Originally Posted by nobadays
my truck has a been lowered abit so they must have removed the brace

This is quite a common practice on lowered trucks especially when wider wheels and tyres are fitted.
Some just trim them back to clear or as you've seen,remove them altogether.
As Denny mentioned,the factory put them there for a reason.

1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland
In the Stovebolt Gallery
More pix on Flickr.
I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings
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