Newbie with 65 Long fleet..many questions.

[Mike65longbed]

Let me start by saying what a great community this is!

I have a 65LBFleet.. It has 255/70/15 all around and I like the size and wheels. I am going to do a disc brake conversion and stick with the 6 lug. My question is around dropping the truck a bit. How far can I go with this size tire. I don't know if I should go with a drop spindle or just the coils. Is there a performance difference on handling with drop spindles? My thought is to try and go 3" in the front and 4" in the back and keep a bit of rake. I have looked at all the pictures in the static drop thread, but not many long bed with tire size mentioned. Any advise would be appreciated.

Thanks Guys!

[MusicMan70]

Hello Mike and Welcome! I don't have the answers you seek but would like to see more pics of your truck please.

[19666Trucker]

Hello mike, Jason here and wecome I live down around rural and mckellips, you should go to Dino's git down there ton info to get straight from the source. Just go look up in the az section of the board find out Dino C10 party

[MARTYZ]

Here is a pic of mine with the same size tires you have , 2 1/2 drop spindles and rear air bags no frame knotch, second picture is before lowering was done

[Mike65longbed]

Your before pic is the exact stance my truck has. 2 1/2 front seems perfect maybe ill go 3" in the rear. Any bumps, rubs or scrapping? Awesome looking truck!

[LostMy65]

Welcome

[pdxhall]

Welcome to the forum. It's good to see more longbeds. I'm going with a static drop. 2 1/2" drop spindles and 1" coils in front and 5" drop coils in the rear. I can't help you with tire size or the stance since it's down to the frame right now but I'll be happy to help with future questions if I can. Good luck.

[MARTYZ]

Originally Posted by Mike65longbed

Your before pic is the exact stance my truck has. 2 1/2 front seems perfect maybe ill go 3" in the rear. Any bumps, rubs or scrapping? Awesome looking truck!

Mike, no bumps or scraping in rear, reason I went with bags in the rear for adjustability, just add little air accordingly for load, set truck down level at shows ect, works well.
My only caution with drop spindles would be do a little research, some of them will widen the front track which can be an issue with wheel offsets, I put McGaughy spindles on mine and ran into this problem, I believe CPP spindles don't have this issue. Maybe someone with cpp spindles will comment on this.

[MikeS.]

Mike, we NEED pics, it's a requirement.

BBW or small? I'm a fan of the LB with BBW.

[TJ's Chevy]

Welcome and nice truck! I don't have the answers you seek either....but like said...WE NEED MORE PICTURES!!!!

[19666Trucker]

How the the truck coming along.