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Trying To Decide Which Way To Go With My Truck!

Since its paid off and all I have extra money. I am thinking about SAS with a D44 and some 38's and some other off-road goodie's or I am thinking about doing a coil-over swap and dropping the **** out of it.

What do ya'll think I should do? Right now I am 50/50 but kinda leaning towards the SAS and getting another vehicle as a DD. If I am going to do the SAS I am going to start collecting parts as I find them and browsing Craigslist.
 
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dont mess up a beautiful truck like that by lowering it. sas it and 9 inch rear and 38s will be sick man
 
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well do those are way different sides of the totem pole...will u be doing these for looks...or do u need an sfa for the offroading u do? im guessing not if ur even considering lowering it. if u dont offroad and ur doing it for looks just add a bl to what u got and run 37's and call it good. it will be cheaper and way easier.
 
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Coil overs!! be different from the lifted crowd!
 
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slam that bia!
 
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i would love to see you do a build up of a coil over swap drop, cause thats what i wanna do with mine.

SAS would be cool too, but im going with drop
 
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Well I dont wheel it now cause I dont have another vehicle to drive if I **** it up. If I dropped it then it would be my DD and I would get something to wheel.
 
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o..that makes more sense....personally i think ur truck looks bad *** as is..but its up to u.
 
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wheel that and get a car to dd much better gas mileage save you money in the long run
 
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Drop it! Get a older already beat up something to wheel
 
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slam it dam it
 
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I am thinking about dropping it really need to search to find out how to go about it. Atleast I wont be fixing the suspension as much.
 
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Yea I was going to go over there and search for D.'s thread. I forgot about him doing the coilover swap.
 
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lol ^^^^^ wish i would have found that before i order my bodylift

oh well gives me a few years to play around with a welder
 
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Holy chit! I think I am going to do it! $400 bucks then rims and tires and I can have it dropped pretty nice! Put some 04 cobra rims on there just like d's truck! I think I am going to do it. I really need to sleep on this.
 
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SAS that s***. It would look killer.
 
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God but I LOVE how big my truck is now. This is a TOUGH decision. I could always get a 01+ supercab and lift it though and SAS it.
 
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God but I LOVE how big my truck is now. This is a TOUGH decision. I could always get a 01+ supercab and lift it though and SAS it.
you can always SAS this one and get a 4 banger ranger with coils and drop that and still get better gas mileage. then you'll have the best of both worlds
 
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I would say SAS with the 35"s...

get a nice 01+ and drop it for your DD
 
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SLAM it!!!!! Just do it...
 
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i bet if u slam it u will have soooo much power...changing from 35's to what.....26's..lol what gears do u have?
 
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Originally Posted by trucks423
slam it dam it
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I say drop it. If you do the work and have all your stock stuff it won't cost a dime to get it back to stock. Find some Mustang wheels, then lower as needed. I'm only going 2" below stock, not a huge drop but 14" inches lower than what I was used to so it's enough for me. Definitely have to do coilovers cause you know those t-bar brakets are going to scrape with any decent drop on speed bumps and stuff. Plus 20+ mpg, more hp and torque to the road, better braking and handling........

Drop it like it's haaaWWT!
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Originally Posted by Casper98
Coil overs!! be different from the lifted crowd!
Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
slam that bia!
Originally Posted by trucks423
slam it dam it
that many people cant be wrong

i agree with them all, and if you drop it and throw a BII bar on it, youll jizz in your pants when you go flying around a corner and twice the posted limit and it handles effortlessly
 


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