Drop Spindles to lay 22s on a yota

Edited: 5/27/2010 10:22:52 AM by DisseveredCustoms

Edited: 12/15/2009 3:34:55 PM by DisseveredCustomsI have a 89 toyota hilux i am building. It is 1/2 inch from laying pinch and I plan on stuffing 22s under it. My current set-up will only allow me to lay 20s with a very small tire, and I have to much toe and camber. MY plan is to build a set of hubs and use uniballs as ball joints. I am also going to use Mitsubishi Eclipse hub assemblies, brakes, and drilled and slotted rotors so i get better performance brakes and bigger rotors than the puiny toyota's. So I will be posting my progress pics but here is my truck as of now and a sneak peak at the design for the hubs 

Edited: 12/15/2009 3:41:21 PM by DisseveredCustoms

I'm curious to see how this turns out. Go ahead, and make 2. I could use a set.

I wouldn't recommend super pivots as a ball joint. Go with a uniball. Also, you should look into spindle incline, and why it is used. Your current spindle design would be hard to drive on.

Edited: 12/15/2009 3:42:16 PM by DisseveredCustoms

Well the design is a ruff sketch and in my cad program it does have a slight incline to it, and I have seen both super pivots and uniballs used but I had a set of old super pivots layin around. But I am curious of what your opinion on why you recommend the uniballs over the super pivots. and how much of an incline can I get away with becaues I am trying to eliminaate my camber. I have 11 degrees now and the 20s are just barely hiting my booster.I have the smaller booster already installed also, thanks seth I appreciate your input, I know you have built some sick toyotas and look forward to your feedback threw out the build

Uniballs will last longer. There is a lot more movement, and force in different directions on a spindle than there is on a link bar. I've never seen anyone use a super pivot on a spindle, but it just doesn't seem like a good idea to me. For the incline, try to get your scrub in the center of the wheel. It will drive the best there. What angle that ends up is up to you, since it's your spindle design, and you are using a different hub than stock. Also, the incline of the spindle won't have much effect on your camber, the design of the suspension itself will. If you are sticking with the stock Toyota design, just add a little drop and your camber should stay in a good range. Probably a total 4" drop from stock would be good for a 22. I am working on a 3.5" spindle for my daily on 20s.

Yeah right now I am actually laying out on a 20 with 245/35/r20 tire with the stock spindle. i have custom control arms but the upper ball joints are binding way before the truck lays out causing way to much camber problems.I will probably stick with the toyota spindle incline because it only had 5 degree of camber on cad when layed out on a 22 with about a 3.5 inch drop in the spindle. I will probably take your advice and run uniballs, guess I was just looking to do it a little cheaper since I already had the super pivots LOL. Anyway thanks for the input and i would love to get a sneak peak of the spindles your designing.

They are still in a rough stage. But my idea is for them to bolt onto the stock suspension, since it's still a sprung truck. I would advise adding a little incline to the Toyota design. It's scrub works well with the stock width wheels, but on a high offset wheels the scrub is pretty much on the inside 1/4 of the tire. If you're okay with the way the steering feels right now then keep the Toyota design. But a little more incline would make the steering a little smoother.

For your brakes, I am setting up a set of 2006 Mustang GT rotors on the Toyota hubs.  You just have to get the center bore machined larger, and the bolt holes matched between the two, and they fit very nicely.  Best part is that the Mustang rotors even have the same offset as the Toy rotors, and you can then mount them to the back of the hub so the wheel offset isn't changed.I picked up a set fromwww.newtakeoff.com and they have some amazing prices. Heres the full brake setup, well worth the price for what you get in my books.http://www.newtakeoff.com/mustang_gt_front_brake_caliper_and_rotor_set_2005-2009.aspx

Ya i really wanted to do the mitsu brakes because it is different than what every one else is doing. I also have some good dsm buddies that have already hooked me up with all the cores to turn in for new ones. I work at oreilly auto parts and can get all the parts on my discount