Slammed Pickups... WHY?

I like both street trucks and off road trucks. I had an '81 c10 before my taco, and it was a great street truck. I would have lowered it but due to where I lived, i couldn't because of the crappy mountain roads. So I got my taco since its made for rougher conditions. If I had to get another truck right now it would probably be a lowered sport truck because you don't really need 2 1/2" lift and All terrains in the city.

 

I also don't like lowered trucks, to me trucks are meant to be lifted while cars are to lower BUT everyone has there own taste which is a good thing. If you like it why not do it.

 

Anybody have a video on these going over a speed bump?

 

I commend you for your honestly and respect!!

It's all about respect... Respecting what others like/dislike even if its different from your own.

 

how many speed bumps a day do you drive over??i guess you live a mall parking lot and that would be a problem for you.speed bumps arent a problem.air bags susp.

 

well put. some people here get really mad about what they are not into. its pretty funny and sad at the same time

 

That's what's so cool about them..... they can air up and be at normal ride height (or whatever) and air down and be slammed on the ground.

A whole other ball game in terms of suspension setup.

 

Whoa, that wasn't meant to be smart or anything, just noting on the practicality of the thing.

I would hate to go over anything other than a flat road without potholes (not very likely).

 

oh my bad.

 

No problem.

Sorry if I came across as being smart.

 

your smarter than me

 

it does look good. to bad the double cab doesnt come in base model 2wd susp. it would be alot easier to slam than a prerunner

 

my friend had to special order a custom 2wd 4 banger 5speed 4runner. 8 months to get.no dealer wanted to order it for him(not sure why)at the time there was no lowering kits for the 4runner. he had to cut everything out and get tacoma susp from a salvage yard to do the swap.

 

This would be a truly BORING world if we all liked exactly the same thing. Variety is the spice of life. Just because something doesn't suit your personal taste doesn't make it bad or "retarded". I like broccoli... a lot of people don't. So what?

Oh, and to the person who said it was "stupid" to buy a 4-banger when you could buy a V6 and have more power/capacity, I have three numbers for you: 14, 26, and 3500. I paid less then $14K for my truck brand new, it gets 26 MPG (which is important on my 100-mile round-trip commute) and it has a towing capacity of 3500 lbs - which is more than adequate for towing my 17' bowrider boat (and the engine handles it very well too). It also does a great job of hauling both of my motorcycles. In short, it does everything *I* need a truck to do for a LOT less money than a V6 4x4 crew-cab long bed would have cost me. Some people may actually NEED a giant V6 4x4, but I know there's a LOT of them rolling around getting 15 MPG that never see as much as a gravel road and never haul anything but a couple bags of garbage. But... there again... different strokes and all that.

 

I dont dig it...

 

lol....

 

I was living in Cali in the early 90s and needed some leaf spring brackets for a 58 Power Wagon. This guy sent me to East LA to the Mexican section to a shop that would make anything. I thought I was going to get shot right there in front of this guys shop. All they did was chop and lower trucks and cars. Well anyway I go in and explain what I needed and the work they did was fantastic. They ended up being the coolest guys I ever met. They didnt care if it was for a lifted or slammed truck. They showed me some of their trucks and I have to say that their work is like a work of art. They just didnt buy shit and bolt it on. They fabricated everything, I have a lot of respect for the guys ability to engineer something of quality. As for using something for its intended purpose, I have cut chicken with a steak knife, drink whiskey from my coffee cup, used a cresent wrench as a hammer and floated a river on a inner tube, as an American it is my God given right to use a screwdriver as a pry bar.