Dragging Your X

indigo_xtreme · 12-01-2005, 10:03 PM

this is strictly for the Xtreme guys who drag their shit.

i'm figuring most of the guys who do drag, likely drag blocks, but has anyone else found something to use? i'm facing the choice of dragging blocks, but not being able to lay out completely with them on. OR. not havethe blocks on at all time and not have the freedom of draggin whenever i feel like it.

any tips/suggestions. cuz if i can't drag this truck, i'm gonna sell the kit and drag frame. thanks for the advice guys.

steveo408 · 12-01-2005, 10:10 PM

just put a bar right behind ur rollpan and u could mount trailor hitches or a couple drag blocks to it, u could lay the back out drag the balls or block but still be able to lay out with out stoping on them

indigo_xtreme · 12-01-2005, 10:28 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by steveo408

just put a bar right behind ur rollpan and u could mount trailor hitches or a couple drag blocks to it, u could lay the back out drag the balls or block but still be able to lay out with out stoping on them

ya, but i'd prefer to lay out completely when i am parked, and when its time for draggin i'd like to be able to be flat.

2LO2TOW · 12-01-2005, 10:34 PM

I had blocks and still layed out

indigo_xtreme · 12-01-2005, 10:35 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 2LO2TOW

I had blocks and still layed out

and i remember you draggin 10 feet away from me. my questio is, how can you lay out all the way, yet have the blocks low enough to lay down a 2 min drag without melting them down til you grind your kit off.

2LO2TOW · 12-01-2005, 10:39 PM

Just drag that shit off.

indigo_xtreme · 12-01-2005, 10:44 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 2LO2TOW

Just drag that shit off.

ummm, thats my other option. but i don't recall you draggin yours off.

lephart420 · 12-02-2005, 10:39 AM

anything you mount below your side skirts will keep you from laying out. Thats kinda of obvious don't you think. The only thing you could do is make a drag bar and mount it to the rear of your frame and raise the front and drop the ass end. This will minimize on how much it keeps you from laying out. It sounds like your wanting something that doesn't make since. If you mount something below your kit, of course it will keep you from laying out, it just depends on how much below your skirt it is, whether that is 1/4 of and inch or 4 inches. Its all how you mount your blocks, balls or drag bar. I just use balls and some brackets i made. Is your truck even bagged?

DropNDestroy · 12-02-2005, 10:45 AM

ditch the kit and lay frame. I have drag blocks welded to my frame and they keep me from laying out. Especially when they were new cause there were about 3 inches tall. Now I've drug them down to where there is about 3/4" left.

http://media.putfile.com/parkersmovie_0001

check it out

-Parker

indigo_xtreme · 12-02-2005, 06:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by lephart420

anything you mount below your side skirts will keep you from laying out. Thats kinda of obvious don't you think. The only thing you could do is make a drag bar and mount it to the rear of your frame and raise the front and drop the ass end. This will minimize on how much it keeps you from laying out. It sounds like your wanting something that doesn't make since. If you mount something below your kit, of course it will keep you from laying out, it just depends on how much below your skirt it is, whether that is 1/4 of and inch or 4 inches. Its all how you mount your blocks, balls or drag bar. I just use balls and some brackets i made. Is your truck even bagged?

its all on order, thats why i'm trying to ask. and clearly if its lower than the skirts i couldn't lay out. thats what the question was for, to ask how guys have found draggin. read more thoroughly next time.

2LO2TOW · 12-02-2005, 07:30 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by indigo_xtreme

ummm, thats my other option. but i don't recall you draggin yours off.

Guess you werent around 3 years ago.

indigo_xtreme · 12-02-2005, 07:48 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 2LO2TOW

Guess you werent around 3 years ago.

sorry, i was still driving a 5.0L mustang. but i did hear about someone's blocks tearing off and salmost hitting someone else.

seriously dude. i'm just asking questions. if you wanna hate on me, do it over msn.

2LO2TOW · 12-02-2005, 09:18 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by indigo_xtreme

sorry, i was still driving a 5.0L mustang. but i did hear about someone's blocks tearing off and salmost hitting someone else.

seriously dude. i'm just asking questions. if you wanna hate on me, do it over msn.

Wtf? Who's hatin?

Hearing things and seeing things are totally different. Let me know if I can help ya.

indigo_xtreme · 12-02-2005, 09:56 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 2LO2TOW

Wtf? Who's hatin?

