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    First lowered truck. Need help

    Most flip kits I’m seeing are an 8” rear. How would I know what this is ? I also would like to know if front has shorter coils or just drop spindles I don’t know how to tell
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    First lowered truck. Need help

    Here is the front and back suspension. Anyone know what I need for shocks ??
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    First lowered truck. Need help

    Thank you all. I will get some pics after while of underneath so you can see. Plan to get the paint matching soon .. any ideas what it’s worth after paints done ?? Interior is pretty good. No perfect but not torn up
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    First lowered truck. Need help

    Hi I just bought a really clean 98 c3500 454 with 103k on it . It was owned by an older guy that was working on it making it into a slick ride and passed away before he competed it. I don’t know anything about lowered trucks , I have a lifted 98 k1500 with 37’s on it but this is a new thing for...
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    1999 Chevrolet K2500 7.4L - Potential purchase; need feedback on condition

    Well me personally I do t like buying anything I can’t look at , I drove all the way from east Tx to Indiana after a gutter machine one time on pics that looked great just to turn around and drive home without but because it didn’t run out right I learned my lesson then on that , now on the...
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    Tire size

    K ty I’m gonna try for 37s. I’m running 4:56 gears and really don’t see 37s being that hard to fit , my have to trim slightly on the bumper and backside fender well. If anyone has more advice pls let me know I don’t mind doing some grinding or cutting. Paints fresh as long as I don’t screw-it...
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    Tire size

    Hi I have a 1998 k 1500 with. A 6” rough country lift and 20x10 wheels with 0 offset. Does anyone know the max tire size I can get by with without rubbing ? I know I can go 35” but wanna get by with bigger if possible
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    98 Chevy ac compressor fix

    Hi I wanna let y’all know about a tough fix I just got done on my truck. The ac compressor was not working unless we had it wired direct to a power source in the green connection, I had jumped the low pressure sensor with no fix. Checked all fuses and relays , changed the control head in the...
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    1998 z71 stroker build

    Wow that’s really good info I’m gonna try this and hope it works. Thank you so much no one else has had any credible solutions they just say to change the gear ratio and tire size in hp tuners but that made it not wanna shift out of first gear the last time we tried that. I’ll try this out...
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    1998 z71 stroker build

    Eas East Tx. Tyler / Longview area
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    1998 z71 stroker build

    Ok can you go in a bit more detail. I’m really unclear on all this I’m not sure what you mean by vss and black box
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    1998 z71 stroker build

    Not very good pics but here are a few
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    1998 z71 stroker build

    Yes I think it’s that the tuner dude checked it while running and the ecm is reading oretty much same as gps. Maybe a mile or two an hr off but the speedo just keeps getting farther and farther off the faster it gets
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    1998 z71 stroker build

    Ok well I have had a few weeks in it and have a few bugs to work out . Any advice will be appreciated. 1. the truck falls off they dyno power at 4-4500 rpm. It makes really strong power steady up to this and then falls off abruptly, our suspicion is the stock fuel pump, we r gonna try a 255 and...
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    1998 z71 stroker build

    Got my headlights and taillights swapped .. look much better I’ll post a few pics on here of it . I just got my gear sets I had ordered and plan go install them next week and will post some real stat updates on it when I get them in , going from 3:42 to 4:56 with this power combo should make a...
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