Essentially, I had a feeling that the truck I bought had been lowered. I didnt really know much about it at the time and while it doesnt bug me, its not something I want to keep on the truck. I did notice that there are blocks under the rear axle so that makes me assume it was lowered. The question I have is, how do I reverse it? The rear is easy, but what is typically done to the front to lower it and what would I need to look for in order to get it back up to stock height? Thanks!
Front should be torsion bars. Could have a ball joint flip aswell.. Post some pics, would be a lot easier to know for sure if we had some reference pics... Also welcome to the site, we might get you to leave it lowered.. :-D
Heh. If it becomes more of a pain than its worth I may just leave it. I am not a huge fan of 17's on this as its going to be a daily driver and around where I live, the roads are worse off than most mountain trails. That and the ride is VERY stiff. I am planning on removing the 17s for some 15x8's as I want just a little more rubber between my arse and the road Are you wanting pics of the profile or the lowering blocks/front end?
lets see some pics of the trucks over all look and snap a couple of the lower front end so we can get an idea of whats been done.Btw where are you from? You use funny words like arse and scoot about.Just wondering.Anywho welcome to the site.
Snap a couple pics of the front suspension, and also the rear blocks if you can. We'll know what's been done by looking. Arse and scoot about sounds like Canada to me.
If your roads are worse then some mountain roads then you should lift it (truly reverse it) by putting the blocks on top of the axel and raise up the torsion bars past stock height and make it a 2wd prerunner, think you would be really happy with it, definitly would be a 70 series tire (not sure on the size) with some meat on it. Was very popular one summer around here on the 90's, was funny this guys truck was lowered one weekend and raised the next. Good luck and welcome
there is a HELL of a lot more to making a 2wd prerunner then just cranking the torsions and doing a lift block in the back (which wont even lift a 2wd unless you do a flip kit on the rear anyway). more suspension travel, bigger and better shocks, and better tires are just the start. to the OP here is how to lift the front with the torsions. its pretty simple and as long as its not lowered with spindles you can go back to stock hight or past it if you want. its for a 4x4 but its done the same way. http://www.off-road.com/trucks-4x4/tech/torsion-bar-adjustment-19258.html yes, very much so. think empty dump truck going down stairs.
