Installing 4/6 Lowering Kit on a Chevy K1500 4x4 - Truck Tech S6, E4
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- The 88 K1500 4WD gets slammed with a 4”-6” lowering kit.
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U guys could send the 33's to me they will look good on my 97 suburban
Why dont you guys show driving the new set ups?
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is this truck for sale?
@@droppedchevy630 i bet theyll ask 20k easy but looks worth it
So everyone loves the GMC Syclone and Typhoon, but somehow this is sacrilegious?!?! Great work guys!!! Glad to see something other than another cookie-cutter lifted 4x4!!
Magic6GMC Agreed 👍🏻
yup to each their own. my coworker has a lifted 2wheel drive.
Everyone loves a SyTy until they own one. You have to have Bill Gates money to have a nice one. Even a 4L80E swap is 5k+ and very few people still support the 4.3 turbo. A turbo L33 LS2 or LS3 is the only way I'd consider having another. So many parts are specific to that platform.
It sounds dumb at first but the thing is the syclone and typhoon are awd while this k1500 is 4wd theirs a difference
@@ericksanchez7787 they converted it to awd
I like the easy to get in/out height, and the secret 4wd to get out of mud or snow when needed. Best of both worlds for a daily driver.
Not what the lowering is for.. going to AWD I'm sure
Puro takuachiando Cuhhh 🦡🇲🇽
The Phantom 😂
The Phantom si quema wey
The Phantom Los Edgars blasting Nathaniel Cano, con la Silverado del apa, camisa american fighter y botas para zapatear en los hallways de la high school.
No quema cuh
El mencho ?
These older Chevy 4x4’s are perfect for lowering if you still want the four wheel drive to work. The independent front suspension works better with lowering than a solid axle would. My old friend in Alaska lowered her 1995 GMC Silverado 4x4 regular cab short bed back in 1996 after she bought it. She wanted something that looked similar to a 454 SS truck but that still had four wheel drive for the winter. Her truck looked great and in four wheel drive it would launch hard especially compared to a normal rear wheel drive truck. She got her lowering kit from BellTech way back in 1996.
this is exactly what people dont get on here. Some people still want practical vehicles that look good but cant get over the fact that someone lowers a 4x4 truck. I guess they forget about the silverado ss which is lowered from the factory.
@@StingrayJen I guess some people forgot that the SS was an overpriced, impractical, unpopular truck that barely sold enough to justify production, and is only driven by rich floridians that've never been off the interstate...
I love a good slammed 4x4. Screw what the close minded immature people say. It’s different and cool
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Dropped 4x4 is great, now how about putting some real power down to make it an awd street killer....like the awd ladybug....
Jose L ahh but he got clapped by leathal weapon
@@zekke602 yea true but they a both dope obs truck....
I'll race it in my off road truck and we'll see who wins lol. They made a 4x4 street princess and that's all they did but at least it looks better than most other street princesses, unfortunately it won't make it down my road, sad.
@@reaperasylum2163 Your truck is suited for your usage case, which is brilliant. For those rest of us that live more urban snow belt areas where there is only practical parking one vehicle (if you can find a space big enough to fit it in), this thing would be a brilliant choice. It's big enough to be useful, small enough to fit most places, and still practical to use in any condition. There are a couple other places that these still beautiful "street princess" would be much better than your off-road oriented machine. 3am bombs around curvy backroads while dodging deer. At track or auto cross events. Wouldn't it be hilarious to pass some Miata drivers in a truck around turns?!
These trucks will be lighter too. Especially the wheels, tires, and suspension. If you know anything about physics, aerodynamics and fast vehicles in general, lighter and lower improves many things on the road. It should also be noted that given equivalent power and both trucks in 4 high, the lowered truck will be faster. Mind you, I'm not saying that they're better than yours, just better for different usage cases. Enjoy your truck and be proud of what you built!
@@storejoshuprite not gonna lie I agree with ya bud, that's why I'm not doggin it and why I called it a street princess instead of a pos lol, see urban drivers such as most would benefit from a truck like this cause it's practical, my situation however a car simply cannot drive down the roads I live on so I know for a fact a lowered truck wouldn't either and mine is an old farm truck with brand new engine and trans so it to has it's use. As far as racing, on street I know that truck would win, on dirt I got it. And that obs chevy does look good and I'm looking forward to next episode when they convert it to awd.
