Lift Is In

[alarm_the_alarm]

I finally got the lift in. Goes to get allignment tmrw. Specs- 3 inch lift spindles upfront. 2 inch shackles in the rear. 31x10.5x15 Mickey Thompson MTZ around 15x8 Cragar soft 8s. Fenders all sit at 37"

Before


With wheels


Now Better Pics soon.

[992drjimmy]

Looks good. I like the wheels in the 2nd pic too.

[Deaths Shadow]

looks good

[travy]

Looks real good. You should clean up your wheel wells and it'll help a lot for the look.

[98layinframe]

looks good, hows your turning up front with the 31's?

[89-S-Dime]

Quote: Originally Posted by 98layinframe

looks good, hows your turning up front with the 31's?

I was thinking the same thing, looks like he may have to trim the rear of the front fenders

[low98]

got a good side shot? looks awesome btw!!

[alarm_the_alarm]

I did very minor trimming. mostly a bfh did the trick. The rear of the front fender i took out mabey a inch and a half but it was just the tab sticking in toward the wheels so theres no visable cut marks looking from the side.

As for turning i can go just about a 1/8th of a turn away from turning lock to lock. It just rubs if i hit the driveway curb a little fast so not bad at all

AS for cleaning up the wheel wells i need to clean the whole truck pics where taking as soon as i got all 4 tires on hahaha

[rocpede4x4]

the truck came really cool looking.

[alarm_the_alarm]

thanks man.

Im gonna get a black front push bar with piaa lights from offroad warehouse as soon as my 20s sell.

Also spring time its gonna get a 2 inch BL. Im very happy with the way the black wheels look. im not a big fan on black wheels and i realy like the look after putting them on

[snookaholic26]

looks good man. but did you do the moog springs as well?? i have the same lift you have but i also have the moogs up front. after i did install i still had some good rubbing. i dont see how you dont have alot of rubbing with only a 3in lift spindle

[alarm_the_alarm]

NO moogs or spings.

The truck when i bought it stock sat alittle higher becuase of the towing package. The front doesnt rub basicly at all. IT 4" backspacing and minor trimming on the inside of the fender and a BFH.

Also its a reg cab but i dont think that would change anything

[What?]

I forgot, did you get Aim or Fabtech spindle?

Less backspacing help with room from rubbing on 31s with spindle, the lower the backspacing, the more room you'll have.

You can trim as well as I did.

Quick example.

[alarm_the_alarm]

AIM spindles.

I didnt cut near as much as you. I didnt tooks the outer part of the fender.

[96superflow]

ill have to take some pics of how i trimmed mine, i just cut a middle section out, but of course now i have body work to finish up. that and mine will have bed liner on the bottom sides under the molding. Truck looks good. Its weird to say, but i actually wanna get a 2wd and do a prerunner!

[sapperb]

Quote: Originally Posted by travy

Looks real good. You should clean up your wheel wells and it'll help a lot for the look.

It is not how it looks, it is how it works

[alarm_the_alarm]

Quote: Originally Posted by sapperb

It is not how it looks, it is how it works

true that. Id like to do a bigger lift with long travel kit. Its alittle out of the budget for me now. : (

[sapperb]

And roger dude.

[alarm_the_alarm]

Im gonna lift it another 3-4 inches as soon as my damn 20s sell. NEVER by lo pros biggest regret i have with buying things. They rid like shit and make the truck look like a south of the boarder mobile

[alarm_the_alarm]

coils and leafs comming soon. BL in the spring. Total more lift around 3.5-4 Fenders sould sit around 39. Cant wait

BTW i now sit higher then my buddys zr2

[992drjimmy]

Quote: Originally Posted by alarm_the_alarm

coils and leafs comming soon. BL in the spring. Total more lift around 3.5-4 Fenders sould sit around 39. Cant wait

BTW i now sit higher then my buddys zr2

You going to do a 3" inch body lift?
I like parking beside the zr2's. Im like 4-5"taller.

[992drjimmy]

Oh, one more thing. Your 31's may look small with the springs and BL.

[alarm_the_alarm]

yea if they look small they will become winter wheels and ill get some 33s with some chrome wheels.

Its what you call a win-win hahaha

[96superflow]

You might sit taller, but 4wd helps in alot of situations. Oh and ill be you dont sit taller than me, and im on 27's right now.

[alarm_the_alarm]

Quote: Originally Posted by 96superflow

You might sit taller, but 4wd helps in alot of situations. Oh and ill be you dont sit taller than me, and im on 27's right now.

Yea. i dont need a 4x4 right now. If i were to buy a 4wd s10 id just by a silverado instead. I bought a 2wd so i lifted a 2wd simple as that. It looks alot nicer then it did on 20s IMO and i can acutaly go down a dirt road at more then 5 MPH and not worry about bending my rims.

[992drjimmy]

Quote: Originally Posted by alarm_the_alarm

Yea. i dont need a 4x4 right now. If i were to buy a 4wd s10 id just by a silverado instead. I bought a 2wd so i lifted a 2wd simple as that. It looks alot nicer then it did on 20s IMO and i can acutaly go down a dirt road at more then 5 MPH and not worry about bending my rims.

x2. but i have a 4x4x also. You will find a few of the 4x4 guys hanging in the 2wd section so they can bash us. No big deal.

[alarm_the_alarm]

yea it dont bother me. Line um up ill domanated in the speed department. Im on road 90% of the time cuz its a DD.

