building my first lowered truck

[laid_out_70]

i chopped the top of the frame for two reasons. first being when i did my 3 link i mounted my lowers a fraction of an inch from the ground, so cutting the bottom of the frame would have put my lower links into the ground, lol. reason two is then you have to Z the frame that much more to lay out if you cut the bottom of the frame off. looks like about 1.25" would lay rocker. i do have a c20 so that may be different for you. ive also read that you can drop the body about an 1" without modifying the frame.



ignore the crappy welds, rear is getting redone


hope that helps, let me know if you need anything else

[L&L70]

Thanks for the reply. That covers it perfectly. I actually am looking to lay pinch so it looks like an extra 3/4" is all I need. I'm planning on doing a z to match the front with the frame and will see what else needs to happed with the front end to lay it down. I've looked at your build more than once and it
s a detailed write up. Good Job

Matt

[1sik7t2]

looks like all the "practice" is paying off...luuuking guuud mon....keep "down" the good work.....

Originally Posted by laid_out_70

todays progress, alot of sanding. lol








shaved all the holes except for the rear cab mounts since i haven't transferred the measurements yet


the tranny crossmember


the ridiculous pile i had after sanding all day


and my buddy started on the front crossmember

[laid_out_70]

thanks man, cant wait to get it on the road some day. lol

[98layinframe]

great build so far, defiantly interested to see the rest of the front build! I love the amazingly simple idea of the angled Z cut to slide the suspension forward the inch to center the wheels!

[laid_out_70]

thanks for the interest man. hopefully i get going on the front horns tomorrow or saturday.

[laid_out_70]

did some more forming on the Z today and threw on the suspension to stare at it.











the 2x3 under the tire and crossmember are to replicate the ground. lays 26" tall tire no problem. with the upper balljoint and bag maxed out it can lay on a 28" tall tire.





camber isnt to bad

[Kaidensdad]

Damn. Best build ive found yrt. I am about to start my build. Planning on doin the same thing but i got a question. Ur rear bags seem to curve alot. Will that damage the bag?thanx
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[laid_out_70]

Originally Posted by Kaidensdad

Damn. Best build ive found yrt. I am about to start my build. Planning on doin the same thing but i got a question. Ur rear bags seem to curve alot. Will that damage the bag?thanx
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thanks for the kind words. and no the bags are built to deal with odd angles. all you have to do when installing them it make sure the bag mounting surfaces are parallel to each other.


did some work today.

first i hacked off these things.


surface to transfer measurements.


tacked up


all tacked in and square. going to be a mission boxing that **** in.

[jbclassix]

are you planning on putting your steering gear, idler arm, and core support back in to see where you can add gussets?

[laid_out_70]

Originally Posted by jbclassix

are you planning on putting your steering gear, idler arm, and core support back in to see where you can add gussets?

just gonna wing it, :P

let the winging it begin.

first i cut out the last stock crossmember.


plate 1 cut


plate 2 cut


plate 3 cut


plates tacked in






going to be a mission forming the curved plate, thats the plan for tomorrow.



also found two AC compressors that im going to convert to edc's. they have motorcraft tags on them. are those sanden compressors?

[laid_out_70]

its a york after some research, stupid me. ill check out the shafts tomorrow and see which ones i have. hopefully they're 210's!

[jbclassix]

that's a good looking wing

[laid_out_70]

Originally Posted by jbclassix

that's a good looking wing

thanks. all done with a cutoff wheel

looked at the shafts on the yorks today and they're 210's

did work on the chevy today.

first i had to build the inner frame plate out of scraps. lol


then got the rest of the plates cut out.


tacked em all in






then i welded both sides all up










after that i set the bumper on and pulled it off the frame jig.




cant even get a piece of paper under the frame

[67cheby]

wow...lotta work getting done !!

[502ms]

Very nice work
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[laid_out_70]

thanks guys. might make some progress today

[laid_out_70]

got a few hours in today. sanded the frame horns, welded on the core support mounts and mocked up the core support.

[laid_out_70]

well i did a little bit of work on the frame. pulled the last bolted thing to the frame to clean it up and start sanding the entire frame. then after that is the front crossmember, going to be 1.5" square turned on edge with some plate gussets. also decided im building a tube core support.

[laid_out_70]

made the front crossmember yesterday. 1.5" square on edge and rolled 1/8" plate for gussets.

[jbclassix]

I really like the rolled gussets. How long is your welding stinger?

[FnLow69]

Looking Good dude!

[laid_out_70]

Originally Posted by jbclassix

I really like the rolled gussets. How long is your welding stinger?

thanks man, good question, you can see the entire thing in the pic. whats the normal length?

Originally Posted by FnLow69

Looking Good dude!

thanks man. you been making any progress on your c10?

[Cameron 1137]

wow, great fab work as usual, NICE job!

[FnLow69]

Originally Posted by laid_out_70

thanks man. you been making any progress on your c10?

Nope, still working on my dodge.