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[bake74]

My truck had a 12" lift with 44" swampers. It ran a divorced transfer case, dropping your stock case wont cleared the front driveshaft. Don't forget about gearing, my truck had 5.13's to turn the 44's. When it was all said and done the truck looked great but rode horrible, I hated to drive it. I put in a 6" lift and 35's, it's much better to drive now.

     When I was in high school, my brother in law had a 85 black step side truck with 12" lift and 44's.  I thought it was the coolest and used to drive it to school all the time, now I think back,if I was to drive the truck now it would beat me to death.
     They do ride rough when they are that tall for sure.

[gharris79]

Actually I personally think that if the truck is going to be more of a daily driver i wouldn't go more than 6" on 35's. If it's going to see more mud than road you can go as big as you are legally able to.

[malibu795]

this is just under 4" of lift measure its 3.75" on suspension and 35x1250 on a 17x9 with 5" BS
nothing rubs and what i would to for a DD plus keep your nose more out of the wind which would help for mpg of said DD

[firefighter]

this is just under 4" of lift measure its 3.75" on suspension and 35x1250 on a 17x9 with 5" BS
nothing rubs

You have 35's on a 4" kit and nothing rubs?
I just put a 4" on my 1976 4x4 and I thought I had to stay with 33's. I want 35's !! I don't have the fenders back on yet.
Are your front fenders trimmed at all at the rear of the wheelwell? That's usually where they hit.

P.S. what is a DD?

[Engineer]

This is my '77 K30:



8" all spring, no block suspension, 3" body. 18.5/44-16.5 mudders with slight fender trimming.

Daily driver, or mud toy. This truck filled both roles perfectly.

Tires were balanced on an 18 wheeler balancer. Would do 100+ mph when I was feeling like doing something stupid.

[Senck243]

this is just under 4" of lift measure its 3.75" on suspension and 35x1250 on a 17x9 with 5" BS
nothing rubs

You have 35's on a 4" kit and nothing rubs?
I just put a 4" on my 1976 4x4 and I thought I had to stay with 33's. I want 35's !! I don't have the fenders back on yet.
Are your front fenders trimmed at all at the rear of the wheelwell? That's usually where they hit.

P.S. what is a DD?

I believe he is saying daily driver 

[malibu795]

yes DD is daily driver. and yes nothing rubbs when daily driving.
now when i do this i rubb the back lower part of the fender but that aint DDing enviroment..lol this is a 5' dirt pile

stock lift 315/75/16 on stock 16x6.5" rims with 5.125" backspacing  wont be able to do this with a 4" or 4.5"bs wheel which is the majority of rims out there in 16" and 15" wheels.


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[Isaac3384]

We lifted my buddys c30 17". We built his steering with round tube and heim joints and a pitman arm for a 12" lift. For the suspension, we built 9" lift hangers, relocated the shackles down, used 6" lift springs, and fabricated 2" angled lift blocks. It sits on 44" TSLs and clears them with no problems. We used the smaller springs to get away from the really tall arch; which causes the rough ride. We ran new brake lines, built our own shock mounts, and I think his drive shafts were about $300 each. It was on the road about a month and a half from the start date. We never had any issues with the steering, or anything else for that matter. I'll see if he will email me some pics to post

[bake74]

yes DD is daily driver. and yes nothing rubbs when daily driving.
now when i do this i rubb the back lower part of the fender but that aint DDing enviroment..lol this is a 5' dirt pile

stock lift 315/75/16 on stock 16x6.5" rims with 5.125" backspacing  wont be able to do this with a 4" or 4.5"bs wheel which is the majority of rims out there in 16" and 15" wheels.


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     Gotta say, love the orange strap, reminds me of home.   

[malibu795]

lol

[Isaac3384]

Here's a pic I took off his fb page... I snagged the only one I could find that show any suspension...warning: it's not the best...lol



The box tubing between the giant hanger and the frame runs from frame rail to frame rail. The hanger is actually a 10 ton trailer spring hanger. That with the 3" box tubing, 6" lift spring, and 2" fabricated angle blocks give him a total of 17" of lift. The same thing was done on the front side. In all honesty, the truck rides and handles great for as big as it is. At 80 mph on the highway, you can let go of the wheel and it's straight as an arrow... Here's a couple pics of how it sits on the 44s...

[DTrain]

offroaddesign.com has a transfer case clocking ring that allows you to rotate your transfer case down 16 to 32 degrees.