Lowered my SWB this past weekend

[modular93fox]

Pinion angle looked fine to start with... however once I removed the overload spring.. man  whata can of worms that turned into... i didnt have a C-clamp and the center pin bolt didnt have enough threads.. gay.
long story short, limped it home and went to 4wheel parts to pick up a set of grade 8 center pins and shortened it to size. Perfect he says.. I also added 2 washers to the "round head" side so it will allow more head to fit into the spring perch once the 2.5* shim is installed. Without the extra washers it seemed like it didnt go into the perch that far.. it does now anyway the angle looks perfect by eye. Its not 100% level but its within a finger.... front has 3 and rear has 4..
clint

[N2TRUX]

Hopefully next weekend if weather permits hopefully i can mount the calipers for the rear brakes... I've got the rotor drilled for 5x5... massive 13.8" rotors with parking brake. thats gonna be another post once I make more progress.

Care to elaborate on this set up? You have my attention..

[frito-bandito]

,Where did you get the HIDs and how much did they cost?

[modular93fox]

Care to elaborate on this set up? You have my attention..

basically its 13.8" vented rotors with single piston calipers. parking brake is inside the rotor. Very similar to the LS1/Corvette stuff but the rotors bigger and the parking brake shoes / parts WAY cheaper than LS1/Corvette... way.

Im trying to lay the bracket out in AutoCad but for someone whos self taught and has no friends that know how to do 3d... its slow and frustrating. My goal is to send this file to a metal fab shop that has the ability to cut out the flat pattern and then throw the plate into a metal brake and presto, solid, sturdy bracket! Once the caliper is mounted and all is good, I will tackle affixing the parking brake shoes to the plate. Right now I dont have back brakes because Im constantly trying to work on getting all of the measurements I think I need and saves me time removing the backing plate and messing with the rear brakes...
With the wheels I have on now, these rotors and calipers fills the void like a CHAMP. Once I finish the rears, or atleast have the calipers mounted and operating I will be working on the fronts

[modular93fox]

,Where did you get the HIDs and how much did they cost?

total cost was about 120 ish.
100 bucks for the hid bulb kit
20 bucks for a pair of brand new headlights from autozone
and about 4 or more hours of figuring out how to make the projectors in the headlight.

heres a link to the thread I started on another forum
http://www.fullsizechevy.com/showthread.php?366197-hid-headlight-upgrade..-in-the-works




basically had some 4" exhaust tubing and turned it into an oval shape, made it fit the contours of the headlamp on one side and the projector flange on the other. added some studs to the projector side, and spot welded the tube to the headlight bucket. put buytl tape  around all of the seams to water proof it... works great, almost a year to the day.

Im not sure if anything but '90 subruban head lights have a metal housing on the actual headlight. I think all others are glass... if so you would have to buy the 40$ each aftermarket plastic ones and then chop those up..