Brake & Chassis

I changed my rim offset 1 3/4" on the rears. I have a few reasons for doing this. First off, its cleaner, in 2 ways. The tire doesn't stick out anymore and give it that redneck look (no offense), and literally its cleaner, this should cut down on the amount of rubber on the bed. .. not to mention the rubber that finds its way onto the tonneau cover, the roof.. and even the hood!! There are a couple of older pictures in the gallery where you can compare the difference. I like it this way, heck it might even increase the aerodynamics, but I'm not going to hold my breath on that one.

Just a snap shot of what it looks like underneath, it looks close but there is about 5/16" - 7/16" of clearence.

I have been asked by some people for more pictures of my rear suspension, so here they are. I threw in some pictures of the brake system as well. I'm not exactly sure what you guys are looking for in particular so I will just post the pictures with a little blurb until I can figure out how I want this page to look.

Lets start with the brakes. I have an Aerospace Component setup in the front (very awesome), and a Wilwood setup in the rear. I did the rears a long time ago, before Aerospace made a kit for these trucks (or at least before I knew they were available). I like them both, but to be honest, if I had to do it again, I would have done Aerospace all around, mainly because their billet front hubs REALLY impressed me and if I recall correctly, the Aerospace was less expensive. I went with disc in the back for obvious reasons, with a semi custom rear end, why put drums back on? So it started there, and then because the truck was making good power, the brakes just COULDN'T hold me launching off the footbrake.. it would start creeping at about 2K. I put a Wilwood master cylinder in, went to mechanic brakes, removed the factory proportioning valve and added the 4 piston aerospace brakes up front. Oh yea, the Wilwoods in the rear are 4 piston as well. I can successfully launch the truck at 3K RPMs which is much closer to my converter stall, I will pay more attention this year and double check that number :-).

You know the drill...

I did in fact have to modify the spindles. I had to cut a slight portion of the top off to allow clearance for the new billet caliper mounts, and maybe even a tad on the bottom. Also, the holes for the caliper mounting bracket were enlarged to 3/8" if I recall correctly. Here are some of those...

... a rear pic..

.. the suspension ..