[20miller12]

Ok so as a few of you guys know i have been working on doing a body drop on my 2500hd. Now the purpose of doing the body drop was so that i could have that lowered look but still have a fully functional 4wd as the setup i was on before was destroying cvs within a few hundred miles. I will say that doing a body drop is a ton of work it took me about 2 days of tear down and currently installing everything back. So far i have four of the body mounts welded back on and the front frame section is also back on plan to start the floor today and the other two body mounts. The overall drop that i was able to achieve was a 3.5" body drop now before you all jump to conclusions just remember that the 2500HD already sit 2" higher so my drop is like a 1500 doing a 1.5" BD.

^^^^This was before the body drop^^^^

Floor cut out

Going back together going to raise the front bumper a lil more and as you can see the frame is hidden alot more and also the front has the torsion bars cranked all the way up. Once i switch the tires up ill crank the front back down some more but only if i can maintain level cv shafts

 

[Tukn4s]

what is the actual suspension drop?

 

[20miller12]

the front is drop spindles and keys wanting to say it was around a 3 drop from stock height and the back had a axle flip done on it. I plan to remove the drop spindles and adjust the torsion bars.

 

[Tukn4s]

I wouldn't remove the spindles. Getting all your drop from just torsion bars will ride terrible


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[20miller12]

well the only thing i hate is how much i had to trim the lower ball joint when i installed the spindles. I really wanna narrow the track so that i can bring the wheel in a little but cause finding wheels with backspacing to allow them to tuck is proving arduous. I could lose the spindles and go with LCAs instead.

 

[20miller12]

IMAG0033 by cavi2sunfire, on Flickr

IMAG0034 by cavi2sunfire, on Flickr

IMAG0037 by cavi2sunfire, on Flickr

 

[phule]

That's pretty BA. Keeping an eye on this to see it finished

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[LaydoutZ71Rado]

I've always wanted to see a body dropped truck that wasn't bagged. Never seen one before. Good progress and good luck on the build sir.

 

[5speedsilverado]

this is bad ass, i have though about a BD on my truck and raise the back up to a 4" drop. looks so much cleaner without the frame hanging down. cant wait to see the finished product

 

[20miller12]

Found some 245/65/17 tires with around 60% tread for 100 bucks so ill be getting those to replace the 265/70/17 that I have now anyone think that's too small the 2500 came with 245/75/16 so I'd be an inch shorter from factory but 2 inches smaller than what I have now

I really just wanna get the 420s in 275/60/17 but idk if I'm gonna keep the H2s

 

[benz88]

I've always wanted to see a body dropped truck that wasn't bagged. Never seen one before. Good progress and good luck on the build sir.

lots of ratrod's are body dropped static

 

[20miller12]

No work to the truck this weekend did some yard work and honey do list for mothers day but hope to have the channels welded up by Monday and get the interior back in then start on the bed which I am not looking fwd to doing lol. Will prolly order a roll pan tomorrow and should be getting my smooth flares this week too

 

[white03ecsb]

Definitely wouldnt remove drop spindles..you could run 3" control arms and stock spindles but I didnt like how mine rode with that setup..it was really rough compared to my drop spindles, lcas and 2500 keys but that was with me at 5" drop.
Looking forward to mkre progress on this!

 

[20miller12]

Pics tomorrow and finally found some e rated tires that are smaller then the 265/70/17 I currently have and should be getting them the rear is tucked but track in the front ain't gonna tuck the 265/70 but I think some 225/75/17 might

 

[20miller12]

IMAG0047 by cavi2sunfire, on Flickr

just a lil teaser I snapped last night im on the prowl today for a stock 2500hd that I can park next to and maybe a lifted on too. But anyways more pics will come later today.

 

[20miller12]

IMAG0053 by cavi2sunfire, on Flickr

 

[LaydoutZ71Rado]

By the way, I do have a set of DJM drop arms for torsion suspension that I need to get rid of if you're interested

 

[Peyton676]

Do you have anymore build pics? Underhood?

 

[Liam_rk]

Would love to see more of this, where you at Brah ?

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