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I'm not saying I don't like it, sometimes they look cool. But...

Remember in '64 the Vette came out without the 'split-window' in the back like the '63 had ?? All the '63 owners ran out and had their local bodyshop cut out the 'split' in the back window so they could be like the '64...

That's kind of what it reminds me of... Then in the 80's, they became highly sought-after if the weren't cut-up (the '63's) and everyone had their bodyman put the split back in.

Are all of you guys making trucks that will have to be raised again in 15-years ??

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i've been lowering and raking trucks over 45years never put one back to stock in that whole time:smoke:

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Spindles and springs are a heck of a lot easier than replacing a fiberglass rear window split.

Like cdowns said, people have been lowering cars/trucks for a Loooooooooooooooong time!

My truck is so far from stock I could car less about putting it back to stock.

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Word lol I have been lowering trucks for 12 years myself this isnt really something new

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The trick is to own a lowered blazer and a raised truck!! :blz:

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I am saying I don't like it.
IMO, I think lowered trucks look ridiculous. Again that is my opinion.
I will state that if you are going to lower a truck, a 67-72 Chevy, short wheel base, fleetside looks the best of all the lowered trucks out there.
I've seen the 73+ trucks 'in the weeds' and have to reach for the barf bag.
Then you see a 88+, extended cab and I can't reach fast enough so I have to hose the barf out from under my truck seat.
Then you see an S10 and I just laugh at the money spent to make such an ugly stance on an ugly vehicle.

But to each his own.

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Wow, tell us how you really feel :lol:

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:tms::mmmk::bsf::but::5150: I do agree on the s 10's though

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^WHAT? :lol:

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to each thier own. got more info on the modified Vettes?? I'd LOVE to hear more about this one......

I could care less what people think now or in 50 years. if I like my truck slammed, which I do, I will deal with the consequences. I've even modified my frame. oh now that's really scary......

lowering vehicles has been around since our service men and women came back from WW2. that's not exactly a trend.

stock, lowered, or raised. who cares as long as you like it. you are the one footing the bill.

this one could get ugly quick......

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I dont know he evoked to many emotions for me lol. I guess this unemployment vacation is starting to get to me.

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:smoke:everyone stay calm, we can work through this, :waah: dropped, stock or raised its all important to the world.:metal:

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Yup it's all about what you like. I look at it like this.
2wd put it on the ground
4wd put it in the air.
:truck:

"You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time." - Abe Lincoln

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:lol:I personally like near stock height for a 2-wheel drive. Stock or lifted looks good on 4x4. With the crappy Michigan roads to low of a truck can be hard on the hemorrhoids as well as the truck itself.:lol:

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No. Never. Not in this life time. At any show'll usually walk right by a stock height truck and head straight for a lowered one. Just my preference. But i won't hate on it because the owner's vision differs from mine.

Threads like this always remind me of an old small town Model A restorer i used to know. We were checking out the '29 Model A pickup he and his son were restoring and i asked him "Have you saw the Model A coupe running around town?" "Yes but it isn't an authentic restoration. It has fiberglass fenders." Now were talking a ground up resto on a basket case A that was an absolutely beautiful car. But the snob restorer put it down because it had 'glass fenders. Then he goes on to tell me "We were extremely fortunate to purchase such a nice original truck. We purchased it from a young man who was, horror of horrors, going to HOT ROD IT." I pretty much ignored him after that.

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I will lower my truck a little bit when the time comes but I can't too much. All the parking lot entrances from the street have high angles on them and I would leave metal every time I pulled off the road if I was too low. I like a truck lowered a little bit though.

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I have to agree with Doug, I can appreciate anything that is done to modify a vehicle, regardless of how I truly feel about the modification. To each their own...

As long as this thread stays positive it will be able to stay open. Everyone has their own opinions, but like Doug mentioned I don't forsee lowering going away anytime soon. Heck this hobby exploded when the service men and women returned from WW2 (also mentioned by Doug). Personal preference is key.

