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SWEET ..i like em

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They look really good ..... I will come check them in person later.
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285/35/22 on a stepper? I don't know man.. You leaving the stock fender wells, and/or mini tubs in the rear?

Hoping I'm wrong. Do you have the early rear end? 22x9 - 5"BS?

What are the height / width specs on the rear tires? You're probably going to need to loose the support braces at least and/ or trim the fender lip a bit.

Again, not meaning it negatively at all. I know a 265/40/22 - 5" BS with the early rear end requires trimming to fit. Assuming you're bagging the truck (?)
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thanks for the info i can use all the help i can as i've never done an old chevy truck , i know for a fact i will have to modify or even delete the brace for the drop , as far as the lip , we measured and got the right back spacing it's 5. so i'll post how it turns out when they are on

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Ok, cool. Best of luck to you on the build! It's already looking awesome. Nice choice on the wheels too.

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thanks, not my first choice for wheels but the had the matte look i was looking for since i already have billet intros on my other ride, i wanted something different , as for the tire size i did some research and the 285 are 700 thousands wider than the 265 so that makes it a 350 thousands split between inner outter wall which its about 11/32 of an inch so if i have to trim it will be minimal , im hoping , thanks again

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cool! love the way coys look on our trucks and the new finish will set it off!

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well i got the suspension on friday but work and family activities has kept me away from the truck , so this morning i snuck in the garage for 2 hours before wife and kids woke up and took apart the front end , cleaned and sprayed with some more bedliner spray and made the cuts for rear c notch , oh and yes 2 more fregging rivets showed up on me , :no::no::no::no:: hate them ,now off to friends house for red zone football ,

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Great job brother!!!!!
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Nice !!

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Nice. Engine and trans are out brother. Tomorrow I'll pull the harness and tank. She's moving right along.
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very good , thanks 4 d update

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hello boyz , its been none stop raining for the past 4 days here in south florida , but that wont stop me , found shelter to do some painting in a parts shed , and put toghether most of suspension but i ran into a few misshaps ,
also started to strip rear end for disc brake set up and a stubborn gear shaft woul not give , so i snaped a spring of the possie unit so thats when i called it quits as it was midnite already , here r some pix !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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pix

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looks good !! like the silver contrast

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pix

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sorry for some reason today i can only uoload 1 pix at a time !!!!

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Great progress bro....you are flying thru this,,, I know that you are in heaven enjoying the built....

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Looking good!!!

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Great progress.
I do have a concern.
I think you have your upper a-arms on the wrong side.
This appears to be the "passenger side" upper a-arm mounted on the "drivers side".

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WoW buddy , good job , late last nite i presented that side to take a picture and i notice it was stamp wrong , ( both sides ) so i swap them , gave ride tech a call today to let them know but i did not post it in here as i dont like to put nobody down , thanks for looking out though ,

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last nite i ran air lines to the rear and put back together the rear end gears so as for now im waiting on u bolts for front lower arms arriving tomorow as well as shock studs that were missing from the order and disc brakes kits that should arrive today , next task is to modify panhard bar bracket to work with the aluminum rear end cover

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pix

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I might be the picture hiding it, but on the lower control arm. There should be a bracket to the front in the middle of the tube for the sway bar link. I didn't see it in the picture so I was just wanting to make sure.

Great progress by the way.

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you are right, they sent some extra brackets in case i want to install in the future , they only welded the ones to the rear for the shocks ,