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Bwahahaha steve said bags........Pshaw. Keeping the torsions up front since I'll be able to keep them cranked up, adding QA1 single adj shocks. Rear is QA1 double adj coilovers with eibach race springs
Thanks so much for the comments guys, I'm dyyyying to drive this thing. I'm off tomorrow so I'll be doing some more workconversion syndicate*
4g63 swapped Hilux: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=75423
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Originally posted by fackinsteve View Post.....how low do you plan on being?
The answer to your question Lolz? Not positive yet..... but the goal is to cover at least half of the tire and still have very good suspension response. I'll be posting the front suspension fuckery I concocted this eveningconversion syndicate*
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I'm sure you're familiar with the ETS drift ute, if not. This should be right up your alley.
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Originally posted by Cookie View PostI'm sure you're familiar with the ETS drift ute.....conversion syndicate*
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Originally posted by cruuz View PostYes indeed, good looking out. I can't say that I've followed it much but I am aware of it and have read a little about it thru their build process. I think the budget for that one passes mine by about 10x, but same thought process anyways. Mine will also be my daily until the snow is too deep, I'll only ever park it when it gets too sketchy to drive
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HAHAHA blurred that just made my morning ^
No work again today so more truck things will be happening
Originally posted by Cookie View PostMakes me want to sell my Evo haha.
I was halfway thru the front suspension post yesterday when my desktop decided to freeze up #ragequit so I'll give it another go todayconversion syndicate*
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Def won't be getting covered with anything, even if I do end up putting carpet in. Most likely the floors will get a coat of bedliner, but the 'console' will stay as is. Part of the motivation was to save/reuse the original bits, I'm wierd like that I guess lolzconversion syndicate*
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remember that long post about the front suspension fuckery I mentioned? this is that post
so one of the primary goals of this build was to have a significantly lower truck that handles waaaaaaay better than the 'stock' suspension at a +4.5" drop. we all know that slamming pretty much anything to the ground can have seriously ill effects on the handling and the intention is to solve/improve on these issues. case in point: my bump steer. also important was to be able to crank my torsions back up to regain useable spring rate. because bouncy. wanted more front camber, because drifttruck. and last thing was to do my damnedest to find good adjustable shocks for up front.
I read a lot.metric tonne.fuckload.of articles on everything from road race set ups, to drift, even a bunch of old-head hotrod tricks used back in the day. I kept on coming back to needing/wanting drop spindles.(duh) problem is, as those of you 'youta heads out there know, they aren't made for my gen truck. I did the math on what it would cost me to do the '84+ hardparts upgrade, it was gonna be over $800, and I'm not made of money. i knew i was going to extend the LCAs for camber gain and a little more track width, so i took everything apart and started with that
the "84+ trucks get to enjoy little extras like a ball joint flip to drop another ~3/4". and it isn't really even a 'flip', more like a relocation to the other side of the LCA. in factory form, my ball joint studs both point down. you could say that I double flipped my balljoints. so now they both point up(gaining lows). and I swapped the uppers and lowers. wait, wut?.....you can't do that jake, you big dummy. that means your spindles will be upside down you dummy. umm yeah but they're offset so it gets me LOTS MORE LOWS. and the hotrodders used to do it back in the day so that makes it ok with me
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more on it's way in just a few.....Last edited by cruuz; 09-07-2015, 07:03 PM.conversion syndicate*
4g63 swapped Hilux: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=75423
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