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10-08-2003 06:41 AM #9
OldSub ---- Stock Caprice rotors will have the larger Chevy 5-lug bolt pattern
deepnhock -- Give Fatman Fab a call..He makes narrowed a-arms for clip front ends that are too wide.
Perhaps he can help you with a-arms..
Also, have you considered changing wheels? Wheel Vintiques can make you wheels about any width/offset you want.
Don Meyer --- This would appear to be an expensive method of solving your problem.
it maybe in a sense but it beats paying over $3000 for the suspension that I would of had to use because of the wieght of the FRAME (frame weighs right 1000 lbs MORE then the 1/2 ton frame but the body only weighs only 40 lbs more while the whoule truck weighs in at over 4400 lbs.
Remember the farther out you place your wheels the more mech advantage you have & the heavier (lb/in)spring you need to keep the spring rate the same.
I understand this & have taken it under consideration and really dont see a problem w/changing the springs.
On my car it increased the track very little.
the guy at Gobal West said it will move the wheel tire combo out between 3/4 to 1 inch, which will help if I change the tire & wheel combo in the front.
I would use my original frame & modify it
problem there don is the frame weights 1000 lbs more then a 1/2 ton frame and the only TRUE set up that would work because of the weight is a Jim Meyers set up for big truck which would cost about $3000 to buy which I dont really have & dont want to spend.
or if you have no frame
cut up and GONE .
buy a frame that has the correct track. If the latter is the case tell us what track & wheelbase you are trying to achieve & will try to help. I bought my frame for $200 from a salvage yard........DonDonate Blood,Plasma,Platelets & sign your DONORS CARD & SAVE a LIFE
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