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04-18-2010, 12:14 PM | #1 |
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Re: Dropmembered trucks
i wish i can drop member but i dont have the tools to do it and i dont like the fact that ill have to cut my tranny hump and make it bigger!
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04-18-2010, 02:38 PM | #2 | |
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Here's a picture of my floor with a high hump installed....
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04-18-2010, 03:43 PM | #3 |
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well i still think the front dropmembers are expenxive or ill just say i cant afford one at the moment
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04-18-2010, 11:19 PM | #4 | |
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04-18-2010, 11:27 PM | #5 |
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There is a nice groove on the hump but I don't know to be honest with you......I'm going to use a nice bead of silicone or seam sealer on mine.
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04-18-2010, 11:37 PM | #6 |
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i have a high hump on the way for my dropmember project, where do you cut the low hump out at, anyone got any pics of this procedure, or is it going to be obvious when i get the high hump?
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04-18-2010, 10:35 PM | #7 |
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Makin me green with envy all of you lol
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04-18-2010, 11:37 PM | #8 |
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GVizzle, I'm embarrassed to say what happened to me when i saw the pic of your truck.
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04-19-2010, 11:30 AM | #9 |
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04-19-2010, 11:38 PM | #10 |
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04-19-2010, 06:35 PM | #11 |
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I still drive a mini-truck.
'91 S10 lowered 5/6.
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04-19-2010, 06:43 PM | #12 |
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I'm guilty of being into minitrucks at one point and time too.
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04-19-2010, 09:50 PM | #13 |
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so my stock arms on my 71 wont fit?
am i gonna have to relocate all the lines like brake likes that run on the stock cross member or will they fit like the stock trucks come? |
04-19-2010, 10:05 PM | #14 | |
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I'm not sure on your brakeline question. I'm using 73-80 style lines w/some tweaks on mine.
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04-19-2010, 10:07 PM | #15 |
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I just fabricated new lines for the front brakes. Alot easier than trying to make your 40+ year old lines work. (my opinion)
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04-19-2010, 10:37 PM | #16 |
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Re: Dropmembered trucks
You can do it Drew. If your not a welder, just take it to a welding shop and have the notches welded in. Or get in the texas section. Lots of good guys I've met down there could probably help you out.
I dont have the PB, but the SD raised crossmember, and I will tell you that Nate is a very stand up guy and will make sure that you are running everything right. He's helped me out a lot even though I've never bought anything from him.
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04-20-2010, 12:08 AM | #17 |
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Do you have to cut the trans cover on 73-87 trucks ?
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04-20-2010, 12:28 AM | #18 |
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dropmember looks great, but i like to do every thing my self. stock cross member moved up 2 narrowed stock a arms, drop springs with coil cut off, drop spindals. Alot of work but $50 in gas and wire.
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04-20-2010, 11:18 AM | #19 |
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I do too, I Zed my frame and sectioned my crossmember myself so I know I can do it. I ordered a Dropmember myself because Nathan can do it better than I can
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04-20-2010, 03:13 PM | #20 |
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Here's a couple of mine. Still have to cut some stuff off the bottom of the frame to lay it all the way out.
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04-20-2010, 01:37 AM | #21 |
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Nope... no cutting on the 73-87 cab floor.
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04-20-2010, 08:07 AM | #22 | |
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04-20-2010, 08:30 AM | #23 | |
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Josh and to be fair and disclose- Hell yeah, I rock a dropmember.
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04-20-2010, 03:47 PM | #24 |
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Nice. I can't wait to start making progress on my new project.
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04-20-2010, 04:01 PM | #25 |
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really like the wheels , nice job
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