lowering for cheap

[will_higgins]

Hey guys, i have a 98 Expy (no air ride). I am wanting to lower it just a few inchs for as cheap as possible. I dont really know where to start. Some people have told me that i can lower the front for nothing with the torrion bars.

 

[walnuts4x4]

yes you can losen the torsion bar bolts... did it on my friends sport track... not going to be a big drop but a little

 

[will_higgins]

yes you can losen the torsion bar bolts... did it on my friends sport track... not going to be a big drop but a little

Could you tell me how to do it and how much of a drop you think i might get?
Thanks for your time.

 

[GAINMOB]

ppl either cut the springs or buy a drop kit

 

[Expeditionary]

first off... its a 4wd right? If its a 2wd you just have to get some lowering springs theres no way around it.. I wouldnt cut the springs thats pretty old school. LMC has some cheap lowering springs.
You'll need new springs for the back anyway if it is 4wd.
(cant believe I'm about to talk about lowering a 4x4, but its your truck)
Now to drop the front with the Tbars follow the door seam between the front and rear door all the way down. get under the truck and you will see a cross member that has a huge bar going from the lower A arm back to the X member. Then you see a bolt right under that bar that looks like somebody didnt tighten on the x member. Take your 18mm socket, 1/2 drive and loosen the bolt (DONT TAKE IT OUT) repeat on the passenger side. Drive it around the block and then check your height out and make sure one side isnt higher than the other. Adjust the Tbars as necessary to level out the truck.

 

[JTKustoms]

Got my parts from canuck motorsprots. Lowering springs and new tbar keys

 

[FlyBoyd]

4WD should only go one way! UP!

 

[workman8505]

the 2wd don't have torsion bar i learned that the hard way lol. i got all exited about the tbar lift and bam no tbars on the 2wd only 4wd and will only do the front.

 

[Expeditionary]

fly boy: thats why I said (i cant believe im about to talk about lowering a 4x4 but its your truck) personally I think its blasphemy to do so but, Its your truck do what you want with it.
Workman, I said if its a 4x4 you can lower the tbars... I thought every body knows 2wds dont have tbars, they got the C springs, you just need 2 more spacers than us, then BAM! you got a lifted expy, go 3" all the way around F**** balljoints theyre not that bad lol

 

[workman8505]

no my expy is my first truck experience i was a and still am a Honda man first currently working on a 6th gen accord i can take it apart reasemble it blind folded and know what each and every bolt is and where it goes what to get to lower it and all the engine trany combos there are and what they will do as well as what heads and blocks work the best together. so no not everyone knows that 4wd are the only ones with tbars lol...... guess im behind on my truck weekly idk

 

[GAINMOB]

4WD should only go one way! UP!

user preference...lol

no my expy is my first truck experience i was a and still am a Honda man first currently working on a 6th gen accord i can take it apart reasemble it blind folded and know what each and every bolt is and where it goes what to get to lower it and all the engine trany combos there are and what they will do as well as what heads and blocks work the best together. so no not everyone knows that 4wd are the only ones with tbars lol...... guess im behind on my truck weekly idk

i'll have to remember you...i really want a HELAAFLUSH honda...not sure civic or accord yet...more than likely it will be civic...

 

[workman8505]

well a lot of figuring out what you will want is what gen if civic or accord cause different engine and tranys will fit in different gens also doinf a 5 pseed swap is a PITA the only reason im doing a 5 speed swap is my accord was my dads and when he past away i got it and the autotragic was dead and he always wanted a 5 speed honda so i am dedicating that car to his memory

 

[Expeditionary]

sorry USA>JAPAN@EVERYTHING

 

[workman8505]

idk about that ill run my honda with 1 qrt of oil in it and you cant run any domestic car the same way and see whos last longest lol. true story i bought a civic once god only knows how long it had been since the oil was changed let alone cheeked it i drove it 3 months and changed the oil when i pulled the plug only about a qrt came out takes 4.5 including filter finished change and cheeked every day for the two months and didnt lose a drop point of the story being never even had valve chatter once and i dogged that car. till i did a h22 swap then i really dogged it lol hondas are tough..... but then agan my expy has been just as tough for the most part. but im not about to run it low on oil like that lol. but i've seen hondas live through some rough stuff that ive heard most domestics die from.

 

[GAINMOB]

the big three fell off for a while...making a come back...you have to admit...nissan/toyota have quality cars...im not that hard core where i only buy USA...

buick century
dodge omni
pontiac fiero
nissan 200sx
toyota 4runner
mercury something that was like the mustang
mitsubishi galant
ford expedition
2 nissan altima's with one being my wife's 2011

outside the expedition...nissan/toyota/mitsu...have been my best vehicles...

 

[workman8505]

i agree freeway my buddy has a 240sx we are building form the ground up and its been a really good car but it like any when run really low on coolant tend to over heat and warp the head lol.
I would also say any car as long as it is maintained at least some will last you a long time. i get defensive when it comes to hondas cause ppl that rice them out with big wings that do nothing and crappy mufflers that just sound like crap goofy lights and stuff that just doesnt mean anything those cars have given hondas a bad name for those of us who really build them. but im not one of those hondas will beat anything out there people i will tip my hat to a built ford or chevy and i love classics. and when i get rich i will have a skyline built to the gills but for now i know i can do hondas for dirt cheap and still get good mpg lol.