my buddy just got this 53 GMC pickup from a guy he knows. its got an inline 6 and a 4 speed floor shift trans. he rebuilding the brakes right now. anyways, how would i got about lowering the front of this? heres a picture of it. sorry for the crappy sell pic.
The right way is with a dropped axle and or custom front springs. He can get it a few inches lower by using smaller front tires. I have 14 inch rims on my 48 Chev with 195-14 tires and that makes a big difference. I also took a couple of leaves out of the springs but it drives and rides like crap with them out. It did get it low though.
use a dropped axle. search here there are vendors here and several posts doing the AD trucks w/ them.
Either drop axle, new springs, take leafs out of old springs, or ifs. IFS gives the best ride by far, but also the most work and money. I went with new front springs from Jamco on my 54 GMC and lowered it 3 inches, looking at also using a 3 inch drop axle.
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