Has anyone extended and stepped their rear trailing arms??

[prostreetC-10]

My truck has the same problem that many of your have in that the rear axle/tires sits too far forward in the fenderwell after lowering. I also have a very slight pinion angle difference which doesn't really affect anything at this point. Once my 496 is done, I think those little things might become critical to have dead-on. Finally, I want to take about another inch off the back in ride height. I saw a thread awhile back where a guy did a very neat job of building his own trailing arms out of req tubing. I was thinking what a great way to nail all these areas in one shot with building my own trailing arms. I could make them a tad longer, adjust the rake of the mounting pads and put a 1" step at the point the trailing arm would angle up. I would probably over build them since weight would not be an issue and I would want to make sure they didn't come apart.

You can see from the pics that I have more than enough frame clearance with the C notch. Yes......I will be relocating the rear shock mounts at the same time!!! lol

Anyone ever try this with the step built in??? The goal is to get away from the need for block and I already have 6" drop springs.