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Actually I had it done by Sport Truck Specialties, it was $150. They did a great job I am very satisfied with it. As far as pics I will try to post later (I have to take off the wheel to see it). The main reason for doin it was because in order to have them weld on my roll pan I had to straighten out my bed (which they did a fine job at it).
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S-10 c-notching is pretty simple. The main thing ya got to be careful of is the "pumkinhead" hittin the bed. Most guys out our way just cut that part of the bed out anyways. Plus, most have some pretty elaborate hydraulic systems too.
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.....vega.....make it go away......Is that what he traded the bling bling for...? That damn monkey chicken?
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Silly dumb-@$$ question, but what the heck is a C-notch for? Granted, it looks like (and sounds like) it's something for lowering the truck - but what the heck does it do?
Still trying to figure out why one would want to lower a perfectly good truck instead of lift it . I guess if you can't scrape the top of a drive through (gotta love full-size Ford/Chevy/Dodge with 12" and 44s), you might as well throw sparks on a speed-bump.
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A C-notch is a cut in the shape of a c in the chasis, this cut alows the rear axle to travel higher up, alowing you to go lower. It was a cheaper alternative to putting my truck on the frame bending machine. About two years ago I had an accident that ended my installing days (I drove two hours everyday and that particilar day it was raining really hard) As I was driving at about 50 mph on the fwy my rearend started sliding and ended up spining ang hitting the center divider almost destroying my aluminum wheels and bending my axle, then a kept sliding all the way across to the other end of the fwy and hitting a fence with my rear bumper before coming to a complete stop. Eventually I replaced the axle and springs and got a new set of wheels (the ones in the pic)
The moral of this story is : never neglegt your vehicle, your life practically depends on it. My misfortune was due to one of my tires being low on air and the gas station I went to the night before had a compresser but it was busted. The low tire caused me to spin as soon as I started hydroplanning.
Any ways back to the C-notch. In the pic in my previous post you can see how my chasis buckled right above the axle. The other reason is because later on I will get air bags, so the C-notch will serve its true purpose then.
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