I Feel Small

gocntry · Post by **gocntry** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:53 am

Here Is A Pic Of A Jeep That Parked Next To Me Saturday, The License Plate Said "375HPV8", I Think It Had A 9" Ford Rear End In It And It Was Sitting On 37" Tires... My Crew Looks Like A Lowrider Sitting Next To It,

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:54 am

Yeah, I have the same problem. I'll be sitting in traffic and and look over next to me and I swear it looks like I'm sitting at the same height as the Camry (or whatever) in the next lane. I look in front and it seems like my hood is no higher than the Honda Accord's trunklid in front of me. It's frustrating but I can no longer afford things like $1800 for a lift kit just for the looks and I don't off road enough to justify it for the ground clearance. Maybe when my tires wear out I might get that 2" body lift and 31's so at least my truck looks like a 4x4.

jeggers · Post by **jeggers** » Sun May 15, 2005 6:33 am

rusty wrote: It's frustrating but I can no longer afford things like $1800 for a lift kit just for the looks

Who can????
The only reason my truck got its lift is 0% financing.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sun May 15, 2005 7:25 am

jeggers wrote:
rusty wrote: It's frustrating but I can no longer afford things like $1800 for a lift kit just for the looks

Who can????
The only reason my truck got its lift is 0% financing.

What really bugs me is not too long ago (as some may recall) I had an '87 S-10 Blazer that I was going to SFA with Dana 44 & Ford 9" axles w/ ARB lockers front and rear, V8 and just about everything else imaginable. I had $18,000 budgeted for it, and I had the money at the time. Then a whole series of events happened and next thing I knew, everything was gone and the Blazer was being hauled off to the scrap yard. Now I can hardly afford to do basic maintenance on crew. Mods? Not for quite a while. I have another Blazer but it's going to be put back together mostly stock (if I ever get it back together). Maybe in a couple of years I might be able to start working on things again. Well. at least I can hope anyway!

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Sun May 15, 2005 8:32 am

I know the feeling Gary, ugh. We had a bad string of events ourselves. We had to re-think our future plans. Life is never smooth. OH well.

gocntry · Post by **gocntry** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:54 am

Man...I Still Feel Small

Here Is A Picture Of My Buddies New Tacoma Next To The Crew, And This Is A 2 Wheel Drive Prerunner Crewcab. Man I Need To "Go Big"

adrenalnjunky · Post by **adrenalnjunky** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:33 am

Man you like cruising the Lowe's parking lot dontcha

malkavian · Post by **malkavian** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:27 pm

yeah my gf has a toyota prerunner and she likes to point out her truck is taller than mine all the time. That will change soon enough though.

coffeedrnkr · Post by **coffeedrnkr** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:45 pm

Don't feel bad, I even still have a few moments where I feel small.

I still feel kinda small when a big 'ol excursion pulls up next to me and is just as tall as me and he is stock

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:08 am

I think it's a big plus. Our trucks are clean underneath, no crap hang'n to get snagged. The seats are low to the floor so the roof can be lower. We can have the lowest height for the most clearance. So our center of gravity is lower and with a good lift, I can still fit in my lower than average garage!

I mean, look underneath that Jeep and you'll see the guts just hang'n. Got a buddy with a Rubicon that has a 4" long arm lift with 33's, it looks much higher, but when you measure the hang'n guts clearance and mine, we have the same clearance. He couldn't believe it. Gotta love that!

Maximous · Post by **Maximous** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:26 pm

Who can????
The only reason my truck got its lift is 0% financing

where did you get finacing thru, have any of you guys with the lift run into any problems, strange noises, strains, things of the such

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:35 pm

Yea, I heard the noise "KACHING".

coffeedrnkr · Post by **coffeedrnkr** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:25 pm

quickbiker wrote:I think it's a big plus. Our trucks are clean underneath, no crap hang'n to get snagged. The seats are low to the floor so the roof can be lower. We can have the lowest height for the most clearance. So our center of gravity is lower and with a good lift, I can still fit in my lower than average garage! I mean, look underneath that Jeep and you'll see the guts just hang'n. Got a buddy with a Rubicon that has a 4" long arm lift with 33's, it looks much higher, but when you measure the hang'n guts clearance and mine, we have the same clearance. He couldn't believe it. Gotta love that!

VERY true, my buddy has a fullsize chevy that is lifted 6" susp. and 3" body with 35's and he always brags about having a taller truck but when you measure belly height I have way more than he does even on just 33's. That is one thing I noticed a lot on rangers too, they have a lot of stuff that hangs down past the framerail.