Ok i guess this goes here.. BodyDrop... is it worth it?

[TEXAS DEMON]

yhea thats the only i never got to do, lay rockers.
theres nothing like seeing a full size truckor suv drive and hear that whisislng sound, and all of the sudden, shit the doors are on the floor. shit yheaaaaa.
y

 

[MOBmentality]

yhea thats the only i never got to do, lay rockers.
theres nothing like seeing a full size truckor suv drive and hear that whisislng sound, and all of the sudden, shit the doors are on the floor. shit yheaaaaa.
y

ON 24x12s (or 24x10s with a 4 inch lip) and 24x15 intro super classic 5 spoke..

oouuch

 

[TEXAS DEMON]

you cant go wrong with intros. back in the day i was sponsored by bonspeed wheels.well back i 02 haha. you cant beat billet wheels, thats the real touch to an awsome truck.and that they can make it to youre specific measurements. are you going to shorten the rear end?
have you checked out raceline wheels and the bonspeeds. they have some awsme whels also

 

[fatnlowtahoe504]

you cant go wrong with intros. back in the day i was sponsored by bonspeed wheels.well back i 02 haha. you cant beat billet wheels, thats the real touch to an awsome truck.and that they can make it to youre specific measurements. are you going to shorten the rear end?
have you checked out raceline wheels and the bonspeeds. they have some awsme whels also

i love the intros and bonspeeds, my boy has some staggered 20in bons on his slammed 2dr tahoe and they look perfect on there..

 

[MOBmentality]

you cant go wrong with intros. back in the day i was sponsored by bonspeed wheels.well back i 02 haha. you cant beat billet wheels, thats the real touch to an awsome truck.and that they can make it to youre specific measurements. are you going to shorten the rear end?
have you checked out raceline wheels and the bonspeeds. they have some awsme whels also

there is only 2 companys doing a 24x15 right now that i like forgiato and intro.. and the intros im running are the super classic exposed lug 5 spoke the look like the old cragers..

yea the rear end has to be shortened like 18 inches to do 24x15s with the 11 inch lip.

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sex....

 

[ItsAdam1]

Dose you truck even lay frame now? If not I would work on that before I did a body drop... and if it was me I would build a new frame out of 2x3 rectangular tubing and then lower my body mounts to get a stock floor body drop.

Right now I am in the process of cutting the escalade up and doing it right way. It will be laying frame but I gotta tell ya there is allot of fabrication involved. So for I have cut the inner fenders up front, I still need to raise the upper CA mounts. I pulled the fuel tank and all associated parts, pulled the rear end and shaved off all the brackets not I am just waiting for my material to come in to build the lower link mounts, lower links and notch the frame. Oh and I can't forget about cutting the floor out of the rear and building new wheel tubs.


oh and here is an Escalade with a new frame to lay on 26's

 

[Young28]

Dose you truck even lay frame now? If not I would work on that before I did a body drop... and if it was me I would build a new frame out of 2x3 rectangular tubing and then lower my body mounts to get a stock floor body drop.

Right now I am in the process of cutting the escalade up and doing it right way. It will be laying frame but I gotta tell ya there is allot of fabrication involved. So for I have cut the inner fenders up front, I still need to raise the upper CA mounts. I pulled the fuel tank and all associated parts, pulled the rear end and shaved off all the brackets not I am just waiting for my material to come in to build the lower link mounts, lower links and notch the frame. Oh and I can't forget about cutting the floor out of the rear and building new wheel tubs.


oh and here is an Escalade with a new frame to lay on 26's

what size wheels you going to do? i think people really under estimate the work that goes into laying a suv out.

Im only going to the running boards but it would cost me a ton more to lay body since im doing such a big wheel.

 

[ItsAdam1]

I am running 24x9 or 10's i don't remember with 275/30/24 tire which makes it about 30" tall tire. Your running 6's right ?

 

[MOBmentality]

I am running 24x9 or 10's i don't remember with 275/30/24 tire which makes it about 30" tall tire. Your running 6's right ?

He is on 28s..

But when we go to lay frame on mine its going to take ALOT of cutting because im running 24x15s so the hwole body drop concept became an immediate issue because its already going hard under the knife so it was a "now or never" kinda thing...

I just got a phone call... as of february.. if everything goes PPPPEERRFFECCTTT
my household income might be somewhere around $450k annually... soooo im NOT sweating the money so much... besides.. i have turned down multiple 16K plus offers on my bike waiting on the 20k mark.. plus 16k im about to pull of this brokerage deal im helping with on ebay.. and since that money is already in the bike im moving it directly to the yukon..

So ill have if $20-30k to put into my tire/wheel/paint/suspension combo and suspension....without having to come out of pocket.

$7400 in wheels/tires.. $2000 in paint material.. leaves me with 10-20 grand to finish suspension and interior..

this sick ass shop here in tampa said they can get me to frame using my parts for $5000-$6000.. so add in another $5000 for a body drop .. puts me with

Leaves me at 0-10grand to do the interior...

WITHOUT coming out of pocket....

I THINK ill be alright.

plus im not gonna run into alot of issues you did (trick) because my side to side size(24x15) is going to be waaaay easier to deal with than your up and down(28xX)

 

[Young28]

He is on 28s..

But when we go to lay frame on mine its going to take ALOT of cutting because im running 24x15s so the hwole body drop concept became an immediate issue because its already going hard under the knife so it was a "now or never" kinda thing...

