Extreme Drops

[SCOTI]

Ok... Those of you w/extreme drops, if your truck (or your car) is dropped alot (trucks @ 6/8 minimum), I'm looking for some honest, real world answers.

Specific to these trucks, Dropmembers, Scott's IFS, Z's, and/or other chassis mods can get you inches off the ground & do look sweet. Beyond that, how much do you really drive your vehicle? Do you just do the in town & local cruise nights (bikers call them 'barhoppers')? Power Tour/s? Cross country road trips to board meets?

I'm curious as to how many actually put 300+ miles in a single stretch in their extreme dropped 'hot rods'??

[royo]

I tell you this. If i ever get my truck back to runnin im going to home depoe an load up some sheet roc. and drive the wheels off of it . lol

[cochino12]

I havent gotten my dually to scrape anything yet, probably because of the 29" tires. I dont even have to slow down for big dips in the road but I do out of habit .

[Scottshotrods]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

Ok... Those of you w/extreme drops, if your truck (or your car) is dropped alot (trucks @ 6/8 minimum), I'm looking for some honest, real world answers.

Specific to these trucks, Dropmembers, Scott's IFS, Z's, and/or other chassis mods can get you inches off the ground & do look sweet. Beyond that, how much do you really drive your vehicle? Do you just do the in town & local cruise nights (bikers call them 'barhoppers')? Power Tour/s? Cross country road trips to board meets?

I'm curious as to how many actually put 300+ miles in a single stretch in their extreme dropped 'hot rods'??

In 2004 I drove my last shop truck which was a 1955 chevy p-up known as
heavy metal.Drove from Ventura ca to Goodguys indy took 3 days and took on
alot of rain with no top it was a complete blast and the crowd at the show thought it was cool as hell.
Justin

[gringoloco]

Daily drove my '70 for about a year with spindles/springs front and bagged/blocks/c-notch rear. Back and forth to work, daughter to/from school, Home Depot, you name it. It was my only transportation.

My only real problems came when I took it off pavement. Dragged the lowers a few times on driveways/curbs and almost got stuck on a rainy day at the metal scrap yard.

All that to say it's do-able, but I'm much more comfy in my Yukon...

[SCOTI]

I usually don't drive anything normal. All my stuff has been 6/8 drops so I know the in/outs of the daily grind but was curious how many others actually put road trip type of miles w/their Dropmember/Scott's IFS/Z'd set-ups.

[lolife99]

I've daily driven a 5/7 drop on a '90 short bed and several 4/6 drops on 73-87 trucks.
Never anything as low a 6/8.
So I'm hoping with the extra ground clearance of the Dropmember,... I'll be able to drive my next truck anywhere.

[m6z]

I'm planning to drive the hell out of my truck when I get it done. If it ever gets done.....

[bedsled71]

ive driven my truck bagged laying crossmember for 5 years, daily driver... z'ed and backhalf for a year. driven from AZ to Co then MS and back to AZ.. just added a hitch looking to tow a trailer which now has my old stepside bed on it

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by bedsled71

ive driven my truck bagged laying crossmember for 5 years, daily driver... z'ed and backhalf for a year. driven from AZ to Co then MS and back to AZ.. just added a hitch looking to tow a trailer which now has my old stepside bed on it

There we go.... I like that it's getting used.

Tell me what you did on your driveshaft & how has it worked thus far? How about some recent pics (I remember it going together a while back but haven't seen much recent stuff). Anything significant you'd change in retrospect?

[nastyc10]

I've driven my dropmembered truck to houston and back from austin and I take 60 mile round trips to my parents house on a regular basis. I drive it to the grocery store, hardware store, cruise ins, car shows, whatever.
My truck is no fancy show piece but sometimes I do have to trailer it for long hauls if I have alot of friends or family going. I don't have front inner fenders right now so I try to keep it off of wet roads or gravel so I don't get my shiny engine all nasty.
I'll be driving it around during the lonestar roundup which is coming up and I'm planning on cruising on over to the texmex show 2 weeks later.

[SBTork]

I drive my Suburban daily, except for now when it's salt season up north here. I have maybe an inch and a half between the rear axle and frame and up front it's lowered around 5" or so. I plan on removing the inner fenders and "pancaking" an extra front crossmember I have once spring rolls around. I also plan on running bags all around, maybe some sort of AOL type kit for the rear until I can figure out how to notch it and not lose a bunch of frame strength.
But, for now, when I drive it, it bottoms out all the time. It's actually kind of unsafe I first realized that when I took it for a test run the day I dropped it. It still had the stock 235/75R15 front tires and it bottomed out going around a corner at about 45-50 and I just about went in the ditch. Since then I have gone with smaller front tires but the real fix is to remove the inner fenders and come up with something else. As far as the rear, I have air shocks so I can adjust the ride height a little bit for extra clearance but the real fix is an AOL kit or 4 link or something.
Even with all the problems driving it low, I drove it to a car show a few weeks after lowering it. I was about 400 miles, round trip. The ride was a bit bumpy, but I was still grinning the whole time!

[cajundragger]

I drove my '49 30 minutes down the interstate once. .5" off the ground.

after I got most the bugs out I dont see why I can't cruise for days. I even have cruise control

I daily drive a 2001 seirra ext cab that is 6/9 on a 30" tire, so it tucks about 1-1.5" tire all the way around. Thats dedication.

[N2TRUX]

Scot- I know you know my buddies Mikes truck that was once owned by Forum member Greens69. You have seen it in the mags, and at lots of shows.

I know it has seen its share of time on a trailer, but the lest two years or so I have seen it driven to a lot of shows. It went to a run in Austin, Galveston, Wolf Creek, and several others with us last year.

He does raise it a bit when the roads are rough, but on smooth stretches of pavement I have seen it cruise for many miles just inches off of the ground.

[Shane]

awesome truck ...

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by Shane

awesome truck ...

Enjoy...

[texastrendz]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

Enjoy...

Smiley drives this truck to the shows, not trailered.

[6772owner]

I drive the s'not out of my bagged 72' C10, 3" drop front arms + the bags and ECE rear bag kit (apx 6-7" drop at the pressure I run) I do run 255/55/18's though....
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[colin_havens]

Once I got my truck all together, I took it for a quick spin around town, about 5-10 miles. The next morning I left here at about 8 AM, heading to Millington, TN for a show. I put about 600 miles on the 67 that weekend, and grinned the entire time. On roads was very familar with, I drove it about a half inch off the pavement. Highway driving and unfamilar/rough roads i was a little higher, but not too much. If I cant drive it whenever I want, I will not have it. To be honest, my issue with my 67 is not if it is road worthy, its that I really need a quad cab so the entire fam can go with me.

[N2TRUX]

Welcome to the forum hellbounder.

[hellbounder]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

Welcome to the forum hellbounder.

thank's ,ive been lurking for a while. just bought a 66' chevy long bed, that im keeping the farm truck look on.......but bagged at some point.

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by hellbounder

thank's ,ive been lurking for a while. just bought a 66' chevy long bed, that im keeping the farm truck look on.......but bagged at some point.

wheres the pics?

[csbatey]

driven daily 6/8

[hellbounder]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

wheres the pics?

i'll post some soon, my computer has been running slow,and not wanting to download pics.

[Painter D]

I've daily driven extreme dropped trucks before with no problems, but now all of my nice stuff is trailered.





SCOTI , just out of curiousity why the interest in this particular subject? Are you planning on an altitude change on your dually?