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who said bigger was always better lol...

Toyota Pickup Projects
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smctoy   +1y
Thanks for all the props guys!! To be honest Ive always been a "factory" rim person cause to me they just look better lol. I guess its hard to let go & go real big when all you grew up on was 16's & 17's. Im going to go back up to 17's later on...I got a set of Lexus IS300 rims that Im going to have chrome plated so I think that will look sic too.
mdevaneydesign   +1y
I think it looks awesome. I love small rims.
I rocked a 220/50/15 i believe it was on chrome ranger wheels for about 2 weeks until i gave them to a friend.
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kdcgrohl   +1y


nah.. those lexus rims are for losers man...
baha   +1y
I would of never known they look good, I still can't get over how low your truck is with out bags.

Clean truck Donny!
smctoy   +1y


Thanks bro...yea it blew me away too when I put them on lol! As for being low...I still get that wtf look when I roll to shows & people see that its non-adjustable.
2thpic   +1y
DAMN, i thought it was bagged. i had to go back to the top to take another look. i so want my mini that low.
i went to your profile to see what you did.
"Lowered the front with DJM lower control arms, reset torsion bars, flipped ball joints & drop shocks. The rear has a c-notch, mono-leaf with blocks & air shocks."
Do you have any pic of when you did any of this"?
I'm running drop block and reset torsion bars, right now.
"flipped ball joints" How and do you have pics?
I'm fixen to buy some air shocks and hook up a tank and comp to be able to control the rear ride height for clearance issues that might come up.
smctoy   +1y
Lol...I get that alot bro. As for pics of me doing all my mods Ive got a few & I can take some pics of the flipped
ball joints in the front & talk you through it on here cause its pretty straight forward & simple to do. Hit me or any of the other guys on here if you have any questions about something...alot of useful info. on this site & guys that know what there doing as well too.
2thpic   +1y
what is your clearance in the front?
Also do you have a tank hooked up the the rear shocks or just use a air line when you need to adjust them?
i have thought about doing the same set-up like you got, except run air shocks in the front as well, and hook up a tank with gauges to then so i could adjust then on the fly.

if you could send me some pics or post them some where so i could look at what you did. that would be helpful.
2thpic   +1y
i'll take some pic of my front setup and maybe you can talk me thru the rest.
Flipping the ball joints helps in what way?
smctoy   +1y


Flipping the ball joints in an easy way to lower the front of your truck an inch or so. Some people thats not alot
& thats true, but it helps out by not having to crank down the torsion bars so much & when your bagged/juiced it never hurts to get an another inch lower for free!! So here are some pics...

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As for can see in the pics its pretty straight forward & simple. You just unbolt the ball joint-(its normally bolted to the under side of both upper & lower control control arms) & then you move it to the top! I want to say it took me about an hour & half to do this with just a jack, stands & simple hand tools.