07 Chevy Avalanche 6" Lift with 20" Rims 32" Tires
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Ford Rangers DO look good lifted.
2006 Ford Ranger (lifted with BFGoodrich Tires)Here's a great review of the Ford Ranger 06:
Great looking truck. nice handling, smooth ride, good pick-up for the 3.0l v6. 18 mpg around town with 650 miles since purchase, after second fill-up. solid interior and quiet in the cab for all driving conditions so far. good visibility, a pleasure to drive says all family members. dark grey metal flake paint job and sport trim gets lots of complements. had bed spray lined (procoat) and looks great and cleans up easy. takes the worry out of using new truck as a working truck. i am very pleased so far and would recommend to anyone looking for a good all-round pick-up.
Chevy Luv: Gotta Love It
Here's a little about the Chevy luv...
The Chevrolet LUV (LUV stands for Light Utility Vehicle) was a rebadged Isuzu KB light truck. Sales began in the USA in March of 1972 as a response to the Toyota Hi-Lux and the Datsun pickup, as well as Ford's Mazda-built Courier. The LUV was replaced in the United States by the US-built Chevrolet S-10 after 1982.
LUV KB28The LUV used a traditional truck chassis with a ladder frame and a leaf spring/live axle rear suspension. In front, an independent suspension used a-arms. The 102.4 in (2.6 m) wheelbase was similar to its competitors, as was the six-foot (1.8 m) bed. The only engine was a 1.8 L SOHC straight-4 which produced 75 hp (56 kW).
The LUV's exterior was updated slightly for 1974, but the first real refresh came in 1976. A 3-speed automatic transmission and front disc brakes were added that year. Power was up to 80 hp (60 kW) for 1977, and sales continued to rise. An exterior refresh and the addition of a 7.5 ft (2.3 m) bed option, with 117.9 in (3 m) wheelbase, brought sales up in 1978 to 71,145.
Your thoughts on the new Chevy's?
Personally, I find the new chevy silverado pretty damn boring -- no real appeal to it. I drive a '99 and love the older styles, even the 01 to 04 silverado's look good. Aside from the appearance of the new trucks their overall performance is pretty good, same old vortec engines pumping out quite a few hp's. Chevy's will always get up and go, even when you're pulling that bad ass bass boat of yours.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Hot ass blonde in her bathing suit enjoying a little wrangler with big old tires on it. Gotta love it --
Your truck suck off-road? -- Put a lift on it!
So you wanna be on offroad racer, or at least act like it while offroad and around your friends. But you have found that your stock truck seemed to work better than your truck does now that you have the stage two lift or the 3" body lift installed by you or your local shop. Of course you won’t admit it to your friends, because they know less than you do about offroading, so you figure your secret is safe. But you are clandestinely asking why your truck sucks offroad. Well buddy, I have the answers!
Typical "top of the line" cheap lift kits only lift your vehicle, and give no extra wheel travel, which is very important to soak up those dirt bumps. Also, by lifting your truck, you are raising the center of gravity, which hurts you while offroading causing your truck to roll easily, which is the only thing a body lift achieves. Yes, these suspension companies have had race teams that have run such races as the Baja 500, but the technology on those trucks is nothing like what you buy from them in their kits. Typically these kits include a coil spring lifting spacer, or larger springs, and "offroad" shocks in the front, and either a rear add-a leaf or a block spacer to lift the rear of your truck. These items serve almost no good while offroading. Now it is true that the new springs, and shocks are stiffer, and sometimes built better, which does help, but the negative effects of the lift sometimes throws those advantages out the window. In the case of the ranger equipped with I-beams (excludes late model with a-arms), these kits will lift the front without bending the I-beams, and give a bad camber to the front wheels, causing the truck to become unstable offroad, and once again, will roll easily. If you are just going for the lifted look, and have no intension of offroading, these cheap lifts are for you because they give the clearance for larger tires and give you the "bad ass" status.. But for those of you who wanted to have a functional truck to offroad in, plan on spending a little more dough, and research on your lift because there are lifts out there for you.
