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My crew cab '86 square

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haulinchevys   +1y
this thing is sick!!! nice work
wide load c-30   +1y
I have been driving the hell out of this thing with the A/C blasting.
Here are the latest updates:

In the rear, the truck is now notched, tubbed, and cut to lay out on 4 24's in case I ever decide to bag it. Which I probably won't since I like driving it too much. At the most, maybe some kind of 4 link with some coilovers so I can run all 4 semi's, if I ever become a baller some day.

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Front end is now tubbed. And now that I know how much room I have to play with I'm going to run 295/30-24's up front whenever the rubber bands wear out or they pop on a pothole which will most likely happen first.

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The room in between the tire and stock A/C.

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Post was last edited on Mar 11, 2010 07:03. This post has been edited 1 times.
wide load c-30   +1y
Boxed in notches, custom shock mounts/relocated shocks, pinion angle re-done, any unecessary brackets/mounts removed:

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wide load c-30   +1y
Wheels at full lock:

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wide load c-30   +1y
Now that the frame isn't sitting on the axle the truck is a little lower than the last time I posted pics. Last time I posted I forgot to mention that I removed the overload leafs in hopes that the truck would ride better, which it does. If I had gone with a bolt-in notch I would be bottoming out on it constantly.

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haulinchevys   +1y
this thing is so sick .... i been waiting for updates
notch looks good .... wish it was that easy on my square body mine is going to be a mission ...
i got to start it before i can finish it ... so its going under the knife soon
you been driving it alot any problems with the 25 series?
wide load c-30   +1y
I would not run a 25 series again, at the very minimum a 275/30-24 if space is an issue. If you recall my semi's started out with 4 25 series tires. I used the truck to go back and forth from Houston to San Antonio a couple of times then one day I noticed I could feel every little bump in the road even the road deflectors. I thought I was low on air so when I started adding air to the front tire I could hear the air escaping from a small "cut" on the sidewall. From the outside it looked like it could be fixed with a patch but when it was dismounted it looked like it had blown out from the inside. I remembered hitting two BIG pot holes on the freeway that week. I was driving around with a flat tire and didn't even know it since the tire looks the same flat as it does filled.... At this point I put bigger tires in the rear and used one of the old rear tires as a replacement and the other as a spare. Fast forward to when I got my truck back from the frame work and the guy said he was taking it to the car wash and "ran over a piece of metal," one of my front tires had a big, big, ugly plug in it. My left over rear 25 series tire came in handy as a replacement again. My problems have been with the front tires, even if you slow down for bumps it's just not enough sidewall for something so heavy, the good thing is that they are so small they act like run flats when flat. I will be going 295/30-24 next and will still be able to keep my stock A/C. 29.4in. vs. 31in.
burntup   +1y
did Mark do your wheels tubs?
wide load c-30   +1y
The guy with the white Dodge from Tomball? Yes
giovanni   +1y
Wow that looks very good.ONly thing your missing is 100 more pictures from all directions