Hearing things and seeing things are totally different. Let me know if I can help ya.

well thanks man. help is always appreciated.

colby · 12-02-2005, 09:58 PM

hey TOLOW2TOW, your the only one who has said they have had blocks and still layed out. would you mind letting this guy know? cause thats all hes asking

lephart420 · 12-07-2005, 10:04 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by indigo_xtreme

its all on order, thats why i'm trying to ask. and clearly if its lower than the skirts i couldn't lay out. thats what the question was for, to ask how guys have found draggin. read more thoroughly next time.

why don't U read more thoroughly next time and perhaps read up in the baggin section before asking questions like this. I was just trying to help. I HAVE a bagged X and Do drag so i thought i could help. It just SEEMED the you were asking a obvious question. And "clearly if its lower than the skirts i couldn't lay out" then why are you asking about blocks then? Read up on draggin before getting on my ass when i was trying to help. Use the search button and look for Drag bar. Good luck...

HAWK · 12-09-2005, 03:55 AM

drag your stock rear leaf springs.. weld em up and drag haha

almost grounded · 12-22-2005, 11:13 AM

indigo, it seems as though your idea of laying out means no daylight and it sounds to me as though you would be happier if you get rid of the kit. if you want to lay out, you need to keep in mind that it is hard on the kit and the wear shows over time. you are never going to be on a perfectly level service, so there is going to be pressure from the weight of hte truck on the kit and it begins to push out and away from the truck. the only way to fix prevent that is to tighten the supports holding the kit on and the end result of that is stress cracks.

depending on where you are from, and i say this because of where i live, the paving of the streets is another aspect to keep in mind. at night time, when you are cruising and lay out your truck with a kit to drag, you have to watch out for the pot holes and ripples in the road. all it takes is a small one to rip off chunks of the kit if you are going to sit that low.

just some food for thought. if you are going to invest the time and effort into laying out with a kit now, it is going to be an ongoing effort everytime you set your truck down.

chevy42083 · 12-30-2005, 04:55 PM

If you want to drag, you have a couple options...

1. mount the drag blocks/balls at the rear. You can hang the ass to drag and keep the front just barely off the ground. When you lay out, the front will be on the ground, the rear blocks will be on the ground, and if you mount your ish right, the back kit will only be a little bit from the ground.

2. Mount drag blocks anywhere, then when you lay out, you will sit on them, not crush the kit, and can drag level.

3. Take the kit off, drag your frame, lay out flat, but still have the body several inches of the ground b/c you don't have a body drop. Which in the end will make your truck look higher. (I don't like this option btw)

You just have to pick one. Simple as that. Mainly, it depends on how flat you want to be, and how you want to drag, but the decision is yours.

Low98Dime · 12-30-2005, 05:03 PM

some people have it so they can layout fully and still drag, most of them do it so they put a bar infront of the rollpan and then all they have to do is lay the ass out and put the front up and drag.

lowfrankie22 · 12-30-2005, 06:46 PM

if you just drag the kit off its a good excuse to bd it!

you can't lay out with drag blocks, but if you make a drag bar at an angle so when the ass is just slammed it will drag and still lay completely out. xtremes look good layed out but suck at draggin haha.

Chicago Tony · 01-24-2006, 11:45 PM

Damn! total carnage

Quote: Originally Posted by lowfrankie22

if you just drag the kit off its a good excuse to bd it!

you can't lay out with drag blocks, but if you make a drag bar at an angle so when the ass is just slammed it will drag and still lay completely out. xtremes look good layed out but suck at draggin haha.

Xtreme24 · 02-17-2006, 02:18 PM

i drug the front of my x. no problem just welded some 1/4 steel to the skid plate. here is a video.
X Draggin'

tootsie roll · 02-24-2006, 10:27 AM

I dragged my xtreme kit off last week. Oopps. Oh well. Now I drag frame.

