53 3100 - complete rebuild and upgrade . . . .

[joedoh]

ahhh I get it now!

I will have to measure mine, I was thinking I set at 6" front of the running boards and 7" rear of the boards. I found that going lower than that LOOKED AMAZING but with the rake, the bottom of the front bumper would scrape the crown of some of the older asphalt roads around here haha.

here is a vid of my 47 gmc, set at 4.5" front 5.5" rear, click the pic to play

IMG_4809 by Joe Doh, on Flickr

[big_dan]

Well, a busy morning trying to get this body mockup complete. Went a little slow since I was solo this morning, but I think it's mocked up enough to get an idea. After studying on it a bit, I'm leaning towards leaving it where it is for height. This will have the top of the cab around 68" and the bed rail roughly 38", with around 6" from the running board to the ground. Since I drive my stuff HARD, much lower might be an issue. Plus, I might have driveshaft room this way - much lower it'll be tunnel time.

More later - headed to the woods -

Dan.

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by joedoh

I was thinking I set at 6" front of the running boards and 7" rear of the boards. I found that going lower than that LOOKED AMAZING but with the rake, the bottom of the front bumper would scrape the crown of some of the older asphalt roads around here haha.

here is a vid of my 47 gmc, set at 4.5" front 5.5" rear, click the pic to play

I had mine at those same measurements (4.5/5.5). I had to drive super cautiously - learned you can destroy fender bottoms real fast. But the front bumper was the worst issue. I raised it to 6" front, 7" rear. Now I can jump speed bumps like Luke Duke.

Here I am stuck in my own driveway: