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i want to know were to get drop blocks for my luv. i plan to let out the torsion bars to drop the front but i just wnat to know were to start lookin for drop blocks. for what truck or does it matter?
thanks
kevin

Pretty much any lifting/lowering blocks will do. Just decide on 1,2,3 or 4". Got a set off ebay awhile back. Once you get the springs off the perches, test fit the block before you put everything back together. I had to do some filing on the tit that sticks up off the blocks to get them to fit right in the hole in the springs.
you can probably get them at autopart store too.

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oreily auto parts and autozone have drop blocks. for the most part i think they are pretty much universal. i have some here somewhere that my cousin took off his isuzu pup about 8 years ago. who knows where they are now. from what i remember they were 2 in and looked like all the other drop blocks and lift blocks that i've seen.

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1980 chevy luv 4x4 1.8 liter
1979 luv long bed parts truck
1984 2wd isuzu pup parts truck

"A man who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt a man doing it."

does your cousin still have them i would buy them i dont think that drop blocks could wear out.
kevin

he left them here. i doubt i can find them but i'll look around tommarow.

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1980 chevy luv 4x4 1.8 liter
1979 luv long bed parts truck
1984 2wd isuzu pup parts truck

"A man who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt a man doing it."

The peg on the block has to fit the perch hole. Me and friend lifted his jeep the other day with blocks but the blocks he bought didn't fit the hole so we took them to the grinder and made them fit. They were some pretty soft metal too!

if i remember right the ones my cousin had were made out of aluminum.

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1980 chevy luv 4x4 1.8 liter
1979 luv long bed parts truck
1984 2wd isuzu pup parts truck

"A man who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt a man doing it."

mine are aluminum. pretty sure most, if not all, are.

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These ones were cast iron.

GOT LUV?

Cast iron isn't that soft, depending on what type of cast iron it is. Definitely harder than aluminum, unless your talking about an aluminum alloy, some of which and be very hard. I love the smell of hot metal in the morning...smells like, well...hot metal.

Just get some blocks, whatever they are made from grind down the peg if it needs it. Throw em in and enjoy your lowered ass end.

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how does that setup work? im looking at lowering my luv and i was planning to just lower the torsion bars

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It's basically a spacer between the springs and the rear-end. The kit will have longer u-bolts to accomodate the block.

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Aluminum doesn't rust. These had surface rust on them being they were used.

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whatever blocks you get for the luv you will have to shave the "tits" down to get them to fit.
I had to do this to mine a long time ago when I lowered it.

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03Cobra

what are these "TITS" ( ) your talking about. i get the perch hole stuff and all that junk. but what are the tits??
kevin

I use aluminum blocks in mine , I don't really like aluminum. I got em from autozone, but you can get blocks from pretty much any store that sells car parts (excluding wally world and :cough: kmart). Come to think of it, if you have a Les Schwab or Big O Tires near you, they can get em too. If you wish to use cast iron (which my friends and I usually do), what you can do is sand them down to a "clean" finish, spray them with tough stuff engine enamel, then toss em in the oven for a hour at a low temp. This will set the paint and will help it hold up, we do this with all of our lift/lowering blocks. My friends 98 Dodge pickup is lifted high enough for me to park my bed under his bumper, as is his 39 dodge pickup, that old thing is lifted up there too. The "TITS" are sometimes refered to as nipples, which on a luv almost always have to be ground down to fit.

ok well why no aluminum is it bad or some thing??
i just want my truck slamed i want my luv to be low. but i dont want the shit to fall apart or be shitty or something like that.
kevin

Im not saying there is anything wrong with alum., I just always use to use cast iron blocks. Pretty much, if you want it done cheap get alum. blocks for the @$$, and torsion the nose down. Simple, and I can get 4.5"blocks here for 27 bux with bolts and all. Unfortunately, I havent seen 4.5" blocks anywhere except one store in Boise, but I don't think you wanna go that low. MAJOR POINT: dont do what the former owner of my LUV did, DO NOT use an air gun to drop the torsion, things start to strip and round off, thats why mine settles down to the drivers side

i used aluminum blocks to lower mine and they cracked and part of them fell out as i was doing 60 down the freeway!!!

I have aluminum blocks on mine. they have been there for over 10 years.
no problems on this end.
those "tits" you are wondering about help locate the rear end on the leaf springs.

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03Cobra