12-01-2005, 10:03 PM	#1
indigo_xtreme Draggin Plastic Age: 29 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 142 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, canada User is: OffLine	Dragging Your X this is strictly for the Xtreme guys who drag their shit. i'm figuring most of the guys who do drag, likely drag blocks, but has anyone else found something to use? i'm facing the choice of dragging blocks, but not being able to lay out completely with them on. OR. not havethe blocks on at all time and not have the freedom of draggin whenever i feel like it. any tips/suggestions. cuz if i can't drag this truck, i'm gonna sell the kit and drag frame. thanks for the advice guys.
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12-01-2005, 10:10 PM	#2
steveo408 Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,080 Location: Jacksonville, Nc User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X just put a bar right behind ur rollpan and u could mount trailor hitches or a couple drag blocks to it, u could lay the back out drag the balls or block but still be able to lay out with out stoping on them
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12-01-2005, 10:28 PM	#3
indigo_xtreme Draggin Plastic Age: 29 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 142 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, canada User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X Quote: Originally Posted by steveo408 just put a bar right behind ur rollpan and u could mount trailor hitches or a couple drag blocks to it, u could lay the back out drag the balls or block but still be able to lay out with out stoping on them ya, but i'd prefer to lay out completely when i am parked, and when its time for draggin i'd like to be able to be flat.
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12-01-2005, 10:34 PM	#4
2LO2TOW Spreadin the Sickness Age: 33 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,532 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X I had blocks and still layed out Last edited by 2LO2TOW; 12-01-2005 at 10:37 PM.
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12-01-2005, 10:35 PM	#5
indigo_xtreme Draggin Plastic Age: 29 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 142 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, canada User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X Quote: Originally Posted by 2LO2TOW I had blocks and still layed out and i remember you draggin 10 feet away from me. my questio is, how can you lay out all the way, yet have the blocks low enough to lay down a 2 min drag without melting them down til you grind your kit off.
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12-01-2005, 10:39 PM	#6
2LO2TOW Spreadin the Sickness Age: 33 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,532 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X Just drag that shit off.
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12-01-2005, 10:44 PM	#7
indigo_xtreme Draggin Plastic Age: 29 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 142 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, canada User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X Quote: Originally Posted by 2LO2TOW Just drag that shit off. ummm, thats my other option. but i don't recall you draggin yours off.
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12-02-2005, 10:39 AM	#8
lephart420 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 197 Location: Anderson, IN User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X anything you mount below your side skirts will keep you from laying out. Thats kinda of obvious don't you think. The only thing you could do is make a drag bar and mount it to the rear of your frame and raise the front and drop the ass end. This will minimize on how much it keeps you from laying out. It sounds like your wanting something that doesn't make since. If you mount something below your kit, of course it will keep you from laying out, it just depends on how much below your skirt it is, whether that is 1/4 of and inch or 4 inches. Its all how you mount your blocks, balls or drag bar. I just use balls and some brackets i made. Is your truck even bagged?
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12-02-2005, 10:45 AM	#9
DropNDestroy Gots me a 4x4 too! Age: 29 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,530 Location: Birmingham, AL User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X ditch the kit and lay frame. I have drag blocks welded to my frame and they keep me from laying out. Especially when they were new cause there were about 3 inches tall. Now I've drug them down to where there is about 3/4" left. http://media.putfile.com/parkersmovie_0001 check it out -Parker
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12-02-2005, 06:54 PM	#10
indigo_xtreme Draggin Plastic Age: 29 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 142 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, canada User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X Quote: Originally Posted by lephart420 anything you mount below your side skirts will keep you from laying out. Thats kinda of obvious don't you think. The only thing you could do is make a drag bar and mount it to the rear of your frame and raise the front and drop the ass end. This will minimize on how much it keeps you from laying out. It sounds like your wanting something that doesn't make since. If you mount something below your kit, of course it will keep you from laying out, it just depends on how much below your skirt it is, whether that is 1/4 of and inch or 4 inches. Its all how you mount your blocks, balls or drag bar. I just use balls and some brackets i made. Is your truck even bagged? its all on order, thats why i'm trying to ask. and clearly if its lower than the skirts i couldn't lay out. thats what the question was for, to ask how guys have found draggin. read more thoroughly next time.
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12-02-2005, 07:30 PM	#11
2LO2TOW Spreadin the Sickness Age: 33 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,532 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X Quote: Originally Posted by indigo_xtreme ummm, thats my other option. but i don't recall you draggin yours off. Guess you werent around 3 years ago.
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12-02-2005, 07:48 PM	#12
indigo_xtreme Draggin Plastic Age: 29 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 142 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, canada User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X Quote: Originally Posted by 2LO2TOW Guess you werent around 3 years ago. sorry, i was still driving a 5.0L mustang. but i did hear about someone's blocks tearing off and salmost hitting someone else. seriously dude. i'm just asking questions. if you wanna hate on me, do it over msn.
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12-02-2005, 09:18 PM	#13
