Man there is alot of great information in here!!
Hopefully someone can educate me on what to do. I'm looking into 87 or older single cab short beds and I'm wanting to lay frame. Would it be best to purchase drop spindles up front, and then do the necessary bag work to make it lay frame? Or could I just fore-go the spindles and just do all bag work? Not looking for the cheapest method, but more the most reliable method since it would be my daily driver. I'm just asking because it seems redundant to have drop spindles AND bag work, but I'm also ignorant
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I also understand that the rear of the truck is a blank slate, and I could just go with a complete bag setup right? No need for extra hardware like the front?
Lastly....how do you figure out what size rims and offsets you'll need for this type of project. I'm wheel/tire illiterate, and I don't really understand the math behind choosing the right offset and wheel/tire combination. I want to push the biggest wheel/tire combo I can (24's maybe?), but for daily driving I'd like the equivalent wheel/tire combo with an 16"-18" with FAT tires. Equivalent in wheel height, width, etc. I found a link that can help me with that but is that really do-able?
http://www.rims-n-tires.com/rt_specs.jsp
Any help would be great.