• Radiator Support Side
    Brackets
  • Cab Mounts (with factory S10
    body bushings) and running
    board brackets
  • Note: We use Competition Engineering Part # C3600,
    transmission cross member. Not available through us.
  • Front Three Bed
    Crossmembers
  • Rear Bed Support Brackets
  • shown in yellow
  • The overall view, minus the
    radiator support side brackets.
  • NOTE: Our new running board
    supports use a one piece tube
    hoop instead of the three individual
    bars as shown in this photo.
  • This view shows the front of a
    customers truck being
    converted with our kit and a
    4WD S10 frame.  
  • You can use our 2wd kit for
    installation on a 4wd with
    minor modifications and
    some minor fabrication.
  • The owners' wife's truck with
    our S10 kit at ride height,
    with no suspension mods.
  • A 4WD S10 rear axle bolted in
    instead of the narrower 2WD
    axle.  A 4wd axle is five inches
    wider than a 2wd axle. No mod's
    to the 4WD axle are required.  
    DO NOT USE A ZR2 4wd AXLE!  
    A ZR2 AXLE IS TOO WIDE.
  • Things to come! This is a 2005
    (Displacement on Demand) 5.3
    liter engine and 4L60E trans
    ready for mount fabrication.
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A couple notes to keep in mind regarding the use of an S10 frame under your AD truck.

  • The 2wd S10 is about five inches narrower than the AD truck.  You will need to swap the (five inch wider) rear
    axle from a 4wd S10 into your 2wd frame to correct the rear width.  This is a bolt-in and no modifications are
    required.  Up front you will need a pair of billet wheel spacers.  Not the old cheesy kind but the new billet style
    that bolt the spacer to the hub with one set of lug nuts and bolt the wheel to the spacer with a second set of lug
    nuts.  These run about $70-$90 a pair.


  • For those who wonder if this is a good way to adapt the front, please review the June 2003 Classic Trucks article
      "It's what's underneath that counts" by Brian Brennan, where GM did an S10 frame swap and used 2" billet
      spacers on the rear and 3" billet spacers up front with 17x11" and 16x8" wheels.

   
  • Most of our customers have been doing a 2/3 suspension drop after the installation of our kit to get the hot rod
    ride height and better center of gravity (CG).  You can't go any lower to the frame than our kit goes without
    MAJOR frame modifications and a lot of sheetmetal cutting.  Take a look at this customer truck for what a 2/3
    suspension drop and our kit will look like.
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