1990 Chevy sport build

[sewlow]

I cut the rain gutters on my lower control arms with a big ass grinder. Turn the wheels all the way, one way or the other, and mark where the rim is hitting the arm. Then grind the gutters off 2-2.5" farther in from the mark. I did both the front side & the rear of the control arm. The reason for the additional 2-2.5" being ground off is to compensate for suspension movement, up & down.
When I had my wheels balanced, I had the guy use the wheel weights that stick-on to the inner part of the wheel, so that the control arms wouldn't knock off the clip-on style weights. This also eliminates the weights on the outside of the rim, which makes them look much cleaner.

 

[dropped93]

Yes Definately use stick in weights, I can't tell you how many times I knocked te inside weights off my wheels


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[motaa]

truck is coming along great!!! nice work man.. i like the drop.. i cant wait to drop my 454ss

 

[eric.s.t]

ok thanks guys! Im going to have a look at it tomorrow!

 

[Devs93]

Coming right along keep up the work. In the one pic you took after you lowered it looks like either you need some new door pins or body mount something looks funky but maybe its the angle. Also the one without the bed you can tell the bt spindles are def pushing those front wheels out some. Cant wait to see some more progress!!

 

[Pierced]

Lookin good, like everyone else said you gotta trim those rain gutters back I think about 2". I did mine and never had any problems with em and I used a cut off wheel to trim em.

 

[eric.s.t]

Im not to sure, the door pins have been changed a few times cause i changed the driver door twice, so id go ahead and change the pins while im there. Ive been tryin to have everything ligned up, i have to line up the grill with the fenders and bumper. I think the front of the frame might be alittle bent since i hit that post... But thanks guys! Going to be cutting a coil to drop it another inch hopefully this weekend!

 

[70stroker]

looks great lowered man. keep it up

 

[eric.s.t]

yeah, i got it lowered another inch in the front, so ill cut the gutters and go from there.

 

[1988IndyPaceTruck]

Really nice looking.