Yea that's what I was thinking. 4.1" should be plenty. Especially if the stock shocks have 4.5".

Now to figure out the rear. A nice trailing arm setup should allow room for a wider wheel/tire combo. I spoke with Porterbuilt a while back and they stated that they would probably start working on the newer Chevy trucks once they got everything ironed out with the 50's trucks they are working on now.

 

Wow that would be cool! I'd be really interested to see if they do get into the GMT800 chassis and if so, what they come up with for it.
Years ago I was oh so close to purchasing a step side 67 small window c10 (guy sold it out from under my nose to someone who randomly showed up that same day to his place, thinking it was me!?) and I was all set to get their dropmember for it...
I still have a set of CPP sway bars for that truck sitting upstairs in my barn, lol.

 

Yea, I've got my eye out for the touring DM they have for my '86. Just need them to come up with a coilover setup for the rear. Plus I have too many projects right now. lol

 

You bring up a good point that I didn't think about, would have to borrow from the lifted long travel kits or something.


And for any 2wd guys that don't like the stud mounted in the stock location, could use your upper mounts correct?


This would be pretty sweet.

 

Yep, or just the straight procomp shock adapters. My brackets are to reinforce the top if you feel uncomfortable putting all the weight on the shock hoop.

 

for those of you who done this swap would you say it rides like stock? better? close to it?

 

Mine rides better than stock. The front anyway.

 

Its been so long since mine was stock but I would have to say it's not worse than stock in the front.

Also I removed my tonneau cover for when my motor comes in, and the ride went to crap in the rear, which lets me know I really need to do something about the rear.

 

Beeblebrox,

I meant to thank you for sharing all of your hard work and the specs on the parts that you used. There is a company out there that "designed" a kit and will not share specs as you did. My hats off to you.

 

No problem, thats the reason I did this.