I have 04 Silverado 4x4 with 3/4 drop with DJM kit ( control arm/shackle). I bought new, modified it within 2 weeks and my neighbor never know it was 4x4. First deep snow day of their surprised look was price less. I never go off-road by the way, but looks and handles much better that couldn’t be happier.
I have a 2001 chevy stepside with 22 inch snowflakes, with a 6-4 drop and it is also 4x4. I hear it all the time that I ruined the truck. But to each there own. Love the truck man
YES!!!! I never thought I would own a lowered Chevy truck because I was always going the other way to drive over stuff. After getting a 2004 Silverado with a big block lowered, I'm now a believer you can have a truck and go fast around a corner too.
No complaints doing a 2/3 drop on my Ram 4wd. I’ve done the lifted route before, and I hardly ever even use 4wd, so it’s pretty pointless for me. Plenty of other mall crawlers around that can get the attention they want.
Did the same to my NBS Z71, but I didn't have to use the keys, I just backed mine off a ways. Next is a flip with a notch and the 2 inch spindles. Do it!!
Just did this same job on mine a coue weeks ago. And the truck came from Idaho... I did it with the bed still on because I knew it would be an endless can of worms trying to remove it. A very violent and nasty job, but man it was worth it!
What I did with my suburban was crank the torsion bars up front. Drop the rear about 2 inches and threw 33s on it. Sits perfectly level and looks perfect
I know this is old but I have used my ball joint press to remove the bolts when you can get to them. I had a 98 S10 blazer in Wisconsin that I lifted and it worked well.
Full race truck it, cut the bed for sstep notch and give her the boost, 4wd trucks like this are awesome lowered and boosted. Don’t worry about uniqueness just do what it wants.
I did a set of lift shackles on my 04 Colorado a number of years ago and I had the same issue. What a pita! I wasn’t expecting it to be that big of a pain and the truck was only 5 years old at the time. And yes, the older I get the less i find I actually need a lifted truck. Just can’t justify it since I don’t go off road and don’t have access to trails.
Like I've mentioned o DDSS UA-cam . It's your truck, you can do whatever you want to it. Unlike the 408 Ford truck. Lowered trucks are cool, lifted trucks are cool. 408 trucks are cool.
I lowered my old OBS Yukon Denali with drop keys and shackles. Looked killer on newer 17” Denali rims! Also lowered my 4wd Avalanche by turning the keys down and drop coil springs with shock extenders. Looked great on 20” NBS rims! I love lowered 4wds!
Lift blocks depended on your engine, transmission and tow package. If you got a 2005 with the 4.8, econo rear end, and tow package plus regular cab short bed it won’t come with blocks but if you kept the 5.3 that came with the tow package it would even with the econo rear gears!
If anyone thinks you ruined it by lowering it, they can go watch whistlin diesel or something.. Its perfect and I cant wait to see the finished product!!!!!
i actually liked your project Redtide when you did that truck a while back. i would love to build an AWD shop truck/ winter beater like this one! Awesome, can't wait to see more!
I think it looks good, can’t wait to see the finished product, I watched the AWD swap on the 88 Chevrolet K1500 that you lowered on truck tech and I know what you are capable of my friend, keep up the good work LT.
My factory 01' S-10 4×4 sits lower than a factory 2rwd S-10. Bought it new in Alaska and it handled the winter roads very well, other than the dad-blamed digits out there ! Most dirt roads .... No problem ! Deep snow........ Time for a toddy with a hotty !
10 years ago I did a 2/3 drop on my 2003 Z71 Tahoe with a pretty warmed up LQ4 and 305/50R20s. Never regretted it. As a matter of fact, every time I am in a stock height Tahoe, I am reminded how much of an improvement in handling I gained. Sure, we lift a lot of them too. But for the majority that never need their height, the only argument left is personal taste.
Looks awesome!! Happy you're making this content. I have a 96 4x4 rcsb that will come down some day and thanks to your videos its less of a mystery of how to do it!