Powernation: Lowering a 4wd...
Me: runs for the hills.
How original
I'd rather have seen a soild axle swap
Me too - should of done a solid axle swap.
I actually think this will be a really nice road truck, with 4wd in snow will definitely be awesome.
@@izzyplusplusplus1004 that's the thing they turned an off road machine into a damn street princess that can never see the off road side of things, so where the pavement ends their asses are on foot where as before there was no place it couldn't go. Now they and anybody else that does this being it's their truck they can do what they want but if it were me I'd just add lockers and haul ass, all of my trucks have been 4x4 because where I live no one can get there unless otherwise.
Now time for that slow tired 350 to go. And replace it with LS7 🤩
Hell yeah I love this! I’ve always wanted a single cab short wheelbase 4wd street truck! 4 high and let her fly!
Finally!! I couldn’t find a video on lowering a 4x4 obs! Already lowered mine but thanks🤣
Got any pictures
Same here 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Rogue Mentality I bet you’re from the south, huh buddy?
@@Omarlooopez buuuullshit! Don't dump his ass on us brother...
sykwookiee haha it’s all good I’m from Arkansas🤣 IM FROM THE SOUTH🤣
In the early 2000’s before a turbo was a big thing guys were taking 4WD trucks dropping them and making homemade turbo kits and they were fast as shit back in the day. Back then they were making 500HP and that much power back in the day was fucking quick.
how low would they go, i did this same drop on my 4x4 but i want to lower the front more by another inch
here come the possums saying 'trokiando cuh'
I still don't get why they all have to copy each other saying that shit.
Si quema la trokita cuhh
@@Angel-ds8dj 🤦♂️
Lowered 4WD trucks are the future
Next week on Powermotion
Watch as we raise a 1998 Z28 6" and add a set of Super Swampers.
Man that's clean. Not everyone takes their truck offroad, and not everybody lives away from snow. The truck still has plenty of ground clearance and is still useful in town and on minor muddy roads
Those taillights have to go!
Put the stock lights back
Budget wouldn't let you get better lug nuts? Those look horrid
I remember when I was 16, had $50, and pepboys was still open...
LT can lay down a very fine looking weld and end product. That level of art and skill converged worthy of renegotiation.
In for all the lowered 4x4 hate..
Just get a 2w but wheel.. ok good for winter snow drive, after plowing....at min massive power needing traction I hope.
No doubt could of traded for my 1989 Silverado step side 2wd and lowered that 🙈
@@ccdevil8879 ...is it all wheel drive?
Funny... I raised my 89 K2500 when I bought it new... and just this past year... lowered it. Yep... I'm getting old. BUT, I think it looks awsome.. it's like a new truck all over again.. well.. It kinda is.. I did the the old frame off resto. GMT 400 Forever!
How big of a drop?
@@SirGuidemere91 stock - 1 inch all around via wheel and tire combo. 255/55r18 I believe. Only one tire in that size class E, and its Goodyear TA's. Ill dbl check in a couple days
@@hawkdsl oh gotcha. I thought you meant you lowered it lowered it. I have a 2” front and back right now but I bought this flip kit and will be installing soon.
@@SirGuidemere91 excellent.. I may do something like that in the future
@@hawkdsl I love the 2” drop kit Belltech has. But I’d like to bring the rear down lower to match the front end
So glad I seen this video i resenlty got a 2003 Silverado Z71 and had put off road rims on it 33x12.50r22 my tires but I didn't like that look so I sold them and I got 26 inch replicas on 295/30/r26 and first thing I heard big wheels on a 4x4 lol watching this made me feel better about my choice I don't want to be like every on else's trucks I want to lower it next. You guys make it look so easy little by little I'll have it how I want to look.👌
i just realized this is the same LT i've been following for my personal truck build 😂
Came here for the comments and God I wasn’t disappointed! 😂 That thing will launch like a mofo when they get some power in it.
David Attanasio, I had a '75 blazer with a 480 inch. Big block in it with big cam, heads, still couldn't keep up with two wheel drive pickups or cars. Twisted drive lines and destroyed my transfer case. In the real world things are not so easy as they are in your imagination. Of course if you were born into a wealthy family, anything is possible.
