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Offline Laderhosen

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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #15 on: September 17, 2010, 09:23:26 am »
Couple of updates on the wheels front, put some Rally wheels on with some old dayvan tyres my friend lent me, it looked truly terrible

Got my spacers


And my 31x105x15s.... think it looks pretty good now

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Offline Old77

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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #16 on: September 17, 2010, 09:36:02 am »
That last pic has got it lookin pretty good!! :)
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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2010, 02:06:53 pm »
After seeing the first pics, the A/T look too small!
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Offline Laderhosen

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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2010, 02:15:09 pm »
Quote from: beastie_3 on September 17, 2010, 02:06:53 pm
After seeing the first pics, the A/T look too small!

Yeah but if I'd kept em I'd have gone silly, raised it, different (wider) wheels, different axles....

I kind of wanna keep it a bit OEM looking.
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Offline Grim 82

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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #19 on: September 17, 2010, 02:18:46 pm »
Did you at least keep the 35's for special occasions?
Good looking machine. I would ditch the silverado badge on the ds quarter though.
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Offline Canadian 4X4

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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2010, 06:03:36 pm »
Looks Good!
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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2010, 06:48:13 pm »
looks great!
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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2010, 06:53:47 pm »
why did you get wheel spacers?
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Offline Laderhosen

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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2010, 10:29:52 am »
Got the spacers for the back axle only, as it’s a lot narrower than the front. They’re 2 inch spacers either side.

Sold the 35s, they paid for the 31s pretty much. I wouldn’t need them really, and without a lift on those 8 inch wide wheels they just look like tractor wheels.

I’m going to get some welding done on the body, there’s rust at the front of the quarter panels on both sides. When I get that done I’m gonna get the silverado badges removed. There’s rust behind the badges on each side. Think that’s why a previous owner has stuck a ‘Silverado 10’ fender badge on the left hand side, in order to cover up the rust.
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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #24 on: September 19, 2010, 08:19:48 pm »
they should balance it out good then, the rears always tuck in more then the fronts and I hate that. LOl good fix though space out the back ones.
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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #25 on: November 11, 2010, 10:37:58 am »
Got some of the welding sorted on my rear quarters, still need to get the repair panels for behind the rear arches. Here’s some pics anyways....
















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Offline Grim 82

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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #26 on: November 11, 2010, 10:58:12 am »
Lookin good!
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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #27 on: February 04, 2011, 04:12:56 pm »
Couple of updates on the rear quarters, which were rusted. Using repair panels....







Stone chip protector applied to bottom edges....




The other side wasn’t as bad, but heres what it looks like now...
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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #28 on: February 04, 2011, 07:07:21 pm »
Lookin good
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Re: My new 88 K5....
« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2011, 07:42:38 am »
     great job on the body work, pretty soon you will have it done.
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