You know what else was lowered? GMC Syclone. PLEASE do an AWD conversion and turbo the 4.8 as a Syclone homage, very fitting for a short bed black truck.
Axle flip kit rear. And torsion key/ spindle hub assembly up front and there was some sort of cradle that'd raise the front axle in the cradle some too. Maybe GMT400 only
I have the Sierra twin of yours. Mines a 03 z71 turbo 5.3 slammed and lowered 4/6 I drag race it. Leave line in 4wd and switch off once I have traction. And I still have A/C. I love our trucks. Although the 03-06 cat eye stepsides look awful.
I think lowering a 4x4 pickup is fine. Not necessarily "slammed" but if you are working out of one and DD it, I think lowering is a fantastic quality of life thing. The "cool" lifted trucks that guys use for work are absolutely awful to drag tools out of every single day. They suck to jump into and out of doing normal daily stuff. Lifted trucks are form over function for me. Stock to slightly lowered is great for people who want a nice daily driver/working pickup (baring heavy towing of course). Just found your channel and I love it.
I say lift/level the 2500 & 3500s, lower/level the 1500s in the GMT800 platform, just my opinion. I like every body style lowered or lifted in the GMT400 platform tho, they all look great!
I agree even my 03 2wd Silverado 2500hd rclb sits like a lifted 1500 4x4 pickup and now after a 3” lower kit all around it sits like a 1500 2wd stock and the rear still sits 5” above the tire the front is 3” above the tire.
I pray that one day, that you do a segment/video/tech talk on upgrading OBS-GMT400 Brake upgrade/swap and or using converting GMT800,900 brake components. As an OBS owner (1995 c1500 single stepside Show Trucks USA/Mark 3 variation) the brakes just plan suck, some companies like Pro Performance sells a kit that beats up peoples wallets, but there has to alternatives out, and the fact that you know your way around these platforms and your skill set makes all of OBS folks wonder what you would have to say.. Not to many other companies focused on the GMT400 which is sad, alot them are still on the road to this very day, some modded or still plain ole fashion original! Love the content, this truck reminds me of the 1 you lowered on the show and made the custom mount for. BTW Congrats on breaking 55k subs, next stop 100k! Stay safe, and as always thanks for sharing your work!
You got me scratching at it again! my 97' 4 wheel drive extra cab is in great shape .I've had it for 20 years . I want to lower it, all due to my dog has a hard time getting in, it she's getting old.I do like that look... people don't understand thank you LT
Good time to upgrade the guel pump. That spring job brings back nightmares of working on fed ex Grumman chassis in Northern mn. After 2k sets of leaf packs. Yes I kept count. I got it down to 3/4 an hour and the wheels never left the God forsaken thing. Good job
If you're ever doing another one of these with rusted bolts, throw an impact on the bolt to spin it loose and then pound it out, slid right out when I did mine.👍
I would have left the front up cause I've noticed on Chevy trucks the steering gets easier if the rears lower and also for the weight transfer, but not my truck. I'm sure you're probably in an HOA community but I would have beat those shackle bolts on the inside with an air hammer dropping the spare and those bolts might have come out without removing the bed. But good work LT.
so a trick I came up with cause I'm originally from upstate NY so rust country. we had ones that were stuck way worse and you couldn't pull a bed because it might not be able to go back on if you did. I would heat both sides of the bolt red hot with the torches which expands the bolt and the sleeve inside the bushing has a split so it allows some expansion. that would start to break the rust free then I would use my impact in both directions as it cooled back and forth and sometimes they would come loose with just that but the really stuck ones required the impact on the head and an air hammer on the other side simultaneously. so that trick works best if you are removing the spring cause you can get the shackle to frame bolt and the front spring to frame bolt then extract the shackle to spring bolt on the floor with a wet wash cloth to cool the rubber bushing if you needed to reuse it. I used to watch guys fight with those for an entire day and I would have it out in a couple hours.
