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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 09:22 PM
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got any pics with the new lift coils in ?
 
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Old Jan 11, 2011 | 09:49 PM
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did you actually prep the body before you painted it? i know one of th PO of my 81 re painted it and did a crappy job. just the other day i walk out the front door and noticed the paint peeling and it looked like they did not prep it before they painted it.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 08:01 PM
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i lightly sanded the body and put a coat of primer i didnt fill in anything with bondo... this is a cheap rig till i get out of school in may... i got the crossfire to go impress people with i just got this to pull my trailer... and the old "lift pics were with the truck no lift in back and only 1.5 spacers in the front i got the 2.5 springs in now and here are pics took on the same hill u can see a huge difference.

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2.5 lift springs 2" lift blocks

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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 08:06 PM
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Old Jan 12, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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looks good
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 12:33 AM
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holy crap,, that looks great

is that 2.5 lift springs form ebay?,,, did u get it algment ok? runing diff shocks?

are those rear lift blocks the ones you can get at o rielys or autozone..ect?
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 12:37 AM
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it looks good with the new paint job. you can barely notice the dents on it.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by dodgeram07
holy crap,, that looks great

is that 2.5 lift springs form ebay?,,, did u get it algment ok? runing diff shocks?

are those rear lift blocks the ones you can get at o rielys or autozone..ect?
yeah those r the 75 buck ebay springs.... and the blocks r from auto zone...it didnt get out of alingment to bad i am looking for shocks now the stockers r stretched to there limit. if anyone knows of a a longer shock for the 2wd let me know
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by crazzywolfie
it looks good with the new paint job. you can barely notice the dents on it.

yeah its really expensive candy navy paint looks great from far away but up close you can notice the dirt and the dents and what not... but free paint from work and i didnt have time or money to spend to do it perfect. i am pleased with it thanks for the compliment
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by dipsherry
yeah those r the 75 buck ebay springs.... and the blocks r from auto zone...it didnt get out of alingment to bad i am looking for shocks now the stockers r stretched to there limit. if anyone knows of a a longer shock for the 2wd let me know
blocks fit ok?

Pro Comp ES3000 Shocks ? maybe this will give you sum dections

http://store.fatbobsgarage.com/_dodg...011-p1740.aspx
 
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