I love the idea of a lowered 4x4 race truck. Put a turbo LS setup in it and make a monster street truck.
4x4 & all wheel drive are not remotely the same.
Theodore Dowman thanks for that pretty obvious info, but I didn’t mention all wheel drive at all. I’m well aware that there is a big difference. 4x4 launches work pretty well on the street though. I understand if lowered 4x4’s are not you thing. Generally speaking they are not mine either. But I think it’s a cool build and could be a fast street truck. There are plenty of lowered late model 4x4 GM trucks with turbo LS’s that are fast and I like those builds. Anyway, to each his own....
I wouldn't mind duplicating this build! It's my favorite body style truck!
Next episode:
We're raising a Tesla and putting mud tires on it!
And swapping the batterys for a 383 stroker.
Have you seen Gingium's lifted rally Miata ?
He had it raised and it was tall and two wheel drive . Now Gingium is gonna make his raised rally Miata AWD .
Cybertruck 🤢
@@gerardohtx207 I love how much butthurt that trucks caused. Makes me want one just for that reason alone 🤣
Video! Pictures! Links!
I like the idea behind this. A powerful lowered 4x4 will handle like it's on rails at a track event. Cool idea!😎😎
Badass build! As a Typhoon owner, I totally dig this!
I did a 5/8 on my 2wd 88’ and it was a pain in the front! Changed the spindle to a HD so I even had to swap the brakes. It was worth it in the end though!
Where can I see pics?
I could see doing this to my dad's 94 just so he could get in and out of it easier. It's hard for him to hop up into any truck.
This is how I'd do a daily k1500 and the tire set up this truck came with would definitely be a nice semi stock mudding truck. This trucks experienced best of both a mud truck with how it came and then turned into a true daily pick up in the end that gets that 4x4 to get ur ass end outta the snow when needed
That's actually a good idea, I have a k1500 ext cab and it never sees off road... now I have plans lol
@Rogue Mentality because I needed a truck asap and it was available in my price range, I also live in alberta canada where 6 months of the year is snow and ice so 4 wheel drive is a great thing.
Just because I don't go off road doesn't mean I don't use 4x4 lol
Ken Graham, driving on Canada's roads during the winter time, is like driving off-road.
@@olderthanyoucali8512 exactly why I have a 4x4 lol
Wish a show would just do a segment like this from parts where we as consumers can find these parts .
“Aye bruh you tryna trade yo reps cuhh”
“Should’ve swanged them 6’s cuhh”
I been wanting to do this to my k1500 for a long time!
back in the day we use to take a torch and heat up the cool springs and put lowering blocks on the rear and slam it to the ground
My truck is a Chevrolet 99 1500 4x4 4-6 drop and when I put the 4x4 my cv joints on the axels break why do they break
Good tip on welding thin metal! Welding pipe, and sheet metal is where I lack experience.
Lowered my 5.7 TRD Off Road 4x4 RCSB Tundra to a 3/4 and never looked back, never do any off roading so no point in having it lifted for me 😁👍🏼
Did the exact same on a 2014..Made it alot easier for the owner, which is in a wheelchair .
Had a Syclone years back. Fun to drive but an absolute nightmare to keep running.
Always wondered if this could be done, glad it can be! Would make a sweet daily/work truck
That's a sharp looking truck.
Now, like the Cyclone/Typhoon, this truck needs a turbo system.
Do you mean a LS turbo
I say whipple, then see what kind of lauches those 8.25's can take if they only have to handle about half the power each.
I had a 95' Z71 extended cab shot bed and stock that truck bogged through everything I ever threw at it.. including a swamp that was like almost an 1/8th mile across and water was 3 feet deep and idk how deep the mud was but 4 low powered through no prob no stopping and backing up just straight through slow and torque'y
Can't wait to see how she does on the track
The front keys when I clicked on the ones you tagged said it only drops 1-3 inches.
Regardless of when this was aired or uploaded... 4X4s and AWDs are basically the same, just depends on the trans-axle gearing and the front diff. Meanwhile SS Trailebrazers, SRT8/Trackhawks (That Silver SRT8 Jeep that AZN from Street Outlaws has digs really hard on the street) not to mention the AWD EVs and 911s that fly to 60 in under 3.0secs.
