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Old 04-09-2013, 08:36 PM   #26
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Here mine 5/6 20/22.
Same color scheme... mine could look like that. What is cost for that 5/6?
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Old 04-09-2013, 09:02 PM   #27
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Keep it stock. Offense to no one but there are plenty of lowered trucks with big wheels. I know it is a grandpa look but I like it.
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Old 04-09-2013, 09:14 PM   #28
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Hey Bones, I like it too.

Ramz, it's your truck, do what you like. This group will probably not talk you out of modifying your truck. At the end of the day, you have to like what you do to it. If you want to paint a mural of Jesus feeding a cheeseburger to a hairy dog with a naked lady in the background, that's up to you. It doesn't matter if we like it, just that you like it.
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Old 04-10-2013, 02:40 PM   #29
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Old 12-21-2013, 03:46 PM   #30
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Went with 2/4 drop
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Old 12-21-2013, 04:01 PM   #31
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how you low do you want to go? did a quick photoshop not sure what drop this would be though looks like a 4/6?lol
EDIT: im too late lol just saw your pic above thought it was just a another angle lol
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Old 12-21-2013, 04:05 PM   #32
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I vote NO. Leave it regular stock ride height. My personal opinion is that they look better that way, but that's just my 2 cents. GTT
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Old 12-21-2013, 04:13 PM   #33
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Went with 2/4 drop
Lookin good. Went all in & did wheels too!
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Old 12-21-2013, 04:27 PM   #34
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Lookin good. Went all in & did wheels too!
Yes.. got rallys on craiglist
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Old 12-21-2013, 07:06 PM   #35
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That's a very nice truck .. Leave it stock!
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Old 12-21-2013, 07:12 PM   #36
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Seems every truck you see is lowered now days. I would have voted to leave it stock. Cool truck though
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Old 12-21-2013, 10:23 PM   #37
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One afternoon in the driveway & the suspension can be back to stock height if the current/next owner wants it there
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Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive.
It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar.....

Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.
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Old 12-22-2013, 12:00 PM   #38
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I say slam it!
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Old 12-22-2013, 12:13 PM   #39
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That is my favorite factory color scheme. Everyone has their own taste on drops. I think you did well. I prefer the 2.5/4 drop.

Wish you would have kept the rallys on there though! My favorites
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Old 12-22-2013, 12:21 PM   #40
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Nobody were I live has a lowered square. I came to this sight looking for advice on lowering, me being an old man not knowing anything about lowering a truck.
It's funny some of the comments on this thread- I sold the aluminum wheels that were on my truck when I got it, and I met a guy about my age in a Lowes parking lot for the sale. I was driving my truck and I had just finished lowering it. He immediately had an attitude and said that's cool, but I want to use my truck as a truck..it made me laugh, he was driving a new escalade-like he would ever have that in the dirt in 4WD....
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Old 12-22-2013, 12:28 PM   #41
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Nobody were I live has a lowered square. I came to this sight looking for advice on lowering, me being an old man not knowing anything about lowering a truck.
It's funny some of the comments on this thread- I sold the aluminum wheels that were on my truck when I got it, and I met a guy about my age in a Lowes parking lot for the sale. I was driving my truck and I had just finished lowering it. He immediately had an attitude and said that's cool, but I want to use my truck as a truck..it made me laugh, he was driving a new escalade-like he would ever have that in the dirt in 4WD....
Yep.... I've gotten the similar comment "When you lower a truck... it's useless" more than a few times. Yet I've towed my steel floor open car hauler w/another 1/2 ton truck w/o issue. it's all about how you do things.
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Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive.
It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar.....

Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.
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Old 12-22-2013, 04:42 PM   #42
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i like a slight drop like that.
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Old 12-23-2013, 08:32 AM   #43
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Old 12-23-2013, 06:56 PM   #44
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Lower it YES, DONT CUT COILS, DO IT RIGHT, GET THE SPINDLES..... I did and so glad I spent the money....
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Old 12-23-2013, 10:57 PM   #45
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Lower it. Peer pressure.......I'm well beyond in my age worrying with looking cool and being seen as being cool. You could leave well enough alone. You seem to like it. Personally I like a truck to have attitude. Whether lifted or slammed. If it doesn't have the right look it just never works. Ralleys, steelies and some mags are timeless. With the right stance your truck would be killer. Just because your friends jump off the bridge didn't mean I had to. I drove the car off of it....lol.
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Old 12-24-2013, 12:05 AM   #46
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cut a coil and get drop shackles. dont like it, go back, it only cost about $50 and an afternoon. if you dont like it. go back and get some new moog coils that are a little stiffer
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Old 12-24-2013, 12:34 AM   #47
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I don't think most people read these thread's before they post , the drop looks awesome.
as far as paint (when your ready) keep in mind that a month to a body shop is 4 or more months to the rest of the world .
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^nope! i read the first page then posted haha.looks good with those wheels but could go either way with the rallies.
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Wow, I like the "Grandpa" look also, but everything looks better lowered

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Old 01-05-2014, 01:43 PM   #50
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looks real good.the thing about lowering is your eyes get used to the amount of drop you have and you want more.i had a perfectly useable truck lowered 5/7.then i went bagged and let me tell you i miss that truck.i have 4 squares and i end up driving my 6 cyl dump truck more than my bagged truck.
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