My '86 Project

[the dan]

if you dont mind me asking why 1-1/8th in? so you can clear more of a dished rim?

[dv8customs]

if you dont mind me asking why 1-1/8th in? so you can clear more of a dished rim?

That will give me a little more room in the fender which will be beneficial when driving low. The 1-1/8" measurement was determined by the brackets I used to relocate my upper arms. Those brackets came from Suicide Doors and are the ones used with their raised cross member kit. The brackets moved my upper arms up and in by that amount so I had to match that with the lower arms.

[dv8customs]

Progress 

[oldwhity]

That's a great pic. Do you have a side shot showing the "Z"?

[dv8customs]

No, but as I do some work over the next couple days i will snap one.

[oldwhity]

Cool deal!

[the dan]

ahh i got you, ill deffinitely take that into perspective then, thanks, as said befor this thing is coming out nasty

[dv8customs]

What I got done over the weekend. Little rust from the rain but it's coming along.

[the dan]

the bumper on the ground is the whole reason im doing mine lol

[dv8customs]

Got the Z gusseted today and welded my cab mounts back on...

[69byrd]

Its looking awesome! Can't wait to see it with the cab back on it.

[dv8customs]

From today.... The fender is just resting on the tire. I am going to have to raise the inner fender for it to mount properly.
When I modified my crossmember I didn't take anything out of the overall height of it. As it is now it lays out the same time the pinch does. Not sure if I am going to cut more off of it or not.

[nucknoel89]

Nice!  But how come you still have the hinges and door latch pin on the driver's side?  I thought you shaved those when you did the suicide doors....

[dv8customs]

I suicided the passenger door first. Haven't gotten to the driver side yet.

[JRConnieK10]

Man that looks nice. But something funny when I started to build my sons truck I told him the higher the grades in school the more lift he got and if his grades dropped so does the truck. I think I'm going to use a picture of your truck to show him how low it can go if he don't keep up the good grades. He actually has done really well so he got a 6"lift but I like teasing him. Your truck is comming along good though keep it up or I guess down in your case. lol.