Full disclosure, I’m a low lifted 4x4 ( just for tire clearance) guy who lives in Louisiana and hunts in really muddy areas constantly. I’m great with a lowered street 4x4 truck BUT it should be AWD and have enough engine to need all four tires pulling! Look out drag strip and auto cross…
Looks great to me. When you guys did the low red OBS truck, I was motivated to do one for myself. Haven't found the right truck yet, but I keep looking, and it will happen. Not so concerned about AWD, just a nice stance that still allows for winter traction. Thanks for sharing this one with us. And hello from North Idaho!
There is a company called atomic fab to convert the front end to a coil over so you can ditch the torsion bars and that cross member so you can also drop the trans and the t case as one instead of separately
I lowered a 2019 (TRIAL BOSS) Z71 package, mind the name TRIAL BOSS it’s so funny riding around town getting dirty looks but hey it’s my build my truck 🤷🏽♂️
drop looks good but before you drop more put the snowflakes on to see how it looks. I am glad you are doing this as I have a 2005 Silverado Z71 which is an ext cab. its has 5.3 with 4L60e w/ NP 246 T-case. its has Bilstein shocks but no front springs, dont know if that is normal but front end needs updating as all the bushings are shot.
Don't mind the lowered look at all, but I think it looked better before. If you're going to do it do it all the way, like some of the other examples you shared.
Lower awd/4wd trucks are sporty, but I'm almost concerned for your new climate. It snows a lot in the mountains. 4wd doesn't help much if you're plowing snow with your front end. I know it's a project and you can just drive your AT4 in the winter while this truck stays parked. Most guys only have 1 or 2 vehicles, so they can't truly focus on on-road performance like this. Lifted trucks have their place in extremely rural areas with less road maintenance where the roads are the last in line to get snow plowed, if they get plowed at all. I like stockish height trucks. Trucks lose their utilitarian value if you have to pick heavy stuff up too much higher to load the bed. I like full wheelwells in stock height trucks. I'll be putting some 285/75R16s on my 90 k2500 Silverado and lowering the torsion bars just enough to clear the tires with no rubbing. I've heard 35s are achievable with stock wheels and generous trimming. Anyway, I don't necessarily like lowering my own 4x4 trucks, but I can definitely see how it will be a monster on the pavement. I'm interested in seeing how this truck pans out. Keep up the good work!
T H A N K Y O U I've been on the bad end of this argument, and there is plenty of functionality retained when lowering a 4x4! Ya don't have to lift it to clear obstacles you will never encounter.
A drop of 2-1/4” front and 3” rear is still very noticeable and yes the drop will by default allow the truck to handle better. Yes I’m one of those guys that says if you want it low buy a car because Trucks especially 4X4 Trucks are meant to be lifted not lowered. That said, it does look better and I can only assume it handles better especially in turns. At least it’s not a DONK, those are garbage that costs thousands just to still be garbage after all the fab work just like lowered trucks.
What do you think of the stance, should we go lower?
If it was my truck and I won the lotto it would be a lowered pre runner 💯
You going too c notch the frame?
Low enough i think. Of course i would have left it the way it was. But cool video!
I absolutely loved redtide and 03-05 awd silverado ss is one of my favorite trucks of all time so go just a little bit lower!
Curious why not a spring over in the rear..would have been about 5"lower and wouldn't have to mess with shackles until later with front spindles
ruined? made it even better cuhh
Lowering 4x4 GM trucks has long been your specialty. I wasn’t fooled by the video title!
i hate people that say this is ruining a truck this makes the truck fun, sporty, clean, better performance, and more potential
I have 04 Silverado 4x4 with 3/4 drop with DJM kit ( control arm/shackle). I bought new, modified it within 2 weeks and my neighbor never know it was 4x4. First deep snow day of their surprised look was price less. I never go off-road by the way, but looks and handles much better that couldn’t be happier.
yessah!
I have a 2001 chevy stepside with 22 inch snowflakes, with a 6-4 drop and it is also 4x4. I hear it all the time that I ruined the truck. But to each there own. Love the truck man
my favorite wheels are the snowflakes!