Im gonna throw some pics up in here my of my buddys lifted silverado ss. and some of the pics from yesterday me n him got rearended. we were sitting at a stop sign n a drunk driver hit us going 55 the driver didnt even touch the brakes the trucks totaled unfortunetly.

plus side if the insurence says its totaled i get the 6.0 for the s10

[AForlizzi]

sorry to hear about the rearend. would you happen to have any side pictures of your s-10 before the rearend?

[alarm_the_alarm]

no my s10s fine. We got rearended in my buddys silverado SS. One of the very few the have a lift in it.




I wish it was the s10. I want a duramax realy bad. Thats what my buddy will be getting now. Ill throw some pics up of it once he gets it. It will be one of the sickkest looking trucks in MN for sure.

[jeffs99dime]

that was a 55 mph collision??
i would expect there to be way more damage

[alarm_the_alarm]

yea. the hitch took most of the hit. The hole frame from cab back bent down and the top of the box hit the cab and the bottom of the box is about 4 inches away from the cab. also the door jams and shit on the cab are f'd the rear doors wont open. Also the wheel with the tire poped is cracked in half down the middle. It takes alot to pop a 35 inch mud tire....

[whiful]

Truck looks awesome! Got any more pictures?

[alarm_the_alarm]

pics of which one?

Thats all i have of my s10 at the moment its rained fvcken everyday for the past 3 weeks ill take more of it in the sunlight if we get any before it snows...

I do have a few more of the SS tho

[whiful]

Quote: Originally Posted by alarm_the_alarm

pics of which one?

Thats all i have of my s10 at the moment its rained fvcken everyday for the past 3 weeks ill take more of it in the sunlight if we get any before it snows...

I do have a few more of the SS tho

Would like to see some more pics of your truck. Thanks

[sapperb]

Thats awesome, that drunk ass ****ing idiot deserves that, but sorry about your buddies truck

[alarm_the_alarm]

yea. he's not mad about the truck. he was trying to get rid of it. DURAMAX is comming. If i had the money thats what id be rolling in right now. Dmax with 8" lift 20's with 38's and about 650 horse. Would be very fun.

[alarm_the_alarm]

kk finaly got a some what decent day out so i cleaned the truck and took pics. Gonna whore it up













Also my buddy just got the lift in his 03 silverado so heres a pic. 8" of lift and 20's with 35's IM JELOUS OF THIS TRUCK

[992drjimmy]

Looks real good. Im actually thinking about putting the stock springs back in for ride quality. But dreading to have to redo the back as well and go SUA. Alot of work. I may trade a guy for his stick 4wd s10. But im kind of afraid on getting someones junk. Or having a tranny problem with it. Not sure what i may do.

[What?]

Chances are very good it'll be marked as totaled because with cab being damaged and tweaked. This is 1 of great reason to own a lift truck, less worry when getting in accident and something NOT to worry about as daily driver so if you spend excessive money and this shit happens = big blow to your $'s worth of building truck beyond your insurance's pay.

Truck is looking real good, just make sure you get 2" spring then shackle in rear(GMachingRacing.com or Bajacustoms.com) However, after you lift the front, be sure to measure the rear of how much higher you'll like it to be and you can only get 3" lift in rear with shackle BUT with SUA, a lot less wheel axle wrap/wheel hop.

[alarm_the_alarm]

yea. i was thinking about making some bigger shackles in metals class. would be very easy and i can use the schools metal

The truck that got hit he's buying it back. Already have the wheels sold, tail lights sold, the custom lift sold, the TV deck the leather seats... I dont know about the seats for sure they are bend from the impacted..... hopefully the guy that want them doesnt look close. also you can sell the front bumber for BIG $ and the custom headlights in it.

Theres alot of stuff on that truck that we can sell to make up the difference in the insurance pay out.

We found one truck a REAL SS like his with a 14 inch lift and 40s for sale in denver for 19000 were thinking about flying out and driving it back. would be a sickkk truck its the dark blue model.

[alarm_the_alarm]

What other mods should i get/do next. i Have lots of ideas just dont know what i want to do next.

I was thinking do a pre runner push bar up front with 2 PIAA lights. Im gonna do more lift in the spring i know that for sure.

Tail Lights? Headlights? Paint the top half Black? All mods id like to do that are fairly cheap

[sapperb]

Remove the valance, remove the swaybar, cut departure angle

[alarm_the_alarm]

Valance is staying. I like the look of them on the truck, i know many ppl dont but i choice to keep it.

What would removing the sway bar do for me?

[sapperb]

Hey brother by removing the sway bar, it will allow your suspension to independently cycle better off road. It will roll a little in the turns on the street, but that's not a big deal. It will feel a little weird at first though.

[alarm_the_alarm]

ok sounds good. I doubt ill be doing alot of off roading, its my DD. Im prob doing exaughst next(yes i know i cant spell)

or if my wheels sell anytime soon ill get new head lights tails and a BL.

[AForlizzi]

your truck looks really nice! Do you know what the total list is on the truck ?

[AForlizzi]

would the spindles work for a 4x4?

[firstgenon24s]

lol that truck sits about like my s10blazer on 24" rims...but I didnt do anything but put 4x4 leaf springs in the back and coil spacers up front.

[96superflow]

no spindles will NOT work in a 4x4.

[96superflow]

Quote: Originally Posted by firstgenon24s

lol that truck sits about like my s10blazer on 24" rims...but I didnt do anything but put 4x4 leaf springs in the back and coil spacers up front.

now thats a donk! or maybe a bubble?