I just got a phone call... as of february.. if everything goes PPPPEERRFFECCTTT
my household income might be somewhere around $450k annually... soooo im NOT sweating the money so much... besides.. i have turned down multiple 16K plus offers on my bike waiting on the 20k mark.. plus 16k im about to pull of this brokerage deal im helping with on ebay.. and since that money is already in the bike im moving it directly to the yukon..

So ill have if $20-30k to put into my tire/wheel/paint/suspension combo and suspension....without having to come out of pocket.

I THINK ill be alright.

shit son. doing the damn thing. im at my limit with this truck. It seems like i get 1 step done but i have to take 2 steps back. Something is always holding us up. First it was the decision on the wheels/ then all the parts/ now axles. but it will be worth it when its all done. so will yours!

 

[ItsAdam1]

damn dude if your using that big of a wheel i would build a whole new frame...

 

[MOBmentality]

yea.. i want it to look just like that pic i did on the last page (suspension wise) the dude in tampa wants to do a 4 bag setup on the back one on each cantalever so it rides at super low pressure and floats.. we talked about doing solenoid lockouts.. so i can push a button and drop the truck onto the pins and instead of laying body it will drop all the way to max/low drive height and stop. He wants to do the front where we leave it on the bag its on but do an adjustable tension bag/strut to control ride stiffness and act as a shock..

i mean i want it to go all out.. but then ride like a champ.. someshit you would WANT to drive from tampa to heatwave.

I figure this is my first MAJOR build.. might as well push it to the wall.

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damn dude if your using that big of a wheel i would build a whole new frame...

Its seeming like that might be the way... we were gonna back half it.. and then just sink the front.. but .. im thinking you might be right... i made some calls today.. tampa dude is interesting but thinking of taking his ideas to a frame guy, and delivering it to him with a new frame in hand.

 

[SloZ71Hoe]

when i decided to bodydrop my truck... i was just going to do a channel like you are talking about. Well now i have a full frame and powdercoated suspension laying body on 24's. If you going to do it do it all at once... that way you dont regret not doing it.

 

[Badluck]

MOB and Trick

Can't wait to see your rides done!

 

[Eagle]

true! the seriously big wheeled body laying trucks that don;t have full frames usually have not much more than 3 feet of OE frame left in the middle after all is said and done.

Most wsh they had just had the blank slate of a new frame instead of re-engineering the front a half and back half, but being restricted to oe dimensions in the center.

 

[airbagd]

yea.. i want it to look just like that pic i did on the last page (suspension wise) the dude in tampa wants to do a 4 bag setup on the back one on each cantalever so it rides at super low pressure and floats.. we talked about doing solenoid lockouts.. so i can push a button and drop the truck onto the pins and instead of laying body it will drop all the way to max/low drive height and stop. He wants to do the front where we leave it on the bag its on but do an adjustable tension bag/strut to control ride stiffness and act as a shock..

i mean i want it to go all out.. but then ride like a champ.. someshit you would WANT to drive from tampa to heatwave.

I figure this is my first MAJOR build.. might as well push it to the wall.

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Its seeming like that might be the way... we were gonna back half it.. and then just sink the front.. but .. im thinking you might be right... i made some calls today.. tampa dude is interesting but thinking of taking his ideas to a frame guy, and delivering it to him with a new frame in hand.

Whats the name of the shop in Tampa?

 

[MOBmentality]

It was gonna be T&A but.. alot has changed since this post.. Everything with the Yukon is on hold.. and it might end up just being to the running boards on 6s , with running board delete and this big body mod product we are developing..

There was some things said by shop employees that sketched me out about the shop.. and i lost $9000 Right at the end of December.. nothing i wont overcome but.. enough to put the yuke on hold a sec.. and now im not 100% sure i want it sitting till march before i can REALLY dive into it.. and then another 2 or 3 months of work to finish it..

Soooo i might do the same theme.. just an easier route

Im not sure.. here is where its been sitting since like late october early november..
( its only been moved like 3 times since Tkemp copped the old rims off of it)..

It looks so lonely.. lol.. at least it has the s10 to keep it company

 

[Max]

I'm sure it will look dope when you finish it, all in due time. Lol @ your sig btw.

 

[MOBmentality]

Yea.. if i decide to go the easy route its still gonna be the whole Black/Grey mica flake/tiny bit of blue pearl.. paint.. flat grey pinstrips.. and a 5 lug conversion with exposed lugs and an old school 5 spoke 26 painted to match with flat grey lips.. sitting pretty much frame.. with the big rocker thing im workin on and maybe some sort of thing for the rear..

Still the same bumpers and hood and light sets i was planning on..


So still the same theme.. just fake the body drop with the sheet metal mod instead of body dropped and 26s instead of 24x15s

 

[road1will]

It was gonna be T&A but.. alot has changed since this post.. Everything with the Yukon is on hold.. and it might end up just being to the running boards on 6s , with running board delete and this big body mod product we are developing..

There was some things said by shop employees that sketched me out about the shop.. and i lost $9000 Right at the end of December.. nothing i wont overcome but.. enough to put the yuke on hold a sec.. and now im not 100% sure i want it sitting till march before i can REALLY dive into it.. and then another 2 or 3 months of work to finish it..

Soooo i might do the same theme.. just an easier route

Im not sure.. here is where its been sitting since like late october early november..
( its only been moved like 3 times since Tkemp copped the old rims off of it)..

It looks so lonely.. lol.. at least it has the s10 to keep it company

i thought you gave the S10 away?