Dropping my Stock '74 Stepper - Need Advice

[Fat 454]

gorgeous truck ! Was the squarebody fender style available with a factory spare tyre cutout, or was that discontinued in '72 with the Action line trucks ?

 

[xm20k]

Not a short box or a stepper however 26" tall tire up front a 28" tall tire in the rear 2.5" spindle up front and an axle flip. I had a drop spring in the front, but it sat too low and had very little room to compress. I went back to a stock spring. next time I put tires in the front I think I'm going to go to 28" up front as well. If I had it to do again a spindle and a flip is all I would have done the first time would have saved me swapping springs back and forth.

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[Mogulmasher]

This was 2.5” spindles with 1 coil cut for about 4.5” up front. 6” flip kit in the back. 15x8s all around with 235/75/15s. It rubbed pretty good up front. Had I kept the rallies, I was gonna do a 245/60 and 275/60 combo

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This is exactly set up and tire size I'm hoping to do on my '77 c15. I believe round eye inner fenders have a bit more room. How bad did this truck rub?

 

[TotalyHucked]

This is exactly set up and tire size I'm hoping to do on my '77 c15. I believe round eye inner fenders have a bit more room. How bad did this truck rub?

My '85 rubbed REAL bad with the 235/75/15s. You are correct that round eye inners have more room, it's about an inch extra in all directions. However, you'll likely still rub on big dips.

 

[Mogulmasher]

Sounds good. Maybe I'll have to step down the tire size some.

 

[Keith Seymore]

gorgeous truck ! Was the squarebody fender style available with a factory spare tyre cutout, or was that discontinued in '72 with the Action line trucks ?

Yes. RPO E62 (step side) & RPO P13 (side mount spare).

K