cali lean?

[TRIGGER_Hemi]

On a truck that's lifted 6" in the front 1" of rear sag is hardly going to solve your cargo handling woes. Its dumb on dumb If you ask me. Unless of course you're legitimately blitzing desert chop at 100mph+ with 17" of front suspension travel, then lean on. Haha

then wouldnt a lift on a truck that get used to haul be the dumbest of all?

 

[Ratket]

off topic... Carli makes so nice stuff.. and it's tested loaded as well.

 

[713Hemi]

I'm not much for the Cali look as far as the powdercoated chasis, white on chrome, and 10"+ of lift with 33" rubberband stretched tires go.

But as for the 14 wides and squat, I love it.

I follow this guy instagram and plan on doing the same exact setup, even the same wheels since their one of the only 5 lug 20x14's. He's running 7.5" up front and stock rear. 7.5" minus the 2.5" height to make it level comes out to about a 5.5" difference in height. I plan on doing mine with 7" up front and 1.5" in the back.

 

[Thatdude596]

Smh never understood this one but if you like it I say go for it bro

 

[ohiogrown]

then wouldnt a lift on a truck that get used to haul be the dumbest of all?

Yes, it would. But people are stupid and a drop receiver can correct that. You we're talking about loading stuff in the bed.

I would also contend that the prerunners didn't spend 10K on the front and then run out of money for the rear. Long arms sit above-center to allow maximum positive and negative travel, which isn't needed in the rear. I don't think guys with legit desert trucks just forgot to lift the rear or went broke.

 

[Thatdude596]

Ohio grown where you from

 

[ohiogrown]

I'm not much for the Cali look as far as the powdercoated chasis, white on chrome, and 10"+ of lift with 33" rubberband stretched tires go.

But as for the 14 wides and squat, I love it.

I follow this guy instagram and plan on doing the same exact setup, even the same wheels since their one of the only 5 lug 20x14's. He's running 7.5" up front and stock rear. 7.5" minus the 2.5" height to make it level comes out to about a 5.5" difference in height. I plan on doing mine with 7" up front and 1.5" in the back.

Please don't take it personally, but this looks so, SO dumb. I understand a lot of things are done for vanity but purposely destroying your suspension geometry to build a bro dozer is just goofy. I can't imagine spending time and money to make your truck perform worse.

 

[ohiogrown]

Ohio grown where you from

I'm not sure if you're trying to make a point or just didn't think that question through.

 

[Thatdude596]

City man city lol

 

[ohiogrown]

City man city lol

Gotcha. Haha. Fredericktown. You an ohio guy too?

 

[Thatdude596]

Yeah about 45 min north of Ashland

 

[BOWERSFJ]

Canton OH here ... Hangin in the Hall of Fame city gentlemen


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[ohiogrown]

I'm about 45 mins north of Columbus. Just far enough south to miss that lake affect snow bullshi. Haha

 

[BOWERSFJ]

Not far South enough to avoid the friggin potholes tho ...


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[TRIGGER_Hemi]

Yes, it would. But people are stupid and a drop receiver can correct that. You we're talking about loading stuff in the bed.

I would also contend that the prerunners didn't spend 10K on the front and then run out of money for the rear. Long arms sit above-center to allow maximum positive and negative travel, which isn't needed in the rear. I don't think guys with legit desert trucks just forgot to lift the rear or went broke.

you have center mounted arms and a straight long travel kit mixed up and have no idea what you are talking about. plus its just plain up and down travel by the way. More up than down in the front and rear look it up i can give you some links.

towing yes a drop hitch but i was talking about loading stuff in the bed.

The cencal look is a way over done style of the Bro truck or cali lean. adding wide ass tires and calling it squat doesn't change anything.

 

[ohiogrown]

A straight axle is about the only thing that moves straight up and down on a vertical plane. If you have independent front suspension it moves on an axis, hence the reason camber changes with lift/lowering, it rotates. A center arm on a tube chassis truck is different, but that's not what were discussing. A long arm kit on an oem chassis changes the extent to which it rotates, but it's the same concept. When you drop the rear, especially as drastically as some guys are doing it, it changes the entire suspension geometry. Drop the rear 3" and now the front springs/shocks rotate rearward and work on a decline axis rather than a vertical one. Not only do they not function as well as shock absorber but it also causes issues with braking and cornering.

A real prerunner gets it's additional front wheel gap from widened wheel arches, not from saggy ass suspension.

Frankly, I'm not sure what you're even arguing about. You suggested rear-low made it easier to load the bed, well, that's stupid. To only raise the rear 3" and the from 6" isn't helping anything and definitely isn't why guys do It.

 

[TRIGGER_Hemi]

an arm suspension moves on a up and down motion Ibeam moves on a radius. I have had both style trucks pushing 19 inches of travel.

 

[ohiogrown]

They both move on a radius. An I-beam moves on an extremely exaggerated radius that you can see with the naked eye, but they both rotate. When I do an alignment and bounce the front end to find the trucks neutral position you can watch the camber change throughout the suspensions travel. Caster is static, it does not rotate from to back, but it most definitely rotates on a lateral axis.