2011 v8 Colorado build

onelow1ton

Adventurer
37" might actually be a better choice since you get to keep COG nice and low. Can't wait to see it in action. :)



Ex Umbris Venimus

Yeah I want to try and keep it as low as I can


Thanks! Good to know its not too big of a deal. Looking forward to seeing more work on your rig!

Soon , I got to find a few more parts and I can get started

Just Sick! Looks awesome! I see different plates on the truck, did you move?
Love the color and the size of the truck lifted. What kind of milage does she get now?

he moved from southern MD to VA


Thanks , Yeah I moved to Fredericksburg va well actually spotsylvania back in August . Going from stock to lifted with heavy bumpers and heavy *** wheel and tire combo 35s I went from 15 highway to about 13.5-14 highway
 

onelow1ton

Adventurer
Ordered some parts from ruff stuff last monday and ballistic fab at the same time , got the parts from ruff stuff today and all I can say ummm beef
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onelow1ton

Adventurer
Picked up my 2008 chevy 1500 63" leaf springs today from the junk yard
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And I ramped my truck at iron pig offroad today with sway bars conected and no weight in the back at all no spare tire and two aal in the rear leaf pack so it did not do to well score was 465

Hope to pull the truck in the garage tomorrow and start the soa and leaf swap so I can ramp it again and see how much more flex I get out of these leafs
 

onelow1ton

Adventurer
Started the leaf swap and soa , the truck just squeezes in the garage
Looking like ill be some where between 3-5" taller with the 63s
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Trying to squeeze in the garage
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CLynn85

Explorer
Just stumbled onto this thread. Very cool buildup, I'm pretty sure I caught a glimpse of this truck rolling down rte 3 not too long ago, kind of hard to miss it. Nice to see another local on here (I imported my wife from Spotsyltucky) and love the v8 Colorado's.
 

onelow1ton

Adventurer
Still have not finished the soa and leaf swap but got the truck on its own weight today before I left for work and it will be 3-1/2" -4" taller than it used to be on 35s my old hub to fiberglass fender measurement was 29-7/8" now it's 34-1/2 but it will go down 1/2" when I put my new shackles on the paint was still wet
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These are the rancho shackles my new ones are 1" shorter so truck will go down 1/2"
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Rancho

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On image 3, I saw the vacuum hose and was really confused with what your leaf spring pack was doing. :)
 

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