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Old 05-03-2012, 09:07 PM
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Just put some 2" shackles on today. Of course it's not low enough

Looks good enough for me for the time being.


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and a pic of the front. Im gonna get rid of that license plate bracket this weekend.

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Looks good I did the same a month ago and am kind thinking I want to buy coil relocaters for the front. I put a tape measure to the fenders and there all 37" but front seem to sit higher then back, guess it must be the way the fenders are shaped. But do like losing the rake it had.

Truck looks great man
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Looks good. I was looking at removing the licence plate bracket on the front of mine also. I thought it was just bolts of screws but they are actually aluminum rivets, looks like we will have to drill them out.

Let me know how yours goes, I was going to do mine tonight or tomorrow
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Yeah I'm glad it doesn't have the "rake"




You just have to drill the rivets out. I had to do the same thing on my 98 SS. It left small holes where the rivets were, but it looks better than that big *** bracket.
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nice, sounds simple enough. Will do that while removing the rear blocks. Hoping to get rid of some of the rake my truck has also
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Originally Posted by ak2007r6
nice, sounds simple enough. Will do that while removing the rear blocks. Hoping to get rid of some of the rake my truck has also
I love the way it sits now. It rides the same, but I can tell the back is lower.
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Looks better! Which shackles did you use?
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Originally Posted by 11silvy
looks better! Which shackles did you use?
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looks good.. if you live in houston or around houston i would leave the plate on.. thats just a reason to get a stupid ticket or get pulled over for..
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I drove around in my Camaro SS for 3 years without a front plate and never had a problem. Of course things might have changed since then.


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