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big_dawg74 Enthusiast

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Ok, I get that GM trucks are 2" higher in the rear than they are in the front. Bugs the hell out of me. Couldn't guess why they roll off the factory line like that, but somebody in Detroit decreed it as such, so it shall be. Anyways, why is it that when people want to level the truck, it seems like most folks lift the front instead of dropping the rear? Especially when it is a 2WD truck! If I wanted my truck to look like a 4WD, I would have bought a 4WD to begin with. I just don't get it. Is there any sort of performance gained by having the nose higher? Or is it pure asthetics? Please enlighten me. Thanx

lsuguy Senior Enthusiast

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Ok, I get that GM trucks are 2" higher in the rear than they are in the front. Bugs the hell out of me. Couldn't guess why they roll off the factory line like that, but somebody in Detroit decreed it as such, so it shall be. Anyways, why is it that when people want to level the truck, it seems like most folks lift the front instead of dropping the rear? Especially when it is a 2WD truck! If I wanted my truck to look like a 4WD, I would have bought a 4WD to begin with. I just don't get it. Is there any sort of performance gained by having the nose higher? Or is it pure asthetics? Please enlighten me. Thanx

 

 

Not to sound like a smart a$$ but it cost me less than $100 to make my truck look like a 4wd but would have cost me how much more $1000 to get an actual 4wd?? Don't get me wrong I wouldn't have minded having a 4WD but I have no need for it. I don't offroad, I don't pull or tow anything. I just love the look and I can achieve that for alot less than I would out of the dealership.

And they originally come with the back higher to accommodate for heave loads in the bed or towing.

ryan_hermanutz Senior Enthusiast

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The rear sits higher so that when you do have a load in the bed, trailer hooked up the entire truck is level and more stable, and you don't have your front wheels barely touching the ground.

deyomatic Enthusiast

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I agree with Big Dawg. My truck is loaded a very small percentage of the time. I'd rather it look "normal" (level) 95% of the time than the other 5% of the time when I actually have a load in the back. At the same time, I hated all that extra space in the rear wheel wells when I didn't have a load in it. I yanked the lifting blocks out, measured the shocks, trimmed the bump stops and it looks normal now. If someone looked at it, they'd never think I lowered it.

 

It's just a matter of preference. I remember at a Central Ave Cruise in Phoenix a few years ago, there was a lifted 4x4 F250 cruising in the left hand lane and a lowered Silverado pulled along side it and screamed, "Real men GO DOWN!" I always got a kick out of that.

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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"Real men GO DOWN!" I always got a kick out of that.

 

 

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Ya know down on a woman... :D

Spurshot Senior Enthusiast

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As long as there have been vehicles, there have been people doing things to them to make them different than when they got them.

 

Here in California, there are so many groups of "Hi-riders" and "low riders" and "debadgers", etc., in so many numbers, that you are in the minority (especially if you are between say 18-30 yrs old) if you don't fall into one of those catagories. Kinda ironic that the "customizers" trying to be different are really all being the same, at least around here.

texx Enthusiast

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"Real men GO DOWN!" I always got a kick out of that.

 

 

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Ya know down on a woman... :D

 

 

 

But, what if your Braney Frank OR Perez Hilton?

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