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Old 08-30-2009, 07:35 PM
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Finally Lower!! (56k Noooo)

Alright guys, sorry for the long wait but heres the pics.

Measurements (from ground to center of wheel well):
Before: Front- 2' 11" Rear: 3' 1/2"
After: Front- 2' 11" Rear: 2' 9 3/4"

Before, w/ 2" Belltech Drop Shackles


After, w/ 2" Belltech Drop Shackles, 2" Belltech Drop Hangers, Ground Force Drop Shocks & Stock Front Suspension


anyway heres kinda a half-assed how to...more like progress pics i guess






^this was my substitute sledge hammer lol...weighed at least 10 pounds...prob more like 15-20 tho..






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notice the new shocks





 
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overall installing the hangers SUCKED.
i got the pass side one done in about 2 hours, and with all hand tools.
but for some reason the drivers side was just stubborn as hell, i ended up running up to the store and buying an air hammer, and even with that i had to spend about 30 mins on each rivet to pop them out. the air hammer really just chipped out chunks of the rivet until there was finally enough metal missing for them to pop out.
total time for the install was around 10-12 hours lol, but i do tend to take my time on stuff.

i really like the new look tho...now i just need to bring the front down a little bit
 
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wanna help me out if i do hangers?
 
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Old 08-30-2009, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by coobies5
wanna help me out if i do hangers?
No.


lol yeah man idc.
do you have an air compressor big enough to run air tools for an hour or so?
 
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Old 08-30-2009, 08:09 PM
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30 gallon with compressor
 
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Old 08-30-2009, 08:14 PM
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word.
cus i got that air hammer not and it makes getting the stupid rivets out easier.
i really dont think i couldve done the drivers side without it.
 
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looks great man
 
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Nice look, man. Good job.
 
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Old 08-30-2009, 08:46 PM
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Whats keeping you from painting your wheels black? mblouir had a decent write up on it awhile back.. shouldn't cost more than $75
 
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Old 08-30-2009, 09:11 PM
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thanks guys

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Whats keeping you from painting your wheels black? mblouir had a decent write up on it awhile back.. shouldn't cost more than $75
1. The pops, im still trying to convince him to let me sell these wheels once i get the L rims on.

2. I'm broke, and id rather try to save for getting these refinished.


ive always kinda wanted to paint the graphite colored areas of the rims black...
 
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Old 08-30-2009, 09:33 PM
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truck looks good the drop makes it look beautiful

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I remember you said that you opened up your taillights right ?? is it easy to open up the OEMs ??
 
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^thanks, i agree it does look beautiful lol.


no, the taillights werent that hard, but if you look closely at the pics you can see about a 7" crack in my passenger side tail cus i tried to pry the lense the wrong way.
(the part of the taillight thats closest to the front of the truck "slides" into a kind of groove, i didnt know that so i tried prying it straight up which cracked the lense lol
 
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Truck is coming out sweet man!
 
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Looks great!
 
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Sweet!
 


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