pm 
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what backspacing??
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:33 am 
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Just wanted to post some other pictures of the truck and it's progress. I haven't been working on it much since I'm getting married the first week of August and just lost my job of (5) yrs. I just lined some of the sheet metal up and documented the bolt locations and shims needed. I just cut the old core out and installed the new one So I wanted to make sure that all the locations and panels still fit nicely.

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Nice work!!!

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wow. looks great. im trying to decide whether to body drop mine on a new frame or just lay frame on 20s. what width and offset wheels are you runnin. Any pics of the engine bay.

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Very nice, whats the rim size, and back spacing?
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20x8.5 w/a 5.4 backspace
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yep. I would go with more backspace if you are going to do. I had a trim the front fender lips to get the truck to lay down with out smashing the crap out of the fenders. A nother note don't let anyone tell you to run 20" on your truck. If I b/d my truck I would have to cut the hood and fab ugly fender wells to cover the hole. The damn 20" wheels and tire are almost to big for these trucks. I've see 19"/20" combo's that look great. If you decide to go a diffrent route i would look into a 18" or 19" MAX for the front. just my 2 cent.
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yep. I would go with more backspace if you are going to do. I had a trim the front fender lips to get the truck to lay down with out smashing the crap out of the fenders. A nother note don't let anyone tell you to run 20" on your truck. If I b/d my truck I would have to cut the hood and fab ugly fender wells to cover the hole. The damn 20" wheels and tire are almost to big for these trucks. I've see 19"/20" combo's that look great. If you decide to go a diffrent route i would look into a 18" or 19" MAX for the front. just my 2 cent.

i deff agree
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i just went and bought bags for mine and my friend at sik customs will put the bags on for me and i will lay frame with 18's
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what A arms are you using? i tools my luv to the shop and for it to lay frame they said i need to up dated the A arms to ones off an s10? do you know if this is possiable? or what other options do i have to bag my luv?
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What year luv you have? I have a 79 and used stock control arms, and I'm body dropped 3 1/4"
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what A arms are you using? i tools my luv to the shop and for it to lay frame they said i need to up dated the A arms to ones off an s10? do you know if this is possiable? or what other options do i have to bag my luv?
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For it to lay in the front all you need to do is Z the frame 1.5" and pie cut the upper control arms.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:28 pm 
wolfman0773 wrote:
what A arms are you using? i tools my luv to the shop and for it to lay frame they said i need to up dated the A arms to ones off an s10? do you know if this is possiable? or what other options do i have to bag my luv?
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It can be done this way or dan's way, I think they are just looking to do what is easier and not cut the frame.
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Only way to not Z the front is to get custom drop spindles made
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:05 pm 
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Only way to not Z the front is to get custom drop spindles made



Technically anything can be done any way with an unlimited budget :D
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Thats true, lol
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what do you mean by z the frame
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