hey wassup im new here nd wanted to know where can i get a drop kit for my 1985 toyota nd what drop i should go with???

 

typically in order to save yourself time and money i would say go ahead and drop it as low as you can without bags. Ball joint flip and torsion bar crank for the front. for the back 3-4 inch blocks (any auto parts store), pull middle leaf. if its not enough in front look into bell-tech drop spindles for an extra drop. also make sure your ball joints/bushings are in good shape before you do all this. and also buy some low-pro bump stops because with this drop you will be sitting on them

 

the blocks can be found at any auto part store or do i order them online??

 

either way, i would go to an auto parts store, you want the u bolts and nuts to be grade 8. some suto places have grade 5. all these blocks are aluminum and have a torque spec of 80 ftlbs. good to know when you have them installed.

 

I have my frame C notched. I went to deaver springs and had them reach my leaf springs for 150 dollars, then I have one 2" block and one 3" stacked on top. On the front I have belltech 2 1/2 drop spindles and my torsions turned . It is slammed. If I new how to post a picture I would !

 

What ever you do, DO NOT use aluminum blocks. They might be cheap and lower the truck but they are dangerous. I had a pair of 4" angled blocks on my 85. Even though it looked nice, with just daily driving destroyed the lowering blocks in a couple months. My entire rear end loosed up and became dangerous to drive.

Spend the little bit of extra money and buy the steel lowering blocks





This happened after maybe two months. No hard driving

 

where did you buy your blocks from? and where did you get the steal ones?

 

the same thing happened with my 3" aluminum blocks and i would wonder what that klunking sound from the rear end was....

 

this guy has some good blocks. i think its worth the money if you plan to keep it static
BLOCKS / 9/16" GRADE 8 RACE U-BOLTS / 1969 - 2004 TOYOTA TRUCK 5 LUG

 

that sucks bro

 

can i just buy blocks to drop the back or do i need anything else???

 

WAY back in the dinosaur age, (1993) I worked at a shop where a kid was paying the shop to lower an isuzu (I think, maybe a Nissan) pickup and we hired a local spring shop to make up the lowering blocks. What they sent was a pack of cut-off leaf springs, about the size of a common lowering block that was welded together with no spacers between them. The supervisor refused to use them, but I thought they looked cool and probably would have been the most sturdy set of blocks around.
Just tossing an idea out there.

 

I would recommend buying a complete kit. Blocks, ubolts and everything. That way you know everything will match up and fit. Again steel blocks are the way to go. A guy on here, Beefedtaco sells some nice lowering block kits (http://www.toyotaminis.com/forum/ve...gh-quality-block-u-bolt-bump-stop-kits-11400/ ). Might be a little pricey but you are getting what you payed for. If I were to buy another kit I would go with his hands down.

 

here you go man. clean simple, and inexpensive. this is everything you will need for a nice drop.

djm lower control arms. you will need to upgrade your lower ball joints to 89+ and these will bolt on.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/djm-ca2855l-3/overview/make/toyota

rear 4" steel blocks.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/djm-sb4lk/overview/

aaand front shocks.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/exp-413515