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Old 09-27-2006, 06:11 PM
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talk to these guys..
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...ht=convert+2wd
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This is just my opinion, but lowered 4x4s are pretty freakin' lame.



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Originally Posted by Tofer
remove the T-bars.
That's the first thing that came to my mind, too. That'd be awesome.
Old 09-28-2006, 07:38 PM
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PLEASE dont do that to a toyota let alone a 4X4!!!! sell your truck to someone who appreciates a good 4wheel drive. buy a damn 2wd nissan and kill it by lowering it not a yota.
Old 09-28-2006, 08:07 PM
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I am in agreement to everyone else that posted,
saying sell it and get a 4X2.....
To each his own yes....
But dude.....it's a 4x4.....
People stive to have those!!!
There ment to feel dirt under there carriage..
Everytime I go out and get it nice a dirty,
Mom turns to me and goes why did you do such a thing...
This is my Response to her...
It is a 4 wheel drive OFF-ROAD suv...
It's purpose, it's definition is to go off the road and get dirty,
not to look like a show car....
Sorry for the rant, just needed to voice my opinion.....
Old 09-28-2006, 09:00 PM
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Lets see you have already backed off the torsion bar's next step; heavy duty winch bumper, heavy winch, or some farm tractor weights
Old 09-28-2006, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by greg808
i do have 20" rims and all the lights and stuff i just dont like teh gap in the wheel wells i wish i had money to geta new one
Fill the gap with tire.
Old 09-28-2006, 09:33 PM
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You could park behind this and wait until he backs up...



... that should get it pretty low, and it would be a quicker, less humiliating death than lowered with 20's.

Or maybe just do the right thing and get a 4x2 to go street with.
Old 09-28-2006, 09:38 PM
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you could heat up your coils and it will lower a inch or 2..
Old 09-29-2006, 05:43 AM
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So, when you try to sell this, after making it undriveable, do you think you will get any money back? If you sell it now, before fubar-ing it\, you could get some real cash, and yes buy an already lowered 2wd, and walk away with money in your pocket. These lowered truck go for pennies on ebay casue they are very impractical.

Why not just modify the bosy and get 2wd fenders. THey are smaller and could cover the spaces.
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I would just like to know why some of you all are provoking this guy. the solution to his problem is simple... SELL THE TRUCK
Old 09-29-2006, 07:26 AM
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All the 2wd 4runner I have seen are on the same setup as 4wd ones, with out a xcase and front axle, so he will still be in the same boat.

Here is the deal, its not gonna happen. Your front suspension cannot handle being that low all the time, your tires will outlast your BJ's, but youll be replacing both in the hundreds of miles. You will never get an alignment to work.

Your only real option is a custom front suspension.... or get a 2wd rig and have custom spindles made that provide x" of lowering. You could probally also take the front suspension off a 2wd pickup and put it on the runner. But in its current state you wont get it that low, its not able to go that low the suspension has bumpstops at a relativley high point.
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Give this site a shot... they have some inexpensive effective lowering kits
Old 09-29-2006, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by drguitarum2005
to each his own. you might want to look into cutting your coils and getting shorter shocks. pay attention to your rear cv angles lowered like that though im sure they will be fine
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Dont cut the coils whatever you do! Get lowering coils and different shocks.

All I have to say though is its gonna look really stupid..
Cutting coils is okay, as long as you cut the Non-Progressive side of the springs. It's still a pretty ghetto way to lower a truck, but it will work, and ride quality will suffer, but not like it would if you just went chopping willy-nilly. Remeber...NON PROGRESSIVE SIDE. Figure that out, and then if you still want to lower your 4X4 go ahead, but again, my recomendation would be to trade it in on a 2WD, which will be mucho cheaper, and then lower that, if your into it still. But please don't kill the 4WD.
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STOP provoking this lowering of a perfecting good 4wd truck
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the only cool thing about a lowered truck is they make good rti ramps
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Originally Posted by BeaterToyota
This is just my opinion, but lowered 4x4s are pretty freakin' lame.




hahaha it looks like a Subaru
Old 09-29-2006, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by CyMoN
hahaha it looks like a Subaru
Hah, I'm leaning more towards it looking like a volvo station wagon...
Ugly as hell either way...
Old 09-29-2006, 09:01 AM
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lowering a 4x4 is like castrating yourself to prevent sack itch.


not the best idea........and people will laugh at you.

just my two cents
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No Toyota 4x4 deserves such a fate. It's like saying, "I'm thinking about lopping off the legs on my Rottweiler...anyone know the best way to do this?"

Ghetto up a different vehicle, buddy. This ain't the one. So help me God, if you do lower it, I'll find out where you live and come "rescue" it from you.

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