rico750sxi Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Just finished installing the hangers for the rear leafs so I snapped a shot. For those who don't know, I was just using the shackles for the rear. I wanted a little more drop in back and also McGaughy's said using the hanger and shackles would eliminate the need to shim the rear. Oh, the other reason I posted this is I think it's the best picture I've ever taken of my truck. As some of you may lknow, I am no photog(sp?) by any means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davechevyss Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 looks damn good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m396 #00-011 Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Looks soooo much better!!! How hard was the hanger install? I haven't even looked at them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2xtreme Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 that looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 I like it..It looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSminneapolis Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 yeah once i cut my bump stops down i lost all vibration...hope everything runs well with yours...got a call from mcgaughys today just to see how everything went...and to see if i had any suggestions...the only thing i could think of is include a step to cut the bumpstops in the directions...if someone is installing they might not because it is not in the directions... looks great though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico750sxi Posted July 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 yeah once i cut my bump stops down i lost all vibration Which bumpstops did you cut, front or rear? I'm using GroundForce rear bumpstops and a full front stop. Was your's riding on the rear bumstops so you weren't getting the full drop? How hard was the hanger install? Everything went smoothly once I bought a right angle die grinder to cut out the rivets. I started with my 4 1/2" grinder which worked fine on all of the rivets I could reach. The front upper one though I needed something smaller. The gas tank needs to be moved too which wasn't too bad. Tuesday I did the driver side which included changing the shackle on the driver side to the 1" hole and removing the hitch(really beginning to hate that thing!!) and it took a lengthy 6 hours. That also included two trips to the hardware store which is about ten minutes one way. Today I did the passenger side and remounted the hitch and it took 3 hours. Also, the driver side rivets didn't want to come out of the frame even after the hanger was removed. A lot of manual persuasion with a hammer solved that. The passenger side rivets popped right out with a couple taps. I will say a torch would be nice but I didn't remove my gas tank, I just removed the brackets and pushed it over as far as needed to get my hand in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshift Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Looks nice. Shiny too... WW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxjiggaxx Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 That is a pretty good picture! Your truck looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2drTahoe Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Thats a nice low stance for a 4x4, hard to believe it can get that low, looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m396 #00-011 Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 yeah once i cut my bump stops down i lost all vibration Which bumpstops did you cut, front or rear? I'm using GroundForce rear bumpstops and a full front stop. Was your's riding on the rear bumstops so you weren't getting the full drop? How hard was the hanger install? Everything went smoothly once I bought a right angle die grinder to cut out the rivets. I started with my 4 1/2" grinder which worked fine on all of the rivets I could reach. The front upper one though I needed something smaller. The gas tank needs to be moved too which wasn't too bad. Tuesday I did the driver side which included changing the shackle on the driver side to the 1" hole and removing the hitch(really beginning to hate that thing!!) and it took a lengthy 6 hours. That also included two trips to the hardware store which is about ten minutes one way. Today I did the passenger side and remounted the hitch and it took 3 hours. Also, the driver side rivets didn't want to come out of the frame even after the hanger was removed. A lot of manual persuasion with a hammer solved that. The passenger side rivets popped right out with a couple taps. I will say a torch would be nice but I didn't remove my gas tank, I just removed the brackets and pushed it over as far as needed to get my hand in there. Thanks, I want to tackle this someday soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 That looks fantastic, Chris. Great job. buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTsBadSS Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnie ss Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Chris, the Truck looks Great, you took a good picture. Can't believe that you did get it to go so Low. It was Worth All your Hard Work. Shiny Blue. Ginnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoopy Posted July 17, 2004 Report Share Posted July 17, 2004 Chris, the Truck looks Great, you took a good picture. Can't believe that you did get it to go so Low. It was Worth All your Hard Work. Shiny Blue. Ginnie Looks sweeeeeeeet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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