Looked good how it was before
it looked super 90's
So ur makeing it a AWD beast? That's really cool now it needs a twin turbo ls2
This could make for a truck that pulls around truns, 4x4 on pavment will binde in truns some.
This could be amazeing on a auto cross trake...
I Love it.. just now seeing it..
i’ve always seen this like LT does and everyone hates me for it. Glad someone sees it too!
I lowered a 99 Denali 4wd I had few years back. Looked great and I loved it. I'm fixing to lower my 2003 Avalanche 4x4 as well
I have that trucks older brother. I wish I could get you guys to do the same to it. I have a 1985 K10 with a 6 inch lift, I would love to lower it like that.
Do something with a Ford v10, nobody does anything with em and those that have em would love to see what they can do.
Cause they're turds
Yes they are😂 they sip gas like my uncle sips tequila and hes a drunk... about all they good for lol
I did the same lowering job on my 1999 chevy suburban k1500 LT 4x4 about a year ago. It looks good and rides ALOT better.
Matthew Lane Can this be done to a 95 Two door Tahoe?
"The axle slides back in, 6 inches lower"
False. The axle is 6" higher. The truck is lower.
"A flip kit will lower any truck"
False. Lots of trucks have their axle above the spring already. Flipping one of those would raise the truck.
Well don't you know it all.
@@chaseware3181 not yet
LT is the Best!!
IF I planned on staying in Salisbury,MD I would think about lowering my 4x4 Ram but I will be moving to the Pennsylvania/New Jersey area in a few years so I will stay stock or maybe do a 2" leveling kit in the front because they have more snow and hills.
Momma always said be different!!
mama also said stupid is as stupid does
I love this show I like the way you guys explaining stuff and do the different crazy thing truck is awesome 👍
Wouldn't it make for sense or more practical to install an air suspension? Raise the ride height when offroading or mudding, then lower the ride height when traveling on regular roads.
You get the best of both worlds,
1. By having the truck lowered, you get a huge improvement in the handling department by hugely reducing it's mass center of gravity which practically elimates any body roll, making the truck feel more fun and secured especially when you hit the canyon roads, you will be amazed at how safe and confident the truck will feel as you drive thru the curves at way faster speeds compared to stock ride height.
2. By being able to raise and lower the ride height, you won't lose any of the truck offroading capabilities.
I know everyone says it ruins a 4wd to lower it and you should just get a 2wd well the thing is everyone wants a 2wd for that so when you can find one they cost more. For me I’m in the PNW and I am having a hard time finding a stock 2wd obs that hasn’t already been built but I can find 4wd all day in decent condition for under $2500. Plus I can obviously do 4wd launch’s and drive my street truck all year long. Of course my daily is 4wd and lifted so best of both worlds.
Truck looks good. I have basically same body style but mine is a 2013. I bought it new and haven’t done any mods. Couldn’t even get up the courage to drill holes for mud flaps.
My cousin did this to his 1987 gmc Sierra with a 5.7l with almost the same looking rims
Did he buy a kit? I have an 86 i want to drop down just like this but can’t find a kit for the 73-87 generation
Well can't mud with it so can't play in the 4x4 so that being said, it's a 4x4 off road truck that can't go off road interesting. Not my cup of tea and I would've left it stock and added lockers and done but oh well it's just another damn street princess lol.
like 99 percent of 4x4s out there
That guy he was impersonating with the little cowboy hat was me. 🙁
All wheel drive and 4 wheel drive are different. Had a 97 z71 rear went out and had to drive it several miles in 4 wheel drive to get it home. Not long after that the transfer case went out. It's not ment to be driven long distance at highway speed in 4 wheel drive. Unlike a all wheel drive that is designed to be driven at highway speed.
That’s a badass truck. I raised my 2000 but always wanted to lower it for something different
This is bad ass. I’ve wanted to do this on a 92-96 4wd f150 but I don’t know how low you can get with the ttb and still have it align and function correctly. If you can’t get at least 3” lower it’s not really worth it to me/
Good job on taking a decent mudder to have fun in and make it totally useless.
hey look, its you! th-cam.com/video/vlliCz19Oxs/w-d-xo.html you must not live where it snows. thats a practical vehicle in Iowa, where you need 4x4 quite a bit in the winter.
