Drop spindle/drop block wheel clearance?

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  1. Spenny

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    Im going to install -2 drop spindles, -3 drop lca's and proably do a ball joint flip up front, and in the rear im going to notch the frame and probably do -3 leafs with a 4" angled block and shim on my old toyota hear soon (early 95).. i would like to run reproduction rallies in 15x7 or 15x8 on the truck when i get it dialed in with a medium profile tire. Will 15" steel wheels clear a drop spindle? And how much clearance do you think the u-bolts will have on a 15? I have ran 2" spacers on 18x8 RP05 enkies, jeep cherokee XC mesh 15"s and steel chrome wide 15"s off of a stock wrangler on the stock truck on low profile and medium profiles for years. Just want some imput! Thanks yall!
     
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    You'll be fine with a 15x7/15x8. Those wheels almost never have such positive offset to where you'll run into the hub/spindle or even the u joints, they will sit a few inches away, of course unless you find yourself a crazy +40 or more offset wheels, but then your truck will look pretty stupid imho. Have fun with it. It's a Toyota!
     
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    Even with the drop spindles? Thats awesome i figured they might need 16s or up honestly.
     
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    Yea, check out the gallery!! There are several examples of trucks on stock wheels with drop spindles/ball joint flips!
     
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