Now it is a K30 build thread

[obijuan]

eww yikes better trade it off to me.... lol while youre in there are you gonna lock it up?

 

[Ned Kelly]

4" lift and 39.5 Swampers will be good. That's what I've got. Just for reference about how much lift, my front leaf springs are straight, no arch to them. I wouldn't want anything taller. Works great in mud. No driveshaft mods. I have a slip yoke np205 and no problems. I"d post a pic but I'm rebuilding the front axle at the moment.

 

[86454K30]

obijuan...It has a govlock in the back now. I will probably put an open carrier and a detroit in it. But unless I go to 4.56 it really isn't cost effective/beneficial to go to 4.10s. I will probably be next year though as I have some house projects coming up for winter. Since I am building this to play lightly(I don't want to destroy the truck in the hardcore stuff...so it will be a mild build)...keep it low, not do too much to make it unfixable as it is a Silverado K30 and they are hard to find even though the body is beat on this one.

 

[thatK30guy]

4" and 35s tonight!!

Thats exactly how my '85 K30 looks.

I've got 4" Skyjacker front and rear springs, no blocks anywhere. 16.5 x 9.75 Welds on 35's also. Pics of it can be seen in my Webshots album.

 

[86454K30]

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thatk30guy...Yeah I like the way yours sits. I thought about going 6" but, with the way that the front fenders are shot I figured that a little trimming wouldn't kill them. What weld caps are you running the pushin or lug covers?

 

[thatK30guy]

Push in style caps.

On my next "nice" Silverado K30, I'm going with 6" front and rear springs and looking at 37" Radial Dick Cepeks.

Just want a nice driver a little bit bigger than my current K30.