Throwback Thursday! Chopped and Dropped: 1998 Chevy C/K 1500

Travis Noack . April 30, 2026 . Features . JASON MULLIGAN

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This Chevy Packs a Wallop From Roof to Rocker

Crafting a custom truck involves mixing just the right combination of mods to pull off a look that will drop jaws and not appear overdone. Eric Conner from So Cal Suspension in El Cajon, California, owns the bright red, chopped and body-dropped Bow Tie beauty radiating off of these pages, and the truck is proof positive that the “less is more” theory applies to more than just the application of aftershave.

Eric purchased the truck from friend Omar Aramburo who had picked it up from Jason Fry of No Regrets truck club. The C/K had a great start with the rockers planted and a roofline haircut by Max Fish, Steve Wilk and Jon “Chip” Sanchez of Bio Kustoms. The custom bones were there, they were just wrapped in a flat black package and sitting on four different spare wheels. The truck was badly in need of color, some solid rolling attire, interior and finished detail.

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For color, former owner Omar Aramburo delivered the truck to WWC just ﬁve days prior to the Forbidden Fantasy show. Omar, along with Dave Turner and Nick Gardener, landed on PPG Torch Red as the color of choice to blanket the shaved and smoothed metal landscape and thrashed on the truck to make the FFF debut.

1998 Chevy C/K 1500

Fast-forward six months, Eric’s name was on the title, and it was time for him to put his stamp on the truck. A pair of 22 x 9-inch Redsport RSW77 wheels mounted on Nitto P235/35R22 front and P245/35R22 rear rubber tuck deep into the fenders when the rockers head south. Bio Kustoms performed all of the chassis and suspension work to get the ’rails on the ground and the rockers level with the tarmac via a traditional 3-inch body drop. McGaughys dropped spindles, airbags and Bilstein shocks handle front suspension drop and control, while the rear is hammered using airbags and a custom link set up by Bio Kustoms. The fenders were rolled and reinforced for clearance and strength.

1998 Chevy C/K 1500

A 3-INCH CHOP TOP PERFORMED BY BIO KUSTOMS USES THE STOCK GLASS AND SETS THIS C/K APART FROM THE CUSTOM PACK.

To ﬁnish the truck off, Eric delivered it to Aemando Sarabia at Lindy’s Auto Upholstery for a striking combination of black leather bordered with red piping combined with gray carpeting. The combination provides balance to the bold and bright exterior. Al ’n’ Ed’s Autosound installed a Pioneer head unit, and Rockford Fosgate speakers and ampliﬁers feed the juice via Rockford Fosgate wiring, Stinger battery and sound deadener.

ERIC CONNER’S CUSTOM C/K IS THE PERFECT BLEND OF SUBTLE AND RADICAL MODS COVERED IN A SIMPLE MONOTONE AND STUFFED WITH COOL, CLASSY STYLE.”

1998 Chevy C/K 1500

Eric Conner’s custom C/K is the perfect blend of subtle and radical mods covered in a simple monotone and stuffed with cool, classy style. Eric would like to thank his wife Sage and his kids for always supporting him; the crew at Bio Kustoms (Max Fish, Steve Wilk and Jon “Chip” Sanchez) for the suspension work, chop and body mods; Dave Turner, Nick Gardner and Omar Aramburo at WWC for the paint and body work; Gabe Agosta for the trick pinstriping; Aemando Sarabia of Lindy’s Auto Upholstery for the sick threads; Rob Waite of Al ’n’ Ed’s Autosound for the killer beats and everyone else who has supported him along the way. ST