Crank down my torsion bars and removed the center leaf.

Here is before...

http://www.toyotaminis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=916



This is now...




Now my driveshaft(not axles) is rubbing my center cross frame...Any C-Notch kits out there you guys recommend? Or should I just to a half-moon pipe?

 

Depends on how much it is rubbing . . . If its justa lil which it sounds like, take the bed off & plasma cut a notch for the shaft, itsa really strong crossmember, so justa lil cutting wont hurt it, hell Ive seen many rigs with about 6" cut all the way outta it . . .

 

your going to bounce like hell and want your torsions back lol ! looks good.. Im afraid my rims stick out to far or I would pull a leaf myself !

 

Cool. Yeah, its just rubbing a little. It needs an inch or two more for clearance. I'll cut out a notch...maybe weld a half moon pipe to protect the driftshaft...just in case it bottoms out. I have my bump stops trimmed to a minium.

I didnt remove the torsion. I just crank it down a bit.

 

Looking real good!!

Your running 17's correct?

 

Thanks. Those are 16 x 8.

 

looks good.. you make me wanna start on my truck.. haha.. mine are only 16x7s though.. i wanna find some basically the same off the Crown Vics.. they have a fatter lip

 

Id just go with the half moon pipe & weld that in. I had that same problem on my 88 standard cab...cut some pipe, welded it in & it fixed the problem!

 

Coo, I'll do that.

Any of you upgrade the sway bars? or add another set of shocks?
By no means I'm trying to make my truck a track racer, but I would get rid of as much body roll as possible...

 

How does it ride now?

I have a set of front and rear sway bars but yet to install them. still sorting out some electrical gremlins i have after my swap

 

what type of shocks you running now? i have belltech nitro drop 2's on mine now and they are nice

 

Did you have to have your front end alighned after you did the torsion bars?

 

Oh yes, most certainly!!!!!!!!

 

Haha yeah I figured

 

Your truck looks realy good. It's making it hard for me NOT to paint my truck semi-flat black. I'm leaning toward satin red since my truck is originally red anyway.

Love the sportmax wheels on your truck.

 

It rides decent, but I was just wondering what other improvements can I make to make the handling better.

I have white KYBs right now.

Not yet. I'm going to leave the alignment last after I finish all the suspension mods. Then its onto the motor...


Thanks yotarip,
Satin red should look hot.

 

yeah I didnt get an alignment and its been almost a year and my tires are all even...

 

told you it would look better if it was dropped more.. looks hot..!!!

 

Heope this might help

Hopefully these will help. This is the pics from the Project Anti-hack also know on our myspace.com/candoinstalls as Bradys Toyota if you want to see the step by steps



Then the guys built this sweet raised floor section. I remind you though this truck lays rocker on 20's. So you might be able to use our idea here but limit it to just under the cab floor, if your not bagged or going to be bodydropping it.
PS
By the way that's 1/2" plate I used. Kinda over kill, but we don't take any chances. My guess is 3/8 would still be plenty strog. The reason using flat bar is to get as much clearnce but still want to keep the strength there the factory intended
Regards,
Steve

 

That is a sweet set-up!