bumps with lowered altitude!! (lots of great custom bumps!!)

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looks good man..
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how much lower is the front? i've been wanting to drop the front of my daily driver but only by an inch, inch and a half.
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killakobra wrote:how much lower is the front? i've been wanting to drop the front of my daily driver but only by an inch, inch and a half.
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NOLIMITS wrote:Pictures of my Truck.
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I hope you don't mind, I used your pic to experiment with Photoshop.

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Quick69 wrote:just lowered mine last weekend

1/2 flip on rear
1 1/2 coil cut on front

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that thing is bangin! love it. just enough original to be cool and just enough attitude to be very cool! :thup:
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man, i really want that stance on my stepside. wonder if i could do a half shackle flip and now lose all load capacity.....
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My trucks hauling days are done, its pretty soft in the back now
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Quick69 wrote:just lowered mine last weekend

1/2 flip on rear
1 1/2 coil cut on front

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Nice, I love that color combo.
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I've been awake all night finished all my battery on my phone reading all this thread and looking at every single picture it's so awesome finding people that love these trucks as much as I do thought I'd post my truck it's not lowered but it's in the to do list hope to hear comments about it
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f100avalos wrote:I've been awake all night finished all my battery on my phone reading all this thread and looking at every single picture it's so awesome finding people that love these trucks as much as I do thought I'd post my truck it's not lowered but it's in the to do list hope to hear comments about it
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What size wheels and tires do you have?
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Quick69 wrote:just lowered mine last weekend

1/2 flip on rear
1 1/2 coil cut on front

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Thats a good start, I like it!!
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rims are 22" and tire is 265/35/r22 they are 6 lug
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how did you do the six lug conversion or are you just using adapters?
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yea bought the adapters from 5 to 6 lug off of ebay.
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so how wide are your rims
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