hey there!
I finally decided to sign up after being on this site as a guest for a little while. Im all about minis and mostly toyotas.

Id also like to have everybodies opinions on something..
My neighbor has a a 1982 yota pickup 4x4 22r that he might scrap. it needs work but there hard to find here in canada. Im trying to get my hands on it but I dont know much about slamming 4x4s.. id get it lowered 3-4 inches with wide wheels...

Is it much harder to slam a 4wd?
I know the 4x4 purists will hate this lol

please let me know what you know and think about this.

Marc

 

Since that year is a solid axle up front with leaf springs, it shouldn't be too hard to lower it a little bit. Can't get super low but could probably sit a little lower than a stock 2wd with smaller tires mounted up. And it would have the nice 4ws fenders and rear flares. Tell him you'll give him scrap weight for it. They're about 3000 lbs.

 

Thanks for the input. Im aiming for a 3 inch drop (torsion bars front and blocks in the back) with agressive wheels fitment. Ive got a set of never used 18x9 36+ offset wheels in my basement. I wonder how it would sit with the bold pattern adapters (2 inch wide) and such big wheels...

 

It's my understanding that the way to go is put the 4x4 body on a 2wd frame!

 

82 isn't torsion bars. It's leaf springs front and back with solid axles. IFS didn't hit til 86.

 

yeah theres a 2wd for sale for 600 and the frames not bad, could work. If its leaf front and back whats the best way to go lower? can blocks be put front and back?
Thanks

 

Never run front blocks. Dearch the leaf pack, and take some of them out. Move the hangers up. Any theory that lowers a rear leaf setup (except blocks) can be used basically. Front driveline angle and clearance, and front diff clearance will be your stopping point for going past about 4-5" I'd imagine. But it would launch and handle awesome I bet.

Those wheels would fit the same as a 18x9 -14. (+36mm - 50mm spacer fits like -14mm).

 

wheels

ok thanks, I was lacking a lot of info on 4wd pickups, here are the wheels im planning on mounting.

 

Look sweet. That would make a nice setup for sure. They have big wheel well arches on the 4wd body so you've got room for a 26" tire all around with the amount of drop you could get. The front is the hard part.