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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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Cutting i beam question?

Is it safe to cut a piece of the front i beams to make more clearence so the air bags can go lower? I would also weld back a plate to the ibeam so no strenght is lost thanks lmk.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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Cutting a piece off the I-beam....what piece, where, got a picture?

Generally, I would term this a bad idea.
 
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I would like to cut on the top portion under the bumb stop/chassis so it can travel more and make the truck drop more. Thanks lmk
 
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IMO you would be better off relocating the bump stop on the frame and mod'ing the frame if needed than hacking material off an axle i-beam.

Don't know if that's possible in this case.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 07:29 AM
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+1, if anything modify the frame, not a good idea, but much better than modifying the I beam. I don't know a lot about lowered I beam trucks, but isnt that what the dream beams are for?
 
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