Truck Is Now Dropped!!

[mooseknuckles]

Originally Posted by muthstryker

My advice to you, drop it low the first time. That way you dont end up doing it twice. My friend wanted his truck dropped to close up the wheel gap on his truck. We ended up doing a 3/3 it sits perfect as is but he wanted to go lower the minute we stepped back and looked at it.

I agree...might as welll go as low as you can the first time. Buy some spindles, some bags and brackets, airline and a schrader valve and your done the front. And you can adjust the hieght. Flip the back end. Thats the way I'd do it if I had to again. Right now I'm saving for a rear 4-link and notch, and I'll keep driving it till I can save for a compressor and tanks, then I want to "Z" it and do a body-drop

[notrailerqueens]

well i know i wanna go static i dont wanna have to mess with bags and compressors and all that stuff. this is gonna be my first drop ive always lifted everything but the dropped truck bug has kinda bit me so now im tryin to learn everything i can. because when it comes to whats involved in a drop, how much drop and how to do it, im pretty much lost. lol thankfully though yall have TONS of info up on here so im trying to read through everything b4 i hit the garage and start. i know i dont want to "slam" the truck. but im really really likin your stance mooseknuckles. in fact i actually stole your avatar pic and have it up as my background for a reference of where i wanna go with the truck. so right now im tryin to make a final desision on it even though i wont have $ or time to do it untill prob this summer. plus im gonna have to enlist the help of some friends to take the bed off and stuff like that. i really appreciate you guys input though. id tottally be lost on this drop thing with out it!

[mooseknuckles]

Originally Posted by notrailerqueens

well i know i wanna go static i dont wanna have to mess with bags and compressors and all that stuff. this is gonna be my first drop ive always lifted everything but the dropped truck bug has kinda bit me so now im tryin to learn everything i can. because when it comes to whats involved in a drop, how much drop and how to do it, im pretty much lost. lol thankfully though yall have TONS of info up on here so im trying to read through everything b4 i hit the garage and start. i know i dont want to "slam" the truck. but im really really likin your stance mooseknuckles. in fact i actually stole your avatar pic and have it up as my background for a reference of where i wanna go with the truck. so right now im tryin to make a final desision on it even though i wont have $ or time to do it untill prob this summer. plus im gonna have to enlist the help of some friends to take the bed off and stuff like that. i really appreciate you guys input though. id tottally be lost on this drop thing with out it!

I'm flattered!!.....Thats exactly what I thought when I first dropped mine, then it kept getting lower and lower untill I couldn't drive it over anything or get a jack under it. So I bagged the front so I could raise it up to get it in the garage and get a jack under it. The back end is still a static drop as I plan on bagging the rear this spring and do the rest gradually as money becomes available. But eventually I want to be able to set this thing on the ground...good luck with yours.

[notrailerqueens]

thanks! what can i say i just really like the look of your truck!

[mooseknuckles]

wait till I get my wheels on it!

[C-10volvo]

LWB twin

[mooseknuckles]

Originally Posted by C-10volvo

LWB twin

ooooh nice!

[jojoman]

Originally Posted by muthstryker

I have heard and read that if you cut 1 coil off the stock spring it will be a 2" drop. I have 2.5" spindles and 2" drop springs. I cut 1/2 coil off of that, And honestly wouldnt recommend cutting anymore then that off of it.

thanks alot for A HELP i really like all the advice you guys give me i have never lowered nothing so i was just wondering what exactly is a half a coil to yu guys if you have any pics thanks

[muthstryker]

Nice Longbed...

I didnt measure my truck before hand but I would say a half coil is about .5-1" drop.

[3r!c84]

u still need to ditch that tube grile

[muthstryker]

That things long gone, Its on my friends truck right now. I changed to the stock grille about a week after I dropped it.

[muthstryker]

Found another picture, My cousins house and shop is in the back ground.. The house is in front of the Escalade and Mustang and the shop is behind the RV. The shop is bigger then the house I believe

[3r!c84]

Looks killer with te stock one. Well did
When is this mini motor making it's way in ?

[muthstryker]

That wont be going in until I get the porter built drop member.. I dont want to put the motor in and take it out more then once. I want to put it in once and be done. Plus I need to have the firewall shaved.

[mooseknuckles]

beautifull truck man!

[muthstryker]

Thank ya sir!

[muthstryker]

Hopefully the rear wheels will get here next week. The place I bought the wheels from is waiting for the company that milled them to send them the wheels so they can send them to me....

[maxh]

I want it. haha Nice work man! Very clean

[muthstryker]

Thanks Max! I remember back when Red Rocker was first introduced way back when! I followed that build from start to finish and might still have all the old Magazines. It was the truck that got me hooked on square bodies! You were lucky enough to buy it!

[maxh]

Yea i am lucky! Never thought Id own it thats forsure. It was in my list of dream cars; number 1 at that too! I still have all my mags from when it was being built and featured. Even managed to get plaques from IN THE NEWS of the mag feature: same ones Travis has. Pretty cool. Travis is a wicked guy himself. I finally met him this year at sema. Its cool to have contact with all the guys who made RR happen. Anyway ill stop ramblin and jackin your thread.

Again killer truck, and I need another! haha Im jeleous. Whats the future plans?

[muthstryker]

Future plans? hmm.. Well, Im coming for ya! Red Rocker better watch out! LOL! jk, Starting in January, Im doing a full on build. Full Porterbuilt setup, 14" Wilwoods all 4 corners, built 454, 22s all around (All ready have the rears ordered just waiting for them to get to me), Body work and paint, completely redoing the interior.. etc etc. Going to pretty much rebuild the truck so its all new.

Should be fun, Im projecting 2-3 yrs Completion time.

[o0oabizaio0o]

hey man! i love your truck you don't have pics of the suspension?

[SBTork]

killer truck man. Good luck with the full build, should be awesome when it's back together.

If you get a chance, could you take some new pics with the new stock grille? My desktop needs a new background.

[muthstryker]

Originally Posted by o0oabizaio0o

hey man! i love your truck you don't have pics of the suspension?

Dont really have pictures of the suspension.. Is there something you want to know about it? I can go through my pics when I get home to see if I snapped something but dont know if I did or not.

Originally Posted by SBTork

killer truck man. Good luck with the full build, should be awesome when it's back together.

If you get a chance, could you take some new pics with the new stock grille? My desktop needs a new background.

Thanks, I would snap some new pics for you but the truck looks completely different now! For now that is..

[o0oabizaio0o]

pics of the lower control arms? are close to the floor?