Chevy & GMC Vans

I went with...hold on, I gotta grab a flashlight and run outside and double check my metric...ah, 255/70R16. A 30" tall tire. No under ground parking, but I did manage to hit some low branches trying to back into a spot by an S10 ZR2 for comparison sake.

T.Low wrote:I went with...hold on, I gotta grab a flashlight and run outside and double check my metric...ah, 255/70R16. A 30" tall tire. No under ground parking, but I did manage to hit some low branches trying to back into a spot by an S10 ZR2 for comparison sake.

LOL - ah well dude it looks really nice - and *cough* where are the photos for the side by side comparison!?

T.Low wrote:Last one.

nice rack.jpg

Looks real good!

phr1$k37 wrote:

T.Low wrote:I went with...hold on, I gotta grab a flashlight and run outside and double check my metric...ah, 255/70R16. A 30" tall tire. No under ground parking, but I did manage to hit some low branches trying to back into a spot by an S10 ZR2 for comparison sake.

LOL - ah well dude it looks really nice - and *cough* where are the photos for the side by side comparison!?

Geez, sorry, I'm such a rookie at this! The last lift kit I installed was in 1982. 8" on my '78 F-250. Can you say " 40 inch Monster Mudders"?

I'll get the before and aft's.

Well then on with it, T. Get it in gear already. Newbies aren't even supposed to be posting as much as you do. We...., no, I went to bat for ya to allow you to spread your AstroSafari wings. Don't lemme down know, k?

Truck looks great, by the way. Better than it should with stock rims.

peter wrote: Truck looks great, by the way. Better than it should with stock rims.

Just goes to show you don't have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to make a good looking rig... huh Petey?!

mdmead wrote:

peter wrote: Truck looks great, by the way. Better than it should with stock rims.

Just goes to show you don't have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to make a good looking rig... huh Petey?!

Stock Rims FTW!

When going to 4.10's, you will probably see a mpg increase. On my 98 AWD, I had 30x9.5R15's and 3.42 gears. I regularly got 12 mpg and 9-10 towing a 2 place snowmobile trailer. Best highway mileage was 15. Once I swapped 4.10's in, I got 15 mpg back and forth to work and easily could get 20 mpg on highway. I also got 14 towing the same snowmobile trailer. The gears worked well enough I would leave the snowplow on when we trailered the sleds. All these milages were with the speedo corrected for either tire size or gears.

mdmead wrote:

peter wrote: Truck looks great, by the way. Better than it should with stock rims.

Just goes to show you don't have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to make a good looking rig... huh Petey?!

Ahhh, shut yer piehole!

Very nice pics.
Do as Dean suggests and get those 4:10 gears. My MPG sucks

Side by side. stock and 4-5" lift. before and after (the before sure had nice lighting though). Left click to enlarge.
8.5" travel at the rear differential.

I know this is old and forgot about but going to post anyway!

Rear carrier

T.Low wrote:Side by side. stock and 4-5" lift. before and after (the before sure had nice lighting though). Left click to enlarge.

Before&After.jpg

8.5" travel at the rear differential.

Amazing what a lift will do for these vans.....awesome side by side...Thanks!