Most of you probably want the Prerunner look, and more functionality offroad, and won’t be going toe-to-toe with Ivan "Ironman" Stewart any time soon, so here is some advice. Go to an Inland Prerunner meeting, and become involved to learn about what would best suit you. I would recommend looking into Fabtech for the basic lift kit for your truck, or any other brand that offers more travel for your suspension. Fabtech is one of the large leaders of bolt on performance suspension kits, which do function better offroad. These kits will provide more travel, a lift for better ground clearance and to fit larger tires, and stronger than stock parts. If you want more from your tuck than just the typical bolt on performance, there are many local fabrication shops which will fab up anything you can dream, for a price. The next step would be to have custom extended I-beams with radius arms (most early fords) or extended A-arms (Chevy, Toyota, etc.) made with coilovers, and new leaf springs with shocks through the bed for the rear. This set up would give you a very functional and even raceable truck (as long as items such as a fuel cell, roll cage, harness, etc. are used to be race legal). There are many shops on the Inland Prerunners "Links" page that should satisfy your needs. Shops such as Camburg, Donahoe, or Advanced Toyota Suspension, are just a few fab-shops that you will find which are very reputable and have race experience. All of these shops will do just about anything that you want. Anywhere from installing a basic lift kit, to a full on tube chassis race truck.
Typical "top of the line" cheap lift kits only lift your vehicle, and give no extra wheel travel, which is very important to soak up those dirt bumps. Also, by lifting your truck, you are raising the center of gravity, which hurts you while offroading causing your truck to roll easily, which is the only thing a body lift achieves. Yes, these suspension companies have had race teams that have run such races as the Baja 500, but the technology on those trucks is nothing like what you buy from them in their kits. Typically these kits include a coil spring lifting spacer, or larger springs, and "offroad" shocks in the front, and either a rear add-a leaf or a block spacer to lift the rear of your truck. These items serve almost no good while offroading. Now it is true that the new springs, and shocks are stiffer, and sometimes built better, which does help, but the negative effects of the lift sometimes throws those advantages out the window. In the case of the ranger equipped with I-beams (excludes late model with a-arms), these kits will lift the front without bending the I-beams, and give a bad camber to the front wheels, causing the truck to become unstable offroad, and once again, will roll easily. If you are just going for the lifted look, and have no intension of offroading, these cheap lifts are for you because they give the clearance for larger tires and give you the "bad ass" status.. But for those of you who wanted to have a functional truck to offroad in, plan on spending a little more dough, and research on your lift because there are lifts out there for you.
Most of you probably want the Prerunner look, and more functionality offroad, and won’t be going toe-to-toe with Ivan "Ironman" Stewart any time soon, so here is some advice. Go to an Inland Prerunner meeting, and become involved to learn about what would best suit you. I would recommend looking into Fabtech for the basic lift kit for your truck, or any other brand that offers more travel for your suspension. Fabtech is one of the large leaders of bolt on performance suspension kits, which do function better offroad. These kits will provide more travel, a lift for better ground clearance and to fit larger tires, and stronger than stock parts. If you want more from your tuck than just the typical bolt on performance, there are many local fabrication shops which will fab up anything you can dream, for a price. The next step would be to have custom extended I-beams with radius arms (most early fords) or extended A-arms (Chevy, Toyota, etc.) made with coilovers, and new leaf springs with shocks through the bed for the rear. This set up would give you a very functional and even raceable truck (as long as items such as a fuel cell, roll cage, harness, etc. are used to be race legal). There are many shops on the Inland Prerunners "Links" page that should satisfy your needs. Shops such as Camburg, Donahoe, or Advanced Toyota Suspension, are just a few fab-shops that you will find which are very reputable and have race experience. All of these shops will do just about anything that you want. Anywhere from installing a basic lift kit, to a full on tube chassis race truck.
Lifted 96 Yukon -- Cute little blondie
Cute little blonde sitting on the hood of a nice 96 Yukon lifted on some 44" mud boggers.
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