Where would this hobby be today if they hadn't... we might be talking about customizing our sewing machines and trying to keep them running. :lol:

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Nate, can you Sew a couple of my shirts for me..... :lol: Please use the foot operated Singer.....

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As funny as that is... we actually just picked one of those things up when I found my cooler in St Louis. I will get to work on it, just send me your shoulder width, arm leng.....

Okay back to trucks now! :D

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all good Nate no one reads these anyway...... :metal:

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I know I'll pick up the nickname of singer, needle, thread,... oh I can hear it now.

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I've lowered all my trucks for 21 years now.

Just last night I ordered 500 dollars worth of parts from Early Classic for my 63 project, so it's getting lowered too. I see no end in sight.

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Does it really matter what people do with THEIR vehichles as long as they are doing something with them? Car guys/gals are all very similar but with different visions. Appreciate the time, effort and investment and don't dwell so much on whether YOU like it or not.

My .02

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I don't care for lowered trucks either. In my eyes they just don't look right. I guess my thought has always been if you want something to sit as low as a car and ride like a car, then buy a car.... or an El Camino. Again, that's my opinion but in the end you are allowed to do to your own vehicle whatever makes you happy. It all comes down to personal preference and usage. Considering how much back road driving I do it wouldn't make any sense to lower a truck because I would get it high centered on a rut in the road.

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It doesn't matter what you do. According to the movies, we'll all be driving hover cars in a few years anyway. :)

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Driving them lowered since 1986.

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Then we'll find a way to lower the hover car :lol:

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Lowering a truck (especially a mild drop) isn't a modification of no return. It's nothing that couldn't be turned back to stock with an afternoon and a few parts.

As far as lowered trucks making someone barf...apparently you have a weak stomach sir and should seek some medical attention and counseling!:lol:

I'd much rather see em lifted or lowered then I would to see them painted up with the godawful pastels of the 80s. Sure, paint can be redone as well, but it's much more time consuming then swapping out suspension parts.

Lowering and lifting trucks/cars is just another modification that people do to personalize their vehicles. A personalized vehicle will grab my interest much quicker then one that still looks like it did when it left the showroom.

In the meantime...keep your supply of barfbags ready buddy!!:lol:

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Well, I guess I'm glad I sold my '92 xcab with the 5/7 drop. whew!

Should I send back the drop springs, tubular control arms and c-notch that I just got from CPP for my '69?? I don't wanna be driving around in an ugly truck!

Dang it, where did I put the stock shackles I took off my '05 GMC? That 2" drop is hideous to me now...

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Mild drop is cool always is always was. But scrapin' pavement don't do it for me. Kinda like 18's and bigger wheels don't either. Thought of this after seein' some rides,anything with more than 6 spokes is just to ''ricey''!!!

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First, let me say I'm NOT singling you out, merely your post was the easiest to quote and point out a few things.
1. While we all have opinions some are better worded than others.
2. There are some damn nice trucks on this site of all years & models. Whether it be N2TRUX show quality, highly visible squarebody (lowered BTW), or MUDDER's kick ass 4X4 that most folks would need a step ladder to climb in... or a certain little S10 I was lucky enough to see in NC for the spring meet.
While there are a few trucks on here that I simply do not like, I would NEVER insult them by calling them ridiculous, barf-inducing wastes of money. That is disrespectful.
If anyone else feels the need to go to this degree to make thier point in this thread, move on & don't post.

My truck is lowered. It is the first one (besides an S10 we used to own) that has ever been lowered. I can appreciate the lowered ones, the spark-throwing slammed ones, the 'beaters', the original restorations & the 4X4's that should have a red blinking light on top to warn approaching aircraft. The are all pieces of automotive history. What the individual owner does with it is thier prerogative.
If you were driving down the road and saw the most hideous, eyesore that someone calls home, would you dare approach the door and tell them it made you barf? I don't think so.
These threads NEVER end well...I'm asking you guys to keep it civil, or it will go bye-bye.