YES!!!! I never thought I would own a lowered Chevy truck because I was always going the other way to drive over stuff. After getting a 2004 Silverado with a big block lowered, I'm now a believer you can have a truck and go fast around a corner too.
Step sides look killer lowered. Now, add mad power, and with some AWD action......awe yiss a street fighter for sure
I’m so glad my truck is an all original Texas truck. Second owner from 2012 and working on it is a breeze. Never have to deal with rust issues
luckily this one is pretty solid, but those shackles gave me a workout
No complaints doing a 2/3 drop on my Ram 4wd. I’ve done the lifted route before, and I hardly ever even use 4wd, so it’s pretty pointless for me. Plenty of other mall crawlers around that can get the attention they want.
Did the same to my NBS Z71, but I didn't have to use the keys, I just backed mine off a ways. Next is a flip with a notch and the 2 inch spindles. Do it!!
Livin in the Rockies, your street truck really should be 4WD. You done it right!
Can’t wait to drive it in the snow
I like what you did with the red truck on power nation. So you don't offend me lowering a four wheel drive.
That was a fun truck
I think it looks better lowered. Everything still functions to tow. Just a little less ground clearance.
exactly!
Just did this same job on mine a coue weeks ago. And the truck came from Idaho... I did it with the bed still on because I knew it would be an endless can of worms trying to remove it. A very violent and nasty job, but man it was worth it!
Your pickup and use determine direction
4X4 up or down = primary purpose
Dropped for highway hailing stability
Lifted for off road
Lower and big wheels for the win !
agreed!
Yes 😍 I have a 12 shortwide Sierra 4WD on 4/6 drop an love it
Looks great
Screw the haters, build YOUR build brother. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Excellent vidja as always
What I did with my suburban was crank the torsion bars up front. Drop the rear about 2 inches and threw 33s on it. Sits perfectly level and looks perfect
that works pretty good!
Its perfect just as it is, its still a functional 4X4 for snow and rain and towing and looks great.
I know this is old but I have used my ball joint press to remove the bolts when you can get to them. I had a 98 S10 blazer in Wisconsin that I lifted and it worked well.
Full race truck it, cut the bed for sstep notch and give her the boost, 4wd trucks like this are awesome lowered and boosted. Don’t worry about uniqueness just do what it wants.
So much better Can’t wait to see it lower
Love that you lowered it. Much better!!
I just got done lowering my tahoe. You didn't ruin it. Just made it better...
Oh man lt I would have had to clean the frame up and painted the frame
I’d like to have the whole thing powder coated at some point
I did a set of lift shackles on my 04 Colorado a number of years ago and I had the same issue. What a pita! I wasn’t expecting it to be that big of a pain and the truck was only 5 years old at the time. And yes, the older I get the less i find I actually need a lifted truck. Just can’t justify it since I don’t go off road and don’t have access to trails.
I'm with you with the lowering LT.
Drop it like it's hot!
Like I've mentioned o DDSS UA-cam . It's your truck, you can do whatever you want to it. Unlike the 408 Ford truck. Lowered trucks are cool, lifted trucks are cool. 408 trucks are cool.
You did the right thing I lower all my trucks I’m doing my 2012 Chevy Silverado single cab 4wd long bed
I lowered my old OBS Yukon Denali with drop keys and shackles. Looked killer on newer 17” Denali rims! Also lowered my 4wd Avalanche by turning the keys down and drop coil springs with shock extenders. Looked great on 20” NBS rims! I love lowered 4wds!
Red tide was a very good-looking setup after you was finished with it
Lift blocks depended on your engine, transmission and tow package. If you got a 2005 with the 4.8, econo rear end, and tow package plus regular cab short bed it won’t come with blocks but if you kept the 5.3 that came with the tow package it would even with the econo rear gears!
If anyone thinks you ruined it by lowering it, they can go watch whistlin diesel or something.. Its perfect and I cant wait to see the finished product!!!!!
i actually liked your project Redtide when you did that truck a while back. i would love to build an AWD shop truck/ winter beater like this one! Awesome, can't wait to see more!
