Lowered B.S. Thread

Whats up everybody.....first thing are there any lowereds near the north jersey area? I want to get a shoot together.......second thing is just gott my djm 3/4 drop and QA1s is there any prep or things I should do before install? Im gonna undercoat them because of jersey weather but anything else?

 

Amen!!! Straight up

 

Sports are the ones everybody wants, offroad and SR5 are the same, if memory serves

Undercoat? I would suggest sending them out for a chem peel and a full, proper, Powder coating. Also at the ball joints, grind the welds down a bit so when you go to press the BJs in you dont have a seating issue.

Im hoping to be able to do turbo for 3k, we shall see. Probably pick the header up in the next month or so. See what I get back on my taxes this year.

 

I ordered the kit with the ball joints already pressed in but I think im just gonna give the a good coat of that weather guard undercoat stuff....local shop wants like 400 to powdercoat it all

What is the going rate to have bumpers and grill colormatched? Roughly....body shop wanted 1200 ffor everything I think thats a little high....or they are I dont know lol

 

Why don't you just look at the custom tacos write-ups?

 

because they are non existent or show nothing.....

400 dollars is less money spent then a failed part whilst driving. That undercoat is only going to throw a coat on top of the shit powder coat. The issue with the coating was not just rust but pealing directly off the steel. So throwing a top coat of extra paint aint gonna stop it from pealing. But hey, it's your truck.

As for paint, that sounds about right if they are pulling the bumpers and painting.

 

I gots the tools homie, dont you worry, we got this.

EDIT: just read the email, that's cake work. That existing looks to be about a 3/8's maybe 7/16th. Drilling that out wont be an issue. Just a matter of having some scrap tube, penetrating lube, drill, bits, and a sledge all of which I have.

 

It's already been done a couple lowerdz hilux's in cali

 

Let me raid my facebook page, see if I can find one of Alex's truck

 

Here's a side view, loving the wheels.



Here's the stinger, not that tall but still a stinger



One more shot

 

Yeah, they are the C5 vette salad something or others. I told Alex the same thing. He just upgraded his front sway and put a 1 ton on the rear. Truck is done right.

 

Hey Phil, do you ever get tired of answering questions from newbs like me? Haha I se your name a lot throughout the threads

 

He's a Terd

Nice sig pic hummie

 

I honestly thought of making my exhaust do that too but Idk haha I'm hesitant

Ohh and tonight I installed my URD short throw and it's perfs love it already probably gonna look into cutting the stick down an inch or so we see by the engaging is on point and tight and throw is much shorter no rowing anymore

 

No lol, the people before me did the same thing.


Took my drop spacers off finally, sorry it took so long Togie. Need to get an alignment now, toes a bit off.

 

Where's da pics!!!!

So how low now with the coilovers?

 

I went back up as I kept bottoming out on the wheel wells when I hit the corners hard. Fenders should be at 26 3/4 ish from center of hub. Gonna wait a couple days to see what they are at once it settles. It settled by 3/8' of an inch last time.

 

Thanks bro! Thats what im hoping to look like by summer lol we'll see

 

I'll try get pics haha only took two pics wasn't all that hard of an install

 

Any update on boost parts?