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wow I didn't mean to start something, but it IS enjoyable to see the different opinions. I agree to each his own. I hope we all don't go DONK with our trucks in 15 years. I wonder how many of the guys going DONK had to raise their rigs about 12" because they were previously lowered into the weeds.

I agree some things will always be cool. But not too many people are putting 14" wheels on vehicles right now, so things DO change...

Anyway, have fun with the discussion, but be nice...

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I can appreciate both. This is a case of TASTES GREAT! LESS FILLING! Guys, do what you want so long as you keep our classics off the scrapper. No matter how you look at it, they are, after all, still the "heartbeat of america." IMHO

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What makes me cringe a bit is the radical modifications to get them flat on the ground. I mean, a 4/6 drop is a bolt on deal and can be undone at any time. But, cutting up a bed floor, monster bridging the frame and such as past the point of returning to original.

I have seen some beautiful original trucks around me locally that have got the cut bed floor, monster notch thing. Around here at least, they never get finished and usually wind up parked behind the barn to rot. I hate that. You know the type, holes in bed floor, no wheel wells, mismatched wheels / \ negative camber. Seems such a waste.

And, I do see it as a fad. Basically anything that is that radical tends to ebb and flow. I remember when our parents (and more senior members here I;m sure) used to jack up the back of their Torinos, Chargers and Novas. That fad has long passed and fortunately those classic cars weren't cut up too badly during the butt in the air phase.

Hillbillys like me have been dropping these short bed trucks for as long as I can remember. It's not quite as sensational as laying rocker, but it has been long lasting and popluar in this area.

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Bed floors are now available new, so cutting one doesn't make one beyond the point of no return.:lol: The number of trucks that I've seen on this forum that probably should have been scrapped but instead were brought back, make me feel like there's nothing that can't be brought back to stock if the owner desires to.

I know what you mean about the ones that get hacked up and never finished...That is definitly a waste! However when one of these things get sold odds are the buyer is going to go ahead and finish it or rebuild it the way that they prefer it.

In the meantime I'm going to keep driving my dropped truck...

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...n/100_4771.jpg

And my lifted truck...

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...0/100_2443.jpg

And our extremely lowered completely ruined cut frame barf mobile!:lol:

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j.../100_5586s.jpg

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and then Asa comes along posting pics of his rides and I drool all over the keyboard.

thanks a lot!

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If you really think about it..Raising or lowering..Both are pointless..When you lower, You tuck those nice 20" rims in your fender wells..You paid 2K to put em on your truck..But now you only show half your rims?..You pay thousands or more to get it on the ground..Your suspension components end up costing more than the truck itself..And for what?..To go throw sparks?..LOL..I hate how the whole thing works but its a sacrifice to get "The look" you want.

Raised is about the same..Jack it up..Big tires..big motor..To..???..Run through a mud pit?..Ive never owned a lifted truck..Nor do I want to..But I do enjoy the look..Just not SOME of the drivers..Yea, Your truck is taller than my truck..But save the "I can run your truck over like a speed-bump" to yourself..Its not really about that..Im sure some of you know all the phrases people have come up with..LOL..Im a firm believer that most are true

But its the classic group that really gets me..I understand the point of keeping a car/truck all orginal..But sometimes its not all about the money..So what if a fender is a repop..Your constructing your vehicle to look like it use to back in 19(Add year here)..Not to be rude, But I just find myself more interested in in a bagged patina rat rod than most OEM 100% original cars/trucks at shows and on the internet..Just because the simple fact of no individual personality to the vehicle..Sure, its stock..Nice investment..But whats unique?..Its not on a bill of sale or piece of paper..Just my opinion

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see ten,... that '54 is beautiful!

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just thought i'd help out the barf fest with some pics of my trucks. lol:lol:

This is my 68 GMC. It has a 3/5 drop. I've gotten bored with it though since i got my sonoma so I'm going to put 4 wheel drive drive train under it and lift it.

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/o...tt_06/2gmc.jpg

Then this is the sonoma
http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/o...06/sonoma6.jpg
Isn't that the most disgusting thing you ever saw...

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/o..._06/jtruck.jpg
bagged and laying frame...