Thanks! I wanna get some serious snow this winter to test it out
I think it looks good, can’t wait to see the finished product, I watched the AWD swap on the 88 Chevrolet K1500 that you lowered on truck tech and I know what you are capable of my friend, keep up the good work LT.
Thanks a ton!
My factory 01' S-10 4×4 sits lower than a factory 2rwd S-10. Bought it new in Alaska and it handled the winter roads very well, other than the dad-blamed digits out there ! Most dirt roads .... No problem !
Deep snow........ Time for a toddy with a hotty !
Can't please everyone. Truck looks good Lawrence keep up the good work!
Love it. I would go lower cuz that’s what I’m doing to my 2002 and I’m going to put a Denali t case in her.
Yes, I loved when you did this before.
10 years ago I did a 2/3 drop on my 2003 Z71 Tahoe with a pretty warmed up LQ4 and 305/50R20s. Never regretted it. As a matter of fact, every time I am in a stock height Tahoe, I am reminded how much of an improvement in handling I gained. Sure, we lift a lot of them too. But for the majority that never need their height, the only argument left is personal taste.
Looks awesome!! Happy you're making this content. I have a 96 4x4 rcsb that will come down some day and thanks to your videos its less of a mystery of how to do it!
I need one of these for my Minnesota winter commutes.
You know what else was lowered? GMC Syclone. PLEASE do an AWD conversion and turbo the 4.8 as a Syclone homage, very fitting for a short bed black truck.
you're on the right track for sure
Axle flip kit rear. And torsion key/ spindle hub assembly up front and there was some sort of cradle that'd raise the front axle in the cradle some too. Maybe GMT400 only
As always great fun to watch. Put me down for liking the lowering of the truck. I enjoyed your Power Nation episodes of lowering the red truck.
Thanks! That was a fun one
I have the Sierra twin of yours. Mines a 03 z71 turbo 5.3 slammed and lowered 4/6 I drag race it. Leave line in 4wd and switch off once I have traction. And I still have A/C. I love our trucks. Although the 03-06 cat eye stepsides look awful.
I’m gonna wreck my 91 gmc 4x4 like you guys did with red tide. It will have an LS tho. And it’s gonna be a MANUAL!
That’s a great combo.
I think lowering a 4x4 pickup is fine. Not necessarily "slammed" but if you are working out of one and DD it, I think lowering is a fantastic quality of life thing. The "cool" lifted trucks that guys use for work are absolutely awful to drag tools out of every single day. They suck to jump into and out of doing normal daily stuff. Lifted trucks are form over function for me. Stock to slightly lowered is great for people who want a nice daily driver/working pickup (baring heavy towing of course). Just found your channel and I love it.
I say lift/level the 2500 & 3500s, lower/level the 1500s in the GMT800 platform, just my opinion. I like every body style lowered or lifted in the GMT400 platform tho, they all look great!
Love the factory 20” snowflake wheels. Gonna look good!
22", 20's are the honeycomb
Looks good. And lowered jacked up dont matter to me a cool truck is a cool truck.
Macgaughys can fit 16s.they move the Lower ball joint up on the stock control arm and give you that clearance. You need the ball joint spacer though
Stance is great, I prefer the period-correct 16" wheels, but hey - it's your truck!
That's my dream truck. Stepside
I agree even my 03 2wd Silverado 2500hd rclb sits like a lifted 1500 4x4 pickup and now after a 3” lower kit all around it sits like a 1500 2wd stock and the rear still sits 5” above the tire the front is 3” above the tire.
I lowered my 10th gen f150 2" and it looks killer and I plan on fixing the 4x4 soon
I pray that one day, that you do a segment/video/tech talk on upgrading OBS-GMT400 Brake upgrade/swap and or using converting GMT800,900 brake components.
As an OBS owner (1995 c1500 single stepside Show Trucks USA/Mark 3 variation) the brakes just plan suck, some companies like Pro Performance sells a kit that beats up peoples wallets, but there has to alternatives out, and the fact that you know your way around these platforms and your skill set makes all of OBS folks wonder what you would have to say..
