2011 v8 Colorado build

[crazyeyez]

he moved from southern MD to VA

 

[onelow1ton]

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]

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

 

[onelow1ton]

The ballistic fab stuff showed up today very nice parts also

 

[crazyeyez]

hell yea!!

 

[onelow1ton]

Picked up my 2008 chevy 1500 63" leaf springs today from the junk yard

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

 

[crazyeyez]

woot!!

 

[Vicreo A Legarreta]

:drool:

 

[onelow1ton]

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

Trying to squeeze in the garage

 

[CLynn85]

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]

Thanks , yeah I'm sure it was me I'm on rt3 all the time

 

[onelow1ton]

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

These are the rancho shackles my new ones are 1" shorter so truck will go down 1/2"

 

[Rancho]

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

 

[onelow1ton]

Lol you talking about the upright vac in the background in the junk pile ?

 

[Rancho]

Correct! I saw it and thought that is some funky military wrap on that leaf!

Lol you talking about the upright vac in the background in the junk pile ?