Dropped, Again

[SmokeeJay]

Saturday night I was pulling out of my driveway and the bolt that adjust the camber (goes through the upper control arm and cross shaft) broke in half. I took the front end apart and figured, while I was in there, I will replace my Belltech springs with my new Ground Force springs I bought from suicidal a few months ago. The front is now very low. I had to take my ZQ8's with 245/50/16's off and trade them with my Blazer's swirlies w/ 225/60/15's. The tie rod scrubbed so bad it was undrivable. I will post pics tonight when I get home, but measurements for the front are now:

Left Front = 23 1/8
Right Front = 23 1/4

[greencactus3]

whoa, that bolt broke pulling out of a driveway? wtf?
what do you do, jump it over a river to get out? lol

sounds pretty low.... wtf did you do? haha

[SmokeeJay]

The truck has almost 300,000 miles on it, so I assume it was just from age. I am just lucky that it broke pulling out of my driveway and not going 70 on the interstate. The truck made almost a 90 degree right turn when the bolt broke so it could have been really bad.

I think suicidal may have sent me the 4 cyl. springs. I had Belltech 4202's (1 inch) on there and put in the ground force springs which are 6 cyl. 3 inch. I already have Belltech drop spindles. It is slammed!

[ZQ8 Blazer]

I have never heard of that bolt breaking, but 300k is a lot.

Are you sure the spring wasn't cut, I don't know how much more a 4cyl spring will drop a V6. How much drop were the new springs suppose to give you? What height was you at before you swapped springs?

I would have given you a pretty penny for those ZQ8's.

[SmokeeJay]

The springs were not cut as they still have the original paint on them. The ZQ8's are now on my 01 Blazer and look great! They were suppose to be 3 in. springs, but i believe they dropped more like 4.5 inches. I have been trying to find my previous measurements so I can compare. I usually measure before I put in springs, but I was not planning on putting in the springs until I had to tear the front end apart.

[ZQ8 Blazer]

I THINK I read somewhere that the 4cyl springs drop a V6 another 1.5 Inches or so, but I'm about 20% sure on that one.

I thought you meant you gave up some ZQ8's for a set of Swirlies to someone else. The ZQ8's look great on Blazers, I know.

[SmokeeJay]

My SS now tucks the front tires in the fender by about 1/2 inch. It looks great, but underside clearance is maybe 2 inches.

[Dvst8r]

pics

[SmokeeJay]

I will post up pics tonight when I get home from work. The 01 Blazer has 3/4 drop w/ ZQ8's and 245/50/16's and the SS now has swirlies w/ 225/60/15's.

[ZQ8 Blazer]

Drop that Blazer some more!

[SmokeeJay]

I would love to drop the Blazer more, but the wife wont let me. I talked her into letting me trade the wheels because I told her the ZQ8's would raise it up some.
Now, on with the pics:







Pics of the SS frame:

[2002redSdime]

HOLY SHIIIIIIT!! how the hell would you go over a speed bump??

[SmokeeJay]

The grass is kind of long, so it looks alot lower, but I have to take speed bumps slowly.

[ZQ8 Blazer]

That looks bad ass just drop the back some more, who cares if you can drive it or not! I originally had my Blazer @ 3/4 and hated it, I dropped it 4/4.5 and it looks and rides a lot better now, mainly because I got drop shocks now.

[SmokeeJay]

I am doing the back soon. It already has ZQ8 leaf springs and 2 inch blocks. I am either changing to a 3 inch or 4 inch block. Havent decided yet. I want to put some drop spindles on the Blazer so bad, but the wife hates it being lowered already. She wants a minivan, so as soon as I can get her one, the Blazer is mine again!

[ZQ8 Blazer]

MINIVAN!
Does she not like the ride of a dropped truck or what?

Don't get 4" blocks they're worthless

[SmokeeJay]

She just hates my trucks because I give them more attention. :-0 I have 4 inch blocks on the blazer already and I really dont have the money to spend on leaf springs right now.

[ZQ8 Blazer]

Oh, well she sounds like my wife then, she's a little better now that I have a pretty much stock truck, but every time I tell her what I'm going to do to it she acts offended or something.

I had 4" ones to begin with, but I later pulled a leaf, which dropped me 1.75" and it rode a little smoother, I then added a 2" block, 3deg shim, and a setback plate which gave me a total drop of 4.5" I love how mine rides to be honest with you.

[suicidal]

that looks good! drop the back! how much drop did those springs give you? i pulled them off a v6 and it was a 3" drop...

[SmokeeJay]

I was told when I bought the truck that it had 2 inch springs, but it only had 1 inch springs with 2 inch spindles. It was sitting around 26ish before and now sits at 23ish. I wasnt expecting it to come down so much, but it looks great. Just have to watch were I go now, but isnt that the life of a mintrucker?? :-)

Before:




After:

[TRPLS10]

looks good!!!!!!!

[Criticalbeatdown95s]

i 2nd that emotion

[Criticalbeatdown95s]

Now get some meats for the back, drop in a nice motor and run that damn thing!

[Criticalbeatdown95s]

Quote: Originally Posted by SmokeeJay

She just hates my trucks because I give them more attention. :-0 I have 4 inch blocks on the blazer already and I really dont have the money to spend on leaf springs right now.

You know how many times my EX said the same thing? She hated that I spent so much time on it, but when whatever it was that I was working on at the time was "done" she always wanted me to drive her around in it.

[mk2gti]

i think the wheels should be switched back! shit sorry i read the first post again.

[andocommando]

wow thats some rake lol

[ZQ8 Blazer]

Yeah it looks like an invisable fat guy is sitting on your hood

[SmokeeJay]

I cant wait to lower the back some more. You would never believe the back already has ZQ8 springs and 2 inch blocks. Maybe one day when I dont have to drive it daily, I will put a small block in it.

Side note, I hit a small man hole cover last night leaving work and put a little hole in the exhaust cross pipe :-0

[ZQ8 Blazer]

Take it to a shop and have them raise it up.

[SmokeeJay]

I am heading to Godfather Customs in the morning to pick up some DJM 4 inch blocks. By tomorrow afternoon, I should have the back done. As long as I dont have to stand in line forever at godfather.

[SmokeeJay]

Went to godfather customs this morning, but they did not have the blocks in stock so I will get them probably friday. I told the guy that I drove their to save on shipping, he gave my son a free tshirt, which I thought was pretty cool.

[SmokeeJay]

Well, still no blocks, but I did remove the screws on the inside of my fenderwells as they were rubbing on the tires and also fixed my exhaust leak. Exhaust tape is pretty cool.

[SmokeeJay]

I take back my comment on the exhaust tape. It started leaking again 2 days after install. Still no blocks from godfather. They told me wed. that they shipped a week ago monday. I guess I have to call again.

[suicidal]

i hate exhaust tape. never had any luck with it at all. never stayed put. LOL