Lowering without fabrication?

[Red91]

I don't like you no more lol..

Lol!

Thats about all I have in my summits.......most people say the summits are stiff..I think they are damn soft Im getting KYB's when i bag

I can agree here, mine ride soft I just don't bounce. Of course the roads in my area suck too.

 

[Devs93]

the fronts arent bad and my truck dont bounce....I just bottom out a loooot

 

[Red91]

^Mmmmmhmmm I am tempted to just get a full notch now since I will eventually bag it.

 

[Devs93]

lmao I was thinking about this last night and this morning

 

[Red91]

Lol. Thats awesome! I figure that way I can get a good notch cover in order start laying out tanks and so on, so when it comes time to lay it out I at least have some work done.

 

[dkennedy]

OK... so all of you guys have given me the information I need to drop my truck, and stroker52 took a considerable amount of time tracking down a 5/7 kit that will work on my 8 lug truck. The only question I have left to be answered is if I'll be able to turn the front wheels once this kit is installed? I want to run the factory ( 225/75R16 ) rims and tires for a while to buy me some time on forking out the cash for a good set of aftermarket wheels.

 

[stroker52]

take a tape and in the front right in the center of the wheel well go down 5 inches and see we the tire sets in the wheel well.. if it sets right at the tire or a 1 inch above it you should be good..

and thank you bud anything to help a fellow gmt400 out... you know where the PM button is you can use it anytime bud..

 

[Red91]

I am running a 225/70 15 with no issues I didn't have to roll the fender lips, just bolt on and go. I know your 225/70 16s are closer to a 30" tire so you might have to roll the fender but honestly I see no issues with the stockers.

 

[dkennedy]

As it sits right now, there is exactly 5" from the bottom of the wheel opening to the top of the tire. At the moment it has 235/85/16s on the front and they are almost 32" tall. The stock size tires are almost 2.5" shorter than the ones that's on it now, so I think it'll work out.

As a side note, I found a really cool tire size calculator with a graphic that will show you the difference between tire sizes...

Tire Size Calculator

 

[sewlow]

With tires that tall, there is a couple of bolt ends inside the wheel well that stick down from the stuff mounted in the engine compartment that you will probebly have to take a grinder to, so that they don't carve up your tread.