lifted the truck

[cheyenne264]

I lifted the truck on tuesday with the rc 4 inch spindle lift and it was a pain because the caliper holes didn't line up so i had to grind down the spindle. Then on the left side the top of the caliper rubbed the top of the rotor so i ground the caliper down as well along with the spindle. It was well worth it though because now the truck looks super sick. I'll post some pics here in the next few days. I also had the 1.5 inch daystar spacers added in there too so it gave it a little extra lift.

[Danielson]

I lifted the truck on tuesday with the rc 4 inch spindle lift and it was a pain because the caliper holes didn't line up so i had to grind down the spindle. Then on the left side the top of the caliper rubbed the top of the rotor so i ground the caliper down as well along with the spindle. It was well worth it though because now the truck looks super sick. I'll post some pics here in the next few days. I also had the 1.5 inch daystar spacers added in there too so it gave it a little extra lift.

hum was the problem due to the spacer or what. I hope i dont run into probs with mine.

On a side note i need pics yours is a reg cab short bed an ive never seen one lifted 4 inches so please post or pm them to me

[cheyenne264]

I don't believe the problem was with the spacers I think it was the spindle itself. I'm gonna take some pics in the morning and I'll post em up or if that doesn't work i can email em to you. When you lift yours make sure you cut off the steering stops otherwise it will hit where the brake line bolts to the back of the caliper and cause you to have no pressure.

[bclassbd]

i did my lift two days ago only prob i had was i didnt get rid of the stock steering stops. but got rid of them now and no problems, took me 4 hours in the driveway. shocks and eye ball alignment. ill post up some pics as well. im gonna go snap a few right now

[Danielson]

i did my lift two days ago only prob i had was i didnt get rid of the stock steering stops. but got rid of them now and no problems, took me 4 hours in the driveway. shocks and eye ball alignment. ill post up some pics as well. im gonna go snap a few right now

\cool deal hurry up lol

[bclassbd]

i got more pics in the snapshots thread

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3937/1001424bx1.jpg

[cheyenne264]

alright i got my pictures but i don't know how to put them on here so ya'll can see them.

[Danielson]

upload em on to photobucket.com make an account upload them to photobucket

then post reply and click little yellow box with mountain above message box and paste the address under the picture uploaded to photobucket

[cheyenne264]

here they are

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p6/blackcadillac08/truckafterlift003.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p6/blackcadillac08/truckafterlift001.jpg

[Danielson]

looks killer man I love it.


If possible could you get fender measurements and maybe a few more pics at different angles.

Thanks man looks awesome

just a tip truck would look 12o329u3x better without the molding on the side

[cheyenne264]

yea i can do that for ya. so you think it would look better without the moldings?

[gottfuel]

looks good man , i have rims just like those, but deeper dish and the center cap says "spirit of america" i have not been able to identify my rims!

[cheyenne264]

the center caps on mine say Eagle Alloys. I don't know if that helps. V6 chevy i got those measurement for ya. 24" from the ground to the bottom of the front bumper. 10.5" from top of the tire to the bottom of the wheel well. and 23" from the bottom of the back bumper to the ground that's with the 2" blocks.

[gottfuel]

yea does not realy help..
i cant seem to find out where these rims come from or who made them? ive tried googling it and other searches but no luck..........

[cheyenne264]

yea i havn't seen them anywhere either. they came on the truck when i bought it cuz the guy was tryin to make it a lowrider or something like that. personally i don't really like them i just don't have the money to get new ones.

[1bad05]

Hey fuel, did you ever consider that maybe those wheels are eagle and they have some type of special center cap? If you look there should be some kind of Name or number inside the wheel. Its just kinda weird that you cant find anything about them. I dont know, just a suggestion i guess.

[bigcody]

I ran into a lot of problems when i installed my spindles too. I had to buy new bearings, rotors, and calipers. I got the RC 4 inch spindles.

[cheyenne264]

i don't know why we had probelems i had heard alot of good stuff about rc. did you have to grind down your spindles to make your brakes fit as well?

[Danielson]

i don't know why we had probelems i had heard alot of good stuff about rc. did you have to grind down your spindles to make your brakes fit as well?


he had an 88 single cab with the smaller rotors and calipers that was his problem

[cheyenne264]

ok well i gues that explains it. hey did you get those measurements i posted. still workin on the pics.