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

 

[Turbo4whl]

@jpatters13 To help answer your original question, one thing I did in the front of my '82 was remove all the bolts in the inside of the front fenders. The bolts that held the jack and battery tray etc. that pointed down. They would scrap the tires. I replace them with pan head bolts facing up.

When the tires did touch the inner fenders, no big tread tear marks.

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