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Old 03-17-2005, 12:10 PM   #1
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Lightbulb Skid Plates for lower arms?

Has anyone made skid plates for there arms? I know mine hit if I drop it from to high. I could use reducer bushings in my dump valves to slow the drop but I like throwing sparks some times. Right now I weld hard face rod on the part of the arm that hits. But a skid plate would save the arms. And what about ART arms? I'd really hate to scrape up them if, and when I get them.
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Old 03-31-2005, 04:30 PM   #2
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Old 03-31-2005, 04:36 PM   #3
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Your arms won't hit the ground with a 30 inch tall tire unless you got a crossmember drop, and cut up your upper mounts to ge tmore drop.
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Old 03-31-2005, 08:27 PM   #4
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Yeah but what if someone don't have 30" front tires? I know hitting lower arms is a very common problem. Mine are FUBAR
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Old 04-01-2005, 02:20 AM   #5
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I have 235/60/15's somewhere around 26 or so inches tall and with a 6 inch static drop my arms are JUNK ,Ill have my skid plates finished tommarow so Ill try to get some pics for the weekend. I now have a crossmember drop and bags so I figured it better be safe than sorry , I really dont feel like replacing these damn things all the time.
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Old 04-01-2005, 08:22 PM   #6
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I have 235/60/15's somewhere around 26 or so inches tall and with a 6 inch static drop my arms are JUNK ,Ill have my skid plates finished tommarow so Ill try to get some pics for the weekend. I now have a crossmember drop and bags so I figured it better be safe than sorry , I really dont feel like replacing these damn things all the time.
It sounds to me like you are trying to 'have your cake and eat it too'. If you've got 6" of static drop, with springs only, you're bound to have parts dragging on the ground from time to time, either get larger tires, or put taller springs in, or you're going to beat up your control arms. If you're using air bags on the front, you should figure out a 'safe' pressure to drive around at that will keep your control arms off the ground, and just dump the bags when you're stationary, or deal with scraping parts. I don't see any other alternatives.
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Old 04-01-2005, 09:00 PM   #7
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It sounds to me like you are trying to 'have your cake and eat it too'. If you've got 6" of static drop, with springs only, you're bound to have parts dragging on the ground from time to time, either get larger tires, or put taller springs in, or you're going to beat up your control arms. If you're using air bags on the front, you should figure out a 'safe' pressure to drive around at that will keep your control arms off the ground, and just dump the bags when you're stationary, or deal with scraping parts. I don't see any other alternatives.
Well, you can "have your cake & eat it too".....but a body drop is a bunch of work I run a 3/5 static drop on my truck,with an additional 1 1/2" body drop......you can go 3" on the body drop without too many problems, but my truck also has a 4 " chopped top I have been asked many times...." how much did you drop that truck" ? 3/5 gets a strange look, cause the guys know its lower than that for some reason......that old Chev has NEVER dragged anything on the pavement ............. L
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Old 04-08-2005, 07:19 AM   #8
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I put skid plates on my crossmember. They keep the control arms about 1/2" off the ground. When my bags are deflated, the truck rests on the skids so that the weight is on on the bags.
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