Not to many other companies focused on the GMT400 which is sad, alot them are still on the road to this very day, some modded or still plain ole fashion original!
Love the content, this truck reminds me of the 1 you lowered on the show and made the custom mount for.
BTW Congrats on breaking 55k subs, next stop 100k! Stay safe, and as always thanks for sharing your work!
I actually have all the parts to do a GMT800 brake swap on my K2500 suburban...
yep, most of us would do the same process but to lift It, but I can tell It looks good
You got me scratching at it again! my 97' 4 wheel drive extra cab is in great shape .I've had it for 20 years .
I want to lower it, all due to my dog has a hard time getting in, it she's getting old.I do like that look... people don't understand
thank you LT
Go for it! I love the lowered GMT400 trucks
Good time to upgrade the guel pump.
That spring job brings back nightmares of working on fed ex Grumman chassis in Northern mn. After 2k sets of leaf packs. Yes I kept count. I got it down to 3/4 an hour and the wheels never left the God forsaken thing.
Good job
That’s a lot of spring replacements
@@LawrenceTolman yeah. It was a good 3 yrs of life till,
Sprinter front springs and trammys.
I've got tons of shortcuts from fleet work.
If you're ever doing another one of these with rusted bolts, throw an impact on the bolt to spin it loose and then pound it out, slid right out when I did mine.👍
Works great on control arm bolts too!
I’d call it a subtle lowering job, looks good!
I would have left the front up cause I've noticed on Chevy trucks the steering gets easier if the rears lower and also for the weight transfer, but not my truck. I'm sure you're probably in an HOA community but I would have beat those shackle bolts on the inside with an air hammer dropping the spare and those bolts might have come out without removing the bed. But good work LT.
so a trick I came up with cause I'm originally from upstate NY so rust country. we had ones that were stuck way worse and you couldn't pull a bed because it might not be able to go back on if you did. I would heat both sides of the bolt red hot with the torches which expands the bolt and the sleeve inside the bushing has a split so it allows some expansion. that would start to break the rust free then I would use my impact in both directions as it cooled back and forth and sometimes they would come loose with just that but the really stuck ones required the impact on the head and an air hammer on the other side simultaneously. so that trick works best if you are removing the spring cause you can get the shackle to frame bolt and the front spring to frame bolt then extract the shackle to spring bolt on the floor with a wet wash cloth to cool the rubber bushing if you needed to reuse it. I used to watch guys fight with those for an entire day and I would have it out in a couple hours.
Either way the rusty bolts are a pain in the ass
@@LawrenceTolman agreed. I do like that you lowered it though just for the record. adds alot to the street performance.
Full disclosure, I’m a low lifted 4x4 ( just for tire clearance) guy who lives in Louisiana and hunts in really muddy areas constantly. I’m great with a lowered street 4x4 truck BUT it should be AWD and have enough engine to need all four tires pulling! Look out drag strip and auto cross…
I've been wanting a chevy project truck for a long time...this just made my decision that much harder for what I want to go with!
I like it. No complaints here 👍👍
Looks great to me. When you guys did the low red OBS truck, I was motivated to do one for myself. Haven't found the right truck yet, but I keep looking, and it will happen. Not so concerned about AWD, just a nice stance that still allows for winter traction.
Thanks for sharing this one with us. And hello from North Idaho!
I love the new stance and future plans.
I’m looking at doing this to the exact same truck. Thanks for the video
You could've used the same u bolts ,if you put the block you took on top. It sets pretty firm since it has a hole to guide it. That's how i did mine
not a bad idea
Very informative thanks, I'm looking to lower my 2005 denali awd
Hell no you didn’t ruin it I’m like you I love the look of a lowered 4x4 I have a 97 2 door Tahoe that’s lowered and supercharged
I'd like to see u pull the drive train from an escalade, 6.2 awd and 4l85e... with it lowered... I think it would be a rocket
exactly what I am hoping for as well
There is a company called atomic fab to convert the front end to a coil over so you can ditch the torsion bars and that cross member so you can also drop the trans and the t case as one instead of separately
Looks great. The stance right now is what I would do.
