- Psst, before we get started,
we have a giveaway goin' on right now
Anthem wheels, Toyota tires, regular suspension,
customoffsets.com/giveaway.
Gotta go.
Guys, we got it.
Yep, yeah, nope, we heard you.
No, no, seriously, we got it.
Okay, fine, let's do this.
When it comes to trucks, you know what we like.
Lift kids, levels, big wheels, big tires, big awesome.
I mean, come on, the poster child of Custom Offsets
is on 26x14s and 37s with six and a half BDS lift kit.
But there's a recurring trend that just keeps popping up
in the comments section.
It's in from the gallery, it's in this or that,
and it's even on a what's the hype, if you were there.
You guys just keep asking about this,
and so we finally decided we're going to address it head on.
I'm Dustin with Custom Offsets,
and today we're droppin' it down, lettin' it all air out,
and finding out what's the hype with lowered trucks.
(upbeat rock music)
But before we do that, we have to have a quick conversation.
No, I'm not your dad.
- You're not my dad!
- And I'm certainly not setting you down
before you head to your high school prom.
I just wanted to let you know, lowered trucks,
not really our thing.
I mean, we're more about the lifted stuff.
Also, if you want to check out what said wheels, tires,
or suspension look like on your truck,
we have a whole ass gallery for that
with like 70,000 trucks in it.
You can find that at customoffsets.com/gallery.
Okay, here we go.
Lowered trucks are not new.
It's 2020 in case you forgot.
As long as I can remember,
there's always been a massive culture
surrounding lowered trucks.
Even since I was a little kid,
I remember guys were taking their S10s
and slamming them down to the ground.
See, back in the day, the suspensions were mostly static.
Guys would take their trucks,
and they'd flip the leaf spring shackles over,
which would allow them to invert those leaf springs
and give them that static drop that they were looking for.
As time progressed, the world of hydraulics came to light.
No longer did guys have to ride around on a slammed truck
with little to no ground clearance.
Hydraulic suspension allowed these guys to roll around
high enough to clear just about any obstacle
that they would encounter while driving,
and also allow them to drop it down low
at the shows and sit dirt nasty low.
The added benefit of hydraulic suspension system
is that it allowed these lower rider guys
to literally hop the front end of their trucks
off the ground and trust me, nine-year old me
thought this was really freakin' cool.
Fast forward to a more recent time,
and hydraulics have actually been phased out
and in their place is the big (beep) on the block,
air ride, baby.
I mean, come on, instead of high pressured hydraulics,
there are now entire kits available
from some of the biggest name in air ride technology
to allow you to drop your trucks.
Tanks and compressors began being mounted in these trucks
all over the world, and not just in mini trucks like before.
I've even seen guys drop one-ton dually trucks.
These look fantastic, by the way.
In terms of suspension, these trucks are all over the board.
Some guys are running reverse levels,
which is where you take the block out of the rear
of the truck and the truck sits level, but lower.
Other guys are running more exaggerated drops
such as a four-six, which is a really common term
you're gonna heard thrown around,
but it's actually just a short way of saying
a four-inch drop in the front and a six-inch in the back.
And yet, others are going absolutely wild
with full air ride setups and notching frames,
hacking apart beds, and even removing the beds altogether
for more clearance.
Wild.
So we've covered the how and the why,
but we still have not covered what is the hype
of lowered trucks.
While they're necessarily not our specialty,
we can't help but be a little bit fascinated
with lowered truck culture.
You see, lowered truck culture is all about candy paint
and hand painted custom graphics.
They love billet wheels and hand built suspension systems.
Usually a quick walk around a lowered truck show
will reflect just how much details
these guys put into these things.
We're talking fully custom interiors,
we're talking suicide doors, and even tilt beds
are a common occurrence at said truck show.
At the end of the day, they're really not that different
from lifted truck guys.
They take a truck
and they put their own personal spin on it.
The lowered truck culture is one of the best
I've ever seen, and that's a fact, Jack.
What do you guys think of lowered trucks?
Do you love 'em, do you hate 'em,
do you wanna see more of 'em?
Let us know down in the comment section below.
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I'm Dustin with Custom Offsets.
And with that, we'll see ya next time.
I'm out.
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