[JVal]

OK well I was going to wait till tomorrow to throw this thread up but I know I'll forget so here we go.

Spent the day lifting the truck. Add-a-Leaf in the back with new Rancho RS5190 Shocks. Cranked the torsion bars in the front with Rancho RS5300 Shocks. Hardley hit any snags. The driver's side rear was a bitch cuz the bolts rusted inside the bushings for the leaf pack but a lil PB Blaster and some persuasion and it came out. The right side went like butter. Oh and just a side note this was all done with hand tools. (eatthat Josh :kiki2

It rides more like a truck now but damn it feels good to be lifted. On to the pics.

I got bad start pics but oh well.

Old and New side by side

This was the tricky part but it went smoothly. 41 ft/lb of torque isn;t a whole lot. The wrench started clicking and I'm like what that can;t be right. I guess we'll know in a few days. :lol:

Nothing but axle.

Somethings not right here.

Rear all done

All done

I didn't get any pics of the front cuz by that point I needed to get moving cuz I had a family dinner to get to and was running out of time. But everything went smooth. Just a pain in the ass with those stud mounts. Sat there for a while with my head in the wheel wells.

I think I need to crank the TBs a lil more to get the right look but I can live with that rake if necessary. Those TB bolts were getting hard to turn as it was. Oh well.

Let me know what you think.

 

[desert dave]

Looks good man paint them wheels somethin else

 

[badazzmason]

Looks awesome man,I like the way it sits with the little rake you should keep it that way,nice work.

 

[BuckeyeCity_CoRado]

Looks good, Joe.

 

[00integrals]

Looks good man!

 

[griff]

looks really good

 

[JVal]

Thanks guys.

I know those wheels need to go but the only reason I'm still not rocking the Generals is cuz I popped one when I hit the wall. So I replaced them all. Rins are comming soon. Maybe just painting these. But i think it's time to upgrade to 32s maybe 33s Hell I've only had the 31s for 3months :lmao:

I'm a lil worried about it settling too low so I may go give them 1 more full crank but I agree I like it raked a lil.

 

[Sable]

Looks damn good, congrats on getting it done! Hey if you're looking to get rid of those 31's down the road.......

 

[JVal]

I'll keep you in mind :thumbup:

 

[Flatman]

looks hella good, man!!! :bang:

 

[brakenit]

Looks great, it could use some slightly larger tires but it's not too bad as is.

 

[SLAB RIDE]

looks awesome man nice work!
yea you could crank the TBs a lil more to get an even stance.. but still looks great either way

do you plan to do bigger tires soon?

 

[RiverboyGMC]

Now thats a way to take pictures!

 

[JosueZQ8]

Glad the hand tool situation worked out for ya Joe...:ugh: :lol:


Looks much better now! :doku2:

 

[TimRado]

I told you it would make a hell of a diferance to crank em. :thumbup:

 

[Racer X]

I'm not a lifted truck sort of guy but it looks great now.Just slap some 33's on it.

 

[rune]

yeah man. Im in the same boat as you. after doing this I wanna slap 33s under there but my 31s are from Nov. Just gonna wait till the fall to replace. Im glad your spring bolts came out with a minimal amount of persuation. Lucky.

 

[SOUTHBAYcanyon]

looks good man!!

 

[Canyon08Z71]

Looks great dude. :thumbup:

I like the stance it has right now. I would leave it as is.. Some 32" tires will complete it but it also looks fine with the 31s for the time being. Just my opinion..

 

[commondude]

looks great, but i dont like the raked look on a lifted truck, i would rather the back sit a SLIGHT bit lower than higher personally. can you fit 33s? it looks a fair amount lower than my truck was with only the 5inch lift and i rubbed like a bitch with 33s. if you can get them in there you will probably have to kill the mud flaps. looks good tho man!