Old man constantly asked to drop his truck.Any stock height C10s left in the world??

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You guys and your hate for lowered trucks or anything but 15" wheels crack me up :lol: OP, if your roads were better, I'd say absolutely drop it. But if they're as bad as you say, I'd leave it alone. My truck is 5/8 on 20s and has been cross country twice and many miles in between, with the right parts combo they still ride very good. But it's definitely stiffer than stock and certain roads do hurt a bit

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But I also enjoy driving our bone stock '76 6cyl/3OTT shop truck. It definitely rides much better over rough roads and gets just as much attention for being stock as my hotrod does

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It's not hate. It's just different taste.
 

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The answer is it won't ride like it does now. From a guy with many miles in a daily lowered truck you find out stuff like that goat trail with ruts, you'll need to drive with one side on the middle hump. High manhole cover on a paved road, you need to put wheels on the cover. the list goes on.

@Redfish I lowered my 1982 in the mid 1980's. Yes one of the few lowered late model trucks on the east coast. Yes people stared and were wowed.
Beg to differ. Sure if you’re just cuttin coils and hillbilly lowering.
Any flavor of quality drop spindles with stock springs will basically ride the same. Period.
No recent experience with drop springs for these trucks, but again the right quality parts = quality ride.
 

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I’ve been on the fence of dropping one but only a 1/3 drop. Mine has the F44 chassis so I’m certain it will be a bumpier ride…
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1/3 hardly seems worth breaking out the wrenches.
And as said above, no, it won’t ride “rougher”.
But the F44s have a stout spring pack. You could do rear shackle drop and lose a couple more inches easy AND soften up the rear by removing some leafs. Overload will give you almost an inch. Pull out like 3 more leafs and you’ll still have enough spring for daily driving, not wrapping up and good light load capacity.
 

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Thats the biggest worry (ride quality) as although this thing is well cared for it gets used on dirt roads and will still be used as a bike carrier. One of my closest friends has a remote property totally off the grid that will be a no go for the truck if I drop it.
Kinda have to pick your poison. Of course if you drop it to car height, it won’t have truck clearance.
But it would also look sweet lowered. Looks great now too!
 

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I think it looks really goofy to drop a relatively stock truck. It does not improve the look, and serves no purpose. YMMV
That’s the difference between car guys or hot rod guys and guys who still are using an old truck for real truck things or just stuck in the past.
Funny how the old guys call it poor taste and you’ll ruin the truck, yet go to most any car show or cruise and check the avg age of those lowerred vehicle owners.
 

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Leave it alone. It's a survivor and should be respected. I never got the idea of making a truck look like the suspension had failed.

While we're at it, what's with the giant-@$$ rims and rubber band tires? I can understand wanting larger rims than the factory 15s and 16s, but why you'd want your truck to look like you stole the wheels off a locomotive is beyond me.
And the obligatory rubber bands comment when that trucks tires and wheels are anything but that. Heck the fronts kinda look like only 18s.
Just too funny…
 

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Leave it alone. It's a survivor and should be respected. I never got the idea of making a truck look like the suspension had failed.

While we're at it, what's with the giant-@$$ rims and rubber band tires? I can understand wanting larger rims than the factory 15s and 16s, but why you'd want your truck to look like you stole the wheels off a locomotive is beyond me.
You can't be serious :laughing1: Is this what you are seeing???
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It's not hate. It's just different taste.
I know most are just different taste/opinions, but there's a few that it's definitely hate and it's sad. There's plenty of things that aren't my style (donks and traditional lowriders for example) but I still like them and appreciate the work if it's done well. I'll rag on someone for doing poor/sketchy/unsafe/just plain dumb work but just a style difference, nah.
 

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Oh No! That's no good, Ruins the truck and makes it worthless. Expect lots of undercarriage damage and destruction
-just saying-
Ha! I daily my 77. Hauled a full-size roller toolbox with top box last weekend. That Yellowstone c20 is cool as hell.
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Ha! I daily my 77. Hauled a full-size roller toolbox with top box last weekend. That Yellowstone c20 is cool as hell.
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You're truck is sweet looking but not for me. It's all in where you live and what you do. Most lowered trucks would be completly impractical where I live,no maintenance county roads,most are dirt or gravel,no snow plows when you get snow,most of these trucks wouldn't make it out of my driveway and absolutely wouldn't make it out of the north pasture pulling a trailer,not due to traction,due to getting high centered. I wish I had pics of the beat to death gravel road everyone has to use when we get big rain. There are no police cars down here,they are full size dodge 4wd Rams.
 

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It's all in where you live and what you do. Most lowered trucks would be completly impractical where I live,no maintenance county roads,most are dirt or gravel,no snow plows when you get snow,most of these trucks wouldn't make out of my driveway and absolutely wouldn't make it out of the north pasture pulling a trailer,not due to traction,due to getting high centered. I wish I had pics of the beat to death gravel road everyone has to use when we get big rain.
That's what my daily is for
 

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That's what my daily is for
And that's all good,my trucks are just for stuff I gotta use a truck for,that's it,if I don't need a truck to do truck things,I don't drive a truck. Which is why lowering one,etc. just makes them less useful to me.
 
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