Lets see some full size pictures...

[Every Miles A Memory]

We test drove a White one which is what color he wants. He's still trying to talk himself out of it, but I'm guessing he'll have it in his driveway within the next month or so. Dealer keeps buggin him because they only have a few 2011's left and they're trying really hard to push them out. I think they cut $20,000 off the sticker :Wow1:

 

[lstzephyr]

Thanks for posting that bigtex! I really like that Chevy.

 

[fifty]

Teaser Pic

Teaser pic...can you say "Drrroooooop?"

 

[4Rescue]

This is from another forum, it's not mine, but it's very nice. I love this body style, and haven't seen one set up as an ExPo Rig....

Now THERE is a GM product I'd be happy to drive. Simple, classic and has everything you truly NEED in a 4wd. Nice find.

Cheers

Dave

 

[Regcabguy]

Looks like he's got another one in the garage. Nice Callen on it also. No electronics,nice!

 

[DiHrdBowTi]

This was a few years ago on one of our road trips from Nevada through Ca, Oregon, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and back to Nevada.

 

[Every Miles A Memory]

Teaser pic...can you say "Drrroooooop?"

I want to see more photos of this set-up!!

 

[TimW]

here's a few from Saturday going out to get a Xmas tree.

 

[fifty]

Here you go!

 

[fifty]

Just kidding:

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Still need to finish the front and do an alignment...including sucking the rear axle forward about 2 inches...

 

[Every Miles A Memory]

I'm not usually a fan of those really big lifts, but that looks really nice and it looks like it'll be very trail worthy!!

 

[JamesDowning]

I'm not so sure.

Going from a leaf setup to a coilover, I'd want to see larger diameter mounting hardware for the rear coil shocks. Those bolts look tiny! I don't know - I've just never been a fan of coilovers like that - I always envision this happening:


Also - maybe I'm not seeing it right, but is there only one U bolt holding the panhard bar to the axle tube? I think I'd want to weld that sucker on anyways.

Sorry, not trying to be a killjoy. Would love to see some pictures of you really using the lift though - prove me wrong!.

 

[WCO]

I'm not so sure.

Going from a leaf setup to a coilover, I'd want to see larger diameter mounting hardware for the rear coil shocks. Those bolts look tiny! I don't know - I've just never been a fan of coilovers like that - I always envision this happening:


Also - maybe I'm not seeing it right, but is there only one U bolt holding the panhard bar to the axle tube? I think I'd want to weld that sucker on anyways.

Sorry, not trying to be a killjoy. Would love to see some pictures of you really using the lift though - prove me wrong!.

those u-bolts scare the bejesus out of me.....I like the idea, but good long travel suspension like that doesn't work to well with a high center of gravity.....definitely should work on the mild trails though. I'd look at beefing up all your axis points in the suspension though, there's a reason desert truck used 3/4 and 1" heim joints, the stresses of suspension movent can be desasterous as seen in the video posted by james......would love to see some video of the suspension at work though!

 

[bftank]

i vote weld it as well. the red truck self destructed because he had two coilovers per side mounted in single sheer. incompetent builder syndrome. this gentleman has his mounted in double sheer, and it looks like the panhard bracket is possibly ubolted to both sides of the leaf spring mount, that being said i would still prefer to have it welded. vs relying on ubolts alone. looks like a fun project though.

 

[JamesDowning]

Ah, I didn't see that their mounting was in single shear on the red truck.

I'm sure the due-diligence was done on the one above. I guess I'm just weary of super lifts. That bolt head still just looks suspiciously small.