2LO2TOW Spreadin the Sickness Age: 33 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,532 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X Quote: Originally Posted by indigo_xtreme sorry, i was still driving a 5.0L mustang. but i did hear about someone's blocks tearing off and salmost hitting someone else. seriously dude. i'm just asking questions. if you wanna hate on me, do it over msn. Wtf? Who's hatin? Hearing things and seeing things are totally different. Let me know if I can help ya. Last edited by 2LO2TOW; 12-02-2005 at 09:26 PM.
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12-02-2005, 09:56 PM	#14
indigo_xtreme Draggin Plastic Age: 29 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 142 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, canada User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X Quote: Originally Posted by 2LO2TOW Wtf? Who's hatin? Hearing things and seeing things are totally different. Let me know if I can help ya. well thanks man. help is always appreciated.
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12-02-2005, 09:58 PM	#15
colby Keep on Truckin' Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 295 Location: Lancaster, PA User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X hey TOLOW2TOW, your the only one who has said they have had blocks and still layed out. would you mind letting this guy know? cause thats all hes asking
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12-07-2005, 10:04 AM	#16
lephart420 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 197 Location: Anderson, IN User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X Quote: Originally Posted by indigo_xtreme its all on order, thats why i'm trying to ask. and clearly if its lower than the skirts i couldn't lay out. thats what the question was for, to ask how guys have found draggin. read more thoroughly next time. why don't U read more thoroughly next time and perhaps read up in the baggin section before asking questions like this. I was just trying to help. I HAVE a bagged X and Do drag so i thought i could help. It just SEEMED the you were asking a obvious question. And "clearly if its lower than the skirts i couldn't lay out" then why are you asking about blocks then? Read up on draggin before getting on my ass when i was trying to help. Use the search button and look for Drag bar. Good luck...
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12-22-2005, 11:13 AM	#18
almost grounded Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X indigo, it seems as though your idea of laying out means no daylight and it sounds to me as though you would be happier if you get rid of the kit. if you want to lay out, you need to keep in mind that it is hard on the kit and the wear shows over time. you are never going to be on a perfectly level service, so there is going to be pressure from the weight of hte truck on the kit and it begins to push out and away from the truck. the only way to fix prevent that is to tighten the supports holding the kit on and the end result of that is stress cracks. depending on where you are from, and i say this because of where i live, the paving of the streets is another aspect to keep in mind. at night time, when you are cruising and lay out your truck with a kit to drag, you have to watch out for the pot holes and ripples in the road. all it takes is a small one to rip off chunks of the kit if you are going to sit that low. just some food for thought. if you are going to invest the time and effort into laying out with a kit now, it is going to be an ongoing effort everytime you set your truck down.
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12-30-2005, 04:55 PM	#19
chevy42083 Registered User Age: 30 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 626 Location: Houston User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X If you want to drag, you have a couple options... 1. mount the drag blocks/balls at the rear. You can hang the ass to drag and keep the front just barely off the ground. When you lay out, the front will be on the ground, the rear blocks will be on the ground, and if you mount your ish right, the back kit will only be a little bit from the ground. 2. Mount drag blocks anywhere, then when you lay out, you will sit on them, not crush the kit, and can drag level. 3. Take the kit off, drag your frame, lay out flat, but still have the body several inches of the ground b/c you don't have a body drop. Which in the end will make your truck look higher. (I don't like this option btw) You just have to pick one. Simple as that. Mainly, it depends on how flat you want to be, and how you want to drag, but the decision is yours. Last edited by chevy42083; 12-30-2005 at 04:57 PM.
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12-30-2005, 05:03 PM	#20
Low98Dime Dude in the Blue Age: 25 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,085 Location: Puyallup WA User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X some people have it so they can layout fully and still drag, most of them do it so they put a bar infront of the rollpan and then all they have to do is lay the ass out and put the front up and drag.
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12-30-2005, 06:46 PM	#21
lowfrankie22 coal region dragger Age: 29 Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 231 Location: Mahanoy City, PA User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X if you just drag the kit off its a good excuse to bd it! you can't lay out with drag blocks, but if you make a drag bar at an angle so when the ass is just slammed it will drag and still lay completely out. xtremes look good layed out but suck at draggin haha.
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01-24-2006, 11:45 PM	#22
Chicago Tony The Great One Age: 41 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 314 Location: Chicago User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X Damn! total carnage Quote: Originally Posted by lowfrankie22 if you just drag the kit off its a good excuse to bd it! you can't lay out with drag blocks, but if you make a drag bar at an angle so when the ass is just slammed it will drag and still lay completely out. xtremes look good layed out but suck at draggin haha.
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02-17-2006, 02:18 PM	#23
Xtreme24 DeXtreme on 20/22's Age: 26 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,493 Location: DFW, Texas User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X i drug the front of my x. no problem just welded some 1/4 steel to the skid plate. here is a video. X Draggin'
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02-24-2006, 10:27 AM	#24
tootsie roll Finished Age: 29 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 914 Location: NC User is: OffLine	Re: Dragging Your X I dragged my xtreme kit off last week. Oopps. Oh well. Now I drag frame.
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