How to install 4" Lowering Blocks on Toyota Pickup Truck

[@tedbastwock3810]

I'll be honest .. I never thought I'd watch a vid on how to lower a truck. But I did learn some interesting things and I do enjoy your content. This series is a dream come true. 🍻

[@s_e_r_g_i_o_BTG]

Oh man this series is getting sweeter each episode

[@brianeighties4481]

Looks awesome! I always love when I see a new video you put out.

[@dexburwell]

- digging that wall of wheels - reminds me of 1990s mini truckin days 👍

[@6thGearGarage]

Those were the good old days and I'm excited to be living them again real soon when I get this truck running!

[@oldboygarage]

Great video look to be a nice quality set I drive a rzn152 2002 Hilux 2wd I'm looking at getting these blocks hope they fit 😬✌️

[@6thGearGarage]

So far, they've been great!

[@SpoonMan94]

Hey man, could you make a video explaining how to lower the front? I have an 83 I’ve been wanting to lower for awhile now.

[@6thGearGarage]

Here is a video installing the front suspension: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaOpaIpraqmol7M To use the drop spindles, the rest of the front suspension has to be updated. Then I adjusted the torsions and had a clearance issue with the 1-ton brakes that I fixed later in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/rna0aKNveNulY6c. I had to slightly modify shocks fro a 92 S10 but they ride great: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGWofKWXnZ6bepY Unfortunately there isn't any way to use the drop spindles on the earlier trucks without updating everything else to the later suspension parts.

[@glen4130]

Looking good.

[@6thGearGarage]

Thanks 👍

[@madcat4563]

Curious how that would affect ride comfort. Personally, I would have picked an inch or an inch and a half less drop. But that's just me; enjoy your project truck. I enjoy watching it and it gives me inspiration.

[@6thGearGarage]

The nice thing about blocks is that you're only raising the axle from the leaf springs. So the distance of the suspension and travel doesn't actually change at all. The ride will feel exactly the same as before installing the lowering blocks.

[@madcat4563]

@6thGearGarage I saw that it will be basically the same. Because the leafs already bolt to a solid surface (the axle). But this is the first time for me seeing lowering blocks, but lowering is not really my scene, but it can look good.

[@Pugs72]

Great video.. the 4x4 front fenders look bad ass! Is there anything you could add to the rears to match the front flair? Toyotas are the best!

[@6thGearGarage]

I will add some plastic flares to this bed for the time being, just to even out the look. When I restore/paint the body using that white bed in the background, I plan on cutting up a set of 4wd fenders and welding them onto the rear for seamless flares. Even the factory 4wd flares on the bed were never as wide as the ones on the front fenders and I think they would look perfect if exactly the same.

[@jaredm450]

Looks good! Nice work. Will you trim the ends of the u-bolts? I realize they're next to the wheels, which should protect them a bit... They're pretty much in the same place on my Courier and the stock ones were bent from hitting things - making them annoying to remove. I was debating whether to trim them off when I get new ones to reassemble. That would mean you'd need new ones if you ever take the axel off, but that's not something I expect to do again, maybe ever.

[@6thGearGarage]

Yeah I will probably go back and cut them a little shorter the next time I have the truck in the air. They're hanging pretty low.

[@MiniLuv-1984]

Counter intuitive that you have to put blocks in to lower the vehicle. :) Are you going to cut the excess U-bolts off? Here (Australia) it would be considered illegal if you do not have 100mm (4") clearance from the lowest point to the road.

[@vmoney9106]

Watching other KZbinrs from Australia , it seems everything is illegal there

[@tedbastwock3810]

@@vmoney9106 True. But at this point every western nation is cooked.

[@MiniLuv-1984]

@@tedbastwock3810 Yeah, pretty much.

[@6thGearGarage]

Yeah I will probably go back and cut them a little shorter the next time I have the truck in the air. They're hanging pretty low. They don't care what you drive on the road here in Ohio, as long as the lights work and the windows aren't tinted too dark :)

[@motorcycleman102]

I want to go lower on my 94 but I have to take it to a muffler shop to raise the cat

[@6thGearGarage]

This truck has no exhaust yet, but that is something I am going to have to keep in mind... thanks!

[@chuckclark9464]

👍👍👍👍👍🫵🪨

[@LinusCloudbuster]

Getting close!

[@6thGearGarage]

Next is going to be addressing the very sloppy shifter for the 5-speed tranny!

[@april7_]

My 1990 2WD Xtracab is already low, when I park it beside a modern 4WD truck at the mall! 😂 It is quite pleasing when you say 19 mm than some weird ancient part of a football field thing or something? 😆 Wall of wheels? Oh my god!

[@6thGearGarage]

Growing up in the US in 1980's, the imperial system is forever instilled in my brain. I forget that 98% of the world is metric lol.