I guess I'll join the fun (minitruck content)

[SnazzyQ]

Damn that looks good.

Now lower it even more.

[SoLOwX3]

So dope man. Looking for a S-10 now!! Thanks lol

[fackinsteve]

Damn that looks good.

Now lower it even more.

Thanks homie, I'd like to get the front down a little bit before I go all out and get coilovers

So dope man. Looking for a S-10 now!! Thanks lol

Thanks my dude

[fackinsteve]

I guess I need a new Sig pic lol

[moist taco]

Hopefully you have better luck with coil overs than i did on my truck mine didnt go loe enough and were so soft. I couldn't find a suitable swift spring (weird right) so i'm on chopped on coils now. I've been working on a new coil over idea for awhile, but none have been successes obviously. I'm pretty sure the coilovers for our trucks are pretty comparable, but it looks like it takes less drop to get you low so you might luck out. Sorry for the novel but the truck looks dope dude

[fackinsteve]

Hopefully you have better luck with coil overs than i did on my truck mine didnt go loe enough and were so soft. I couldn't find a suitable swift spring (weird right) so i'm on chopped on coils now. I've been working on a new coil over idea for awhile, but none have been successes obviously. I'm pretty sure the coilovers for our trucks are pretty comparable, but it looks like it takes less drop to get you low so you might luck out. Sorry for the novel but the truck looks dope dude

Thanks Dalton, if I ordered mine directly through QA1 I could custom order my spring rates so I'd probably opt for a 750# springs. Off the shelf setups range up to 500#. For now I'll probably take off 1 coil and fix my Chevy lean. Over time the Belltech leafs will sag and I'll get lower that way. I'll figure it out all in due time, I do plan on staying static tho

[Robitussin]

Looking great dude!!

[fackinsteve]

o I spent some quality time with my truck this weekend, I gave it a very much needed compound, polish, and wax. I started off with a two bucket wash followed up with a good clay bar treatment. Then I started using my Porter Cable with M105 compound



After going over it a few times I started using M205 polish. Here's a few during the process









I put the grille back on and jacked up the truck and cleaned the wheels and tires. Gave it a nice coat of tire shine as well.



Obligatory selfie



And parked at the show.



I really ***** my spot but whatever. While I waited to regroup with a few of my friends I took another picture



All in all UC3 was a damn good time. I look forward to going to the UMass show next weekend as well

[fackinsteve]

Some shots on the way there too

[fackinsteve]

Went to another show yesterday at UMass out in Amherst. I got to meet I few S10 guys while I was there too which was pretty cool







While I had a really fun time at the show and looking at all the girls in yoga pants I nearly had a heart attack on the way home.



I was going about 70-75 when I went over two bridges back to back that were just in absolutely horrible shape. I'm still new to being low so I really didn't think much of it but my frame made contact to the ground several times on these two bridge things. As soon as I got over the second one I saw chunks of plastic flying out from behind me I honestly thought I punctured my gas tank! I look under my truck and I see the valence wedged under my skid plate! I checked for other damage but the only other thing that happened was my grille knocked out of place and my corner lenses were hanging out. I got really lucky and I definitely need to be a lot more careful shit was scary as fück

[CraigSnedeker]

Looks clean af man.

I second it being scary driving this low on the highway, lol.

[fackinsteve]

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, I really haven't been doing much to the truck aside from driving. Still have a broken exhaust but I do have a few more things I'd like to do this year.

I've really just been taking it to shows and stuff, I got caught rolling to the broke.east meet out at Mohegan Sun.



Haha the only reason I made that face is because every time I go somewhere one of my friends takes a rolling shot and I said after, "I don't understand why you take rolling shots everywhere. Its the same truck doing the same shot, that's boring!" Well this came out better than I thought so I apologized for my grumpy statement.

I spent the rest of the day chillin with Lambos and GTRs





Twas a good day.

Then I got bored so I took the rest of my lamin-x overlays and put them on my clear corners



I was worried about the amber not being able to show through but it does perfectly.

Then one day I saw a unicorn on a Facebook page so I immediately purchased for $25 more than he was asking



I've always wanted a set of APC clear tails! I think they look awesome, definitely a cool item to have for sure. But that's it for now, progress will continue to be slow for awhile since I'm dealing with some family things right now. But we will see

[fackinsteve]

Hello everyone, I apologize for the lack of updates! Ive been dealing with a lot of stuff since the passing of my father but im slowly getting back on track of this. Here are some highlights of the past month

I measured weiner



Did it again



Had a pepsi



Received coil overs



Attached a flag



Had a coke



Removed flag



My spohn control arms are supposed to be here on Thursday so depending on how things go I may have them installed this weekend. I will also be using Proforged taller lower ball joints. This truck is no longer a daily so I will probably end up removing my inner fenders til I can make a set of tubs for it. I still have quite a bit to do but Ive got most of the expensive stuff out of the way at this point.

Things left to do:

Raised carrier bearing xmember
Raised gas tank crossmember
Tubs (+all other associated stuff)
Interior stuff (Grip Royal, Quick release, repaint interior trim, door panels, seats, etc.)
aaaand paint! Color wise im not quite sure what i want to do, I love black but I **** keeping it clean. Feel free to leave me suggestions. But yeah thats pretty much it for now, hopefully i have updates this weekend

[cosmo135]

I agree driving a low low car going 60+ imo is so scary

[fackinsteve]

So I finally got around to installing my coilovers. With the help from a good friend and a couple of members for technical advice I got everything done in 2 days working very casually in my driveway.

So I got started on yesterday after work and got the passenger side done in about to hours. Now a big mistake I made was not checking if the spring was indexed, resulting in it lifting my truck about an inch, no bueno. I took the day off and took apart everything and got it sitting how it should Moving onto the driver side everything went smooth aside from getting hung up on the shock, once I got that out everything was cake. I made sure to grease the chassis points where the Spohn control arms mount to and anti seize the threads of the coilover sleeve. Once everything was buttoned up I measured from the fender to the ground. Before I was 24" on the driver side and 24.5" on the passenger side with the 3" drop springs. I'm now 23" on the driver side and 23.5" on the passenger side. Once the springs settle I will install my tall ball joints so it will sit 23" even up front. Overall I'm pretty happy with how it sits and I take pride in the fact I didn't just chop the springs. I didn't take many pictures of the process but its pretty self explanatory.




Will take better pictures tomorrow!