Makes it not very good for having fun off road but put some power in it and it'll now be fun on road, especially from a dig.
What is the Summit kit catolog # so I can order one.
Project Low Tide, for pickin up clams.
I understand the concept of making a full size Typhoon clone. I bought a GMC C3 in the early 2000's. It was a super nice truck with all wheel drive, not four wheel drive and handled pretty well.
I've also thought a regular cab, short bed pickup can make a cool hot rod muscle truck. So if this guy drops in a built LSX motor and stick shift trans it would be super cool! Build a pro touring style truck out of it. Not sure how the driveline will hold up under big power though.
I've got a lowered 99 z71 and I love it
Wish I could have gotten my hands on that Chevy truck. Lowering it isn't the way I would of done it. It looks great lowered but I would of left it alone it was a sharp looking truck the way it was. I would of done some upgrades on the drive train , engine and swapped it over to a manual transmission. Another awesome show guys keep up the good work and content enjoy the hell out of everything y'all do and happy New year
Only city boys lower a 4x4 truck 👀 😂 😂 😂 😂
uhhh youre not from the midwest or north are you? th-cam.com/video/vlliCz19Oxs/w-d-xo.html
Greetings from the Confederate state of North Carolina ... Backwoods badass ! Higher the truck closer to God YEEYEE
I'm super glad they did this build cuz im in love with this setup and it needs lots of aftermarket parts to make the Awd as good as the trackhawk. My dream truck is s10 size with whipple Ls 10speed awd.... A truck that performs like gymkahana
Do yourself a favor and instead of 4" drop torsion keys look up Richard Wayne and his company Atomic Fab and ditch the torsion bars. It drops a ton of weight, uses double adjustable Viking coilovers and will ride and handle so much better than torsion bars. Also consider swapping the stock spindles for Belltech or DJM. I have that exact setup on my 06 Yukon as well as Belltech spindles, Viking double adjustable coilovers up front. On my 2wd Silverado a rear flip kit, Caltracs, and Viking double adjustable shocks relocated behind the 9.5 14 bolt 6 lug, Belltech spindles as well as Viking double adjustable coilovers. I've had tons of lowered trucks including a lowered 96 4wd Tahoe that I was hoping to swap in the LS2 front my Trailblazer and AWD conversion like this but the truck wasn't as nice. Seriously look up Richard Wayne with Atomic Fab he's not far from y'all or VAS in Texas.
I love the thoughts on this build! Original content!
i've always been curious if it was possible to lower a 4wd, and now i see its not that hard. it should launch like a rocket now and make a great drag truck for the street nicely done
Nice! I have same exact truck but a 94. Almost mint Condition!
Finally...something other than a jacked up, black smoke spewing mudder.
The wheels look like the newer Sierra and Silverado wheels. Looks good! I was thinking about going this direction with my 2016 Sierra, they look pretty sick lowered. But here in NY state we get a little bit of snow and I don't wanna be plowing the streets lol
Why didn’t you spray rust converter on the frame and parts under the bed after you cleaned it?
There was a lower chevy 4wd that use to frequent the local track his 60' time was awesome.
GO LT! I support the lowering of the 4WD
It is quite interesting I've always wondered doing something like that with a k10 square body
Why didn't they use the hoist to remove the bed in the first place?
Always wanted to do this. Would make for a great daily driver. Plus make for a fun hot rod too
always wanted to see a 4wd lowered , cool.
Wondering what parts used to lower, don’t see any 4” drop keys
Same here, any luck finding part #'s?
Jose Nevarez western chassis 5001 from summit says 1-4”
Do I need the shock extention shackles when I do this? Because I never saw them installed but the link is in the description please help parts are on order
The shock extensions come with the flip kit
Sorry to call you out on this but you mentioned how penetration on welding was critical so why did you weld vertical down when you should have welded vertical up because vertical down you get less penetration ????????
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"Note to self"
now this is content
Should have gone with fender flares and cut out some of the fender so you could put wider wheels and not worry about fitting under the fender.
Next project, convert a CST Blazer into 2wd. With a v6. And body chop.
Awesome video, quick question... how many shock extensions did you use total because they come in sets of 2 so do i need to order just 1 set or 2 sets? And how did you achieve 4 inches drop in the front from torsion keys that say they only lower the vehicle 3 inches?