Acrophobia is the fear of heights. Judging by the stance of Clell "C-Lo" Reed’s 1999 Chevrolet Silverado, one might come to the conclusion that Clell has such a phobia. Personally, we think Clell has “sans-low-truck-aphobia” which would be the fear of being with out a ground huggin’ hauler.

All jokes aside, we have to give props to Clell’s Chevy super clean “Silver-low-Rado” which was purchased in March of 1999. Shortly after the truck was purchased, Clell immediately decided to bring his truck down to earth... literally. To achieve this, Clell had his truck lowered 5 inches in front with lower and upper DJM control arms. In the rear, the truck sits 7 inches lower with the assistance of a DJM flip kit. An Air Ride 2600 system was installed all the way around to provide an instant asphalt close up.

With the suspension in place, Clell was very pleased with his frame laying hauler, but why stop with low, when you can go lower? With a grin on his face and a pocket full of cash, Clell got on the hook with Dave Duncan and arranged a time for a 2¾ inch body drop. Most body drops that we come across at auto shows are obvious by the 90 degree angle of the raised cab floor. Dave went above and beyond the call of “chop shop” duty by disguising the body drop. Disguising a body drop is simply achieved (the hell we say) by rounding off the edges of the angle. Other than the bucket seats being raised 2½ inches to accommodate the body drop, most people cannot tell the truck’s body has been altered.

After the body drop was complete, Clell decided to stuff the fender wells with a set of mean looking Vision dubs with Michelin Pilot 245/40/20 tires laying down the traction. With the combination of big wheels and a ground huggin’ stance, Clell was on his way to being a custom auto show favorite. Staying in line with the cool kids in the show circuit, Clell decided to come full circle with his ideas.

First things first, the GM metal need a serious facelift, so Clell cracked his knuckles and removed all of the plastic molding as well as the Chevrolet badging. Ahh, but custom is as custom does, hence the door handles were shaved, all remaining plastic pieces were painted to match the body, and the tailgate, along with the bumper, were replaced with a Sir Michael’s one piece tailgate skin combo. To further modernize the back end of the truck, Clell installed a set of APC carbon fiber taillights. Topping off the rear of the truck, literally, is a painted to match A.R.E. camper shell topper. We can assure you though, that camping is the last thing Clell intends for his truck!

On the nose of this pavement laying hauler, Clell installed a Trenz billet grille insert and APC clear corner lenses. Under the nose, Clell opted to keep things simple by installing a K & N cold air intake system and a Hypertech computer power programmer. A few pieces of plastic were removed, smoothed, and painted to match the body color as well.

In the cabin, Clell decided to have several of the plastic pieces removed, smoothed, and painted to match the exterior body color. The dash received the bright treatment with the addition of a chrome dash kit. On the passenger side, the air bag was removed and in its place a VCR/Sony PS2 combo was installed along with a 5.6" LCD screen to keep everyone entertained on those long drags to a show.

Clell’s truck is the real McCoy when it comes to simplicity. In the custom truck world, lower is always better and when such low stances are combined with “clean”, it is really hard for someone to just walk by and not give it a second glance. Then again, when your truck is as low as Clell’s we can understand if someone was to overlook it from time to time.... after all, the grass can only be cut so short.

Shout Out: I want to say thanks to my wife, Shannan; my son, Zackery; family, friends, and Acrophobia for all of the help and support provided. C-Lo.