So, have been sliding for about 3yrs now... Started out with an s13 coupe, killed that and started building my corolla shortly after

(Its not the wagon hahaha)


Welded diff, 4age swap angle for daysssssss.. O and I went through 4 bottom ends in 2mnths

So after all I had done to the corolla, I had enough and wanted nothing more to do with that little bastard.. A neighbor offered me a trade I couldn't refuse and so a new project has begun



65k original miles
32/36
Completely Rebuilt earlier this year
Almost 0 rust


Plans aren't set in stone right now... But tomorrow its losing 3 coils up front(to start) and getting 4" blocks

Then 5m and w58 swap

 

Good find and a cool truck. Should be fun

 

i like it i bet you cant wait to get started

 

Wow nice trade. Truck is clean, cant wait to see what you do with it

 

Thanks guys, yea I can't wait for all the work to begin in the next day or two... Some major changes will happen in the next few days because I have until the 30th of october to have it ready for an event at pats acres racing complex in canby(so that means dumped,fitted, welded diff)

 

nice, make sure to take alot of pics

 

Well... I'm sad lol ok not really- day 2 of ownership



This is as far as 4" blocks and cutting your springs a nice chunk goes.. Tomorrow gonna fiugre out how to get the back atleast another 3-4"... Picking up so¤e 15x8's if I can't find 15x10's and make them "fit"

So tall still

 

Nice bro. Looking good. My truck looked like that for awhile.

 

How do you get the ass lower without blocks(do they make larger then 4"?) I'm about to do the 5mge swap so I don't care really but sooner or later I'm going to need more drop

 

You can go with a 5inch block or check ur front leaf hangers and see if u can raise the bolt hole and cut off the bottom portion of the leaf hanger. You can also remove the middle leaf off your pack and go mono leaf too. The last thing you can do is take ur leafs to a shop where they heat them up and completely straighten them or de-arch them.

 

Everything Yankee said PLUS C notch the rear end. You dont need a big notch like us bagged guys do but a small notch so you can get a few more inches out of her and still have traveld in the rear instead of riding on your bumpstops and axle. Also Welcome to TM and dope corolla me and a buddy built a turbo 20valve AE86 a few years back with stance coilovers and 2.5w LSD that thing was badass

 

I'm excited about this one. In for updates!

 

Installed msd box today, flamethrower coil and played with the suspension a bit... Going to clean a bunch of stuff up and then I'll get a bunch of pictures to put up

Expect many changes over the next few weeks

 

Try minus-sing a leaf on the rear;
heres my 79 w/3" blocks and all the rear leafs on:


now here it is w/1 leaf removed;

 

sweet pickup fellas. I wish I could get my hands on a 70's pickup but they seem to be rare in Miami, heck, 80's pickups in good condition are rare too.

Don't want to hijack but six7one, the toy to the left of yours is pretty sweet and similar to mine. Do you have a link to a build or more pictures of it so I can get some ideas?

 

OLD pic but this is 3 coils off the front, 3" blocks with no middle leaf and a flipped bottom. You will need to trim or get rid of your bumpstops.



best I can find for now but this is mono in the rear with the same blocks and a notched for bags. I trashed the crossmember at the back of the cab driving that low all the time, drug in and out of every parking lot, finally broke a spring and found out that I drug the crap out of the front spring hanger too

 

Oldschool64bus, your truck is soooooo ****ing awesome!!! I'm going to take your advice for the rear and do that today for alittle more low and I'll see what I can get for pics later

I love this truck- I need to get rims for it so it looks similar to yours

 

Pic from todays work(with a friends 18x7's on the back to see what I can fit). Now consider that this without any blocks at all(I can't fit 3" ones in there without diff touching frame so tomorrow, notch time then blocks and new front rims then more pics!!)

 

proper baby c-notch on frame rails and the crossmember above the diff.
Trucks are easy, man...

 

That's the plan tomorrow- then alittle clearancing on the front inner fenders and it'll loom great for now while I build the suspension/chassis so it'll handle sliding better then it does