Newer lifted trucks have bed sag?

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So I'm just curious, why does it seem like every modern lifted truck I see has a saggy back end? No load on the truck and the back end is lower than the front, like they didn't put enough lift on it. I could understand one or two, but it seems like they ALL have it. It seems especially common on the big *****-mobiles I see all the time, any ideas? I've been trying to figure this one out for a while!

Just imagine if they actually put a load on them things, it would look like one of those bouncing cars you seen down in Texas/Mexico...
 

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They do that on purpose, it's the in style now even though it's dumb....
 

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Around here the young crowd calls it the , (THE CALI. LEAN). I think it's totally lame looking , but it's the new fad , but it's not for me.

:Frustrated::Frustrated::Frustrated::Frustrated::Frustrated:
 

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is it the "Pre-Runner" look they are going for? I know it started with levelling kits and then just kept going. My Friend put a leveling kit on his 2004 F150 when it was brand new, and it looked good without a load in it, but as soon as you put a load on the truck it looked like it was struggling. I have a pic somewhere of him towing my Impala and you would think that my car weighed 6 tons by how saggy the rear end looked.

Edit: I found it

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It's just like their drawers they wear down around their knees with their ass hangnin out and their big hoopdie gansta ball caps on crooked. :lol:
 

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Ok so it IS a fad. I was wondering. I'd love to see one of these F250s I see around try to pull a decent load like that. I bet the front wheels would be in the air... I can understand lifting, but why neuter the truck while you are at it?
 

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Yea, it's a terrible, terrible fad. :thumbsdown:
 

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Just a fad that will hopefully not last too long. Even when my dad was a kid in the 60's there was a fad of jacking the back end up. Looked cool! Often done with just stuffing rubber blocks in the coil springs- hit a good bump and the spacer falls out and your car had a pimp lean to it.

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Just a fad that will hopefully not last too long. Even when my dad was a kid in the 60's there was a fad of jacking the back end up. Looked cool! Often done with just stuffing rubber blocks in the coil springs- hit a good bump and the spacer falls out and your car had a pimp lean to it.

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Not sure why it double posted. I'm blaming the crappy hotel internet connection! :doh2:
 

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Yeah, they call it Carolina Squatin' where I'm from. It's ****** gay. Healights pointing up to the top of the tree line. I **** with the retards when I can.

The guys around here have also started putting pinched pipes on their trucks to make the exhaust frap. Looks and sounds terrible. basically this installed backwards:
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Yeah, they call it Carolina Squatin' where I'm from. It's ****** gay. Healights pointing up to the top of the tree line. I **** with the retards when I can.

The guys around here have also started putting pinched pipes on their trucks to make the exhaust frap. Looks and sounds terrible. basically this installed backwards:

That crap didn't start here an the morons that do it are all along the coast. I hate that :banghead:
 

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They do that here some call it the California lean or tilted. I call it a good way to ruin a good looking truck.
 

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Just a fad that will hopefully not last too long. Even when my dad was a kid in the 60's there was a fad of jacking the back end up. Looked cool! Often done with just stuffing rubber blocks in the coil springs- hit a good bump and the spacer falls out and your car had a pimp lean to it.

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I have Monroe Air-Shocks under the back of my monte. The good yellow ones, not the black ones nowadays.

You have to have the right tire also, dont do it if you only have 205's unde the back XD.
 
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Yeah, they call it Carolina Squatin' where I'm from. It's ****** gay. Healights pointing up to the top of the tree line. I **** with the retards when I can.

The guys around here have also started putting pinched pipes on their trucks to make the exhaust frap. Looks and sounds terrible. basically this installed backwards:
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LOL i have 2" duals and was looking at 3" tips, everyone here gives me **** about my small exhaust.

2" exhaust will flow more than enough for a smallblock.
 

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