Crazy how much this guy can do in his own , I remember it took like 3 or 4 of us to put on a bed on a 60’s Ford 😂
I lowered a 2019 (TRIAL BOSS) Z71 package, mind the name TRIAL BOSS it’s so funny riding around town getting dirty looks but hey it’s my build my truck 🤷🏽♂️
I've definitely wanted to do a AWD canyon carver pickup.
I like the direction you are going..... Two Thumbs up :) IMO a ~4/6 drop would be ideal
you need to flip the torsion keys upside down and install a flip kit to actually lower a good amount 4/6 5/7
drop looks good but before you drop more put the snowflakes on to see how it looks. I am glad you are doing this as I have a 2005 Silverado Z71 which is an ext cab. its has 5.3 with 4L60e w/ NP 246 T-case. its has Bilstein shocks but no front springs, dont know if that is normal but front end needs updating as all the bushings are shot.
Thanks for the vid ,bout ta drop my 2000 and this is the best vid I’ve watched ✊🏼
Don't mind the lowered look at all, but I think it looked better before. If you're going to do it do it all the way, like some of the other examples you shared.
I like your style sir. I lowered mine for free!
Im doing this to my 98 z71 for sure
Lower awd/4wd trucks are sporty, but I'm almost concerned for your new climate. It snows a lot in the mountains. 4wd doesn't help much if you're plowing snow with your front end.
I know it's a project and you can just drive your AT4 in the winter while this truck stays parked. Most guys only have 1 or 2 vehicles, so they can't truly focus on on-road performance like this. Lifted trucks have their place in extremely rural areas with less road maintenance where the roads are the last in line to get snow plowed, if they get plowed at all.
I like stockish height trucks. Trucks lose their utilitarian value if you have to pick heavy stuff up too much higher to load the bed. I like full wheelwells in stock height trucks. I'll be putting some 285/75R16s on my 90 k2500 Silverado and lowering the torsion bars just enough to clear the tires with no rubbing. I've heard 35s are achievable with stock wheels and generous trimming. Anyway, I don't necessarily like lowering my own 4x4 trucks, but I can definitely see how it will be a monster on the pavement.
I'm interested in seeing how this truck pans out. Keep up the good work!
You do have a point about it being a snow plow lol. I’ll have to keep it out of the mountains
I am not sure what the U-boats cost but you can easily cut down and re-thread the OEM units.
I just finished a 4/6 drop on my 4x4 2001 RCSB
love it!
Love this type of GM truck content. Keep up the great work bud!!
U need to put on the newer 13 in rotors in the front and yellow stuff brake pads
I love the yellow pads for stopping power, but they make a mess of the wheels with the dust
@@LawrenceTolman true but my wheels are ceramic coated so it’s easy to pressure wash the dust off
So many of these trucks are drive on the freeway for 90% of their miles anyway. Dropping it but still having the 4WD makes sense to me.
I like when you converted the other vehicle to all drive same here keep the height the same
T H A N K Y O U
I've been on the bad end of this argument, and there is plenty of functionality retained when lowering a 4x4! Ya don't have to lift it to clear obstacles you will never encounter.
I like it.. I wish I could do that to my 99 k3500 crew cab short bed dually..
Cool look I am wanting to lower my 2014 4wheel drive Silverado so some good info and the one from your last job.
A drop of 2-1/4” front and 3” rear is still very noticeable and yes the drop will by default allow the truck to handle better. Yes I’m one of those guys that says if you want it low buy a car because Trucks especially 4X4 Trucks are meant to be lifted not lowered. That said, it does look better and I can only assume it handles better especially in turns. At least it’s not a DONK, those are garbage that costs thousands just to still be garbage after all the fab work just like lowered trucks.
This is awesome. I’ve been wanting to do this to my 89 step side every since I seen you guys do this back in the day. Maybe I should UA-cam it !