ok so me and my co worker got in this arguement he says that lift blocks are the way to go for my 84 pickup haha i dont care if you pay me im not putting F*****G lift blocks on an 84 yota. he says all the race trucks have blocks and i said the ones you see in magazines are just show trucks "no theyre real trucks" says i tell him real trucks have springs i just cant convince him that lift blocks=crap so how bout all the yotatechers that read this tell him why you dont want lift blocks and ill show it to him on monday

 

top 3 reasons not to use lift blocks.
1.increases Axel wrap
2.ubolts always coming loose
3.looks dumb

 

One word... Leverage. Your move beatch!

Whats his reasoning that blocks are the bees knees? They offer:

No added wheel travel
No added flex
Decreased leaf spring life due to twisting
Increase axle wrap
They can break
Require long u-bolts that can snap
Will make your ride worse on a bad leaf pack, before they wreck the leaf pack itself...

 

Lift blocks?
I like to get 4 3" ones and then stack them giving me 12" of lift.

Lift blocks are worthless. I dont think I've ever seen a "true" trail truck/buggy using blocks. Ask someone who uses blocks if they have been off-road and see what they tell you.

lift blocks = poser ?

 

thats what i was lookin for keep em coming, his reasoning is trucks in magazines have them, hes a performance accesories' dream

 

lift blocks are for high school kids who want to look cool but thats it. in short... people who use lift blocks are compensating for something...

 

hey im a high school kid > haha but i know what ya mean

hmmm not a bad idea.. that reminds me i saw a ifs runner yesterday with like 10" shackles or something it was crazy and the guy looked like he thought he was all badass haha i think it had 31's

ok thanks guys now i can prove my co worker wrong my next task is to convince him that chad reed now rides a 450 not a 250 he doesnt believe me but its his loss we bet 20 on it

 

just tell him hes a dumbass and be done with it

 

believe me ive tried it all

 

oh and he has 3" drop blocks on his s10 he thought his u bolts were called shackles hahahaha

 

Hehe, silly chebby boy. Does he ride on the bumpstops?

You should just use his hood as a RTI ramp

 

no hes got about an inch. haha that would be awesome but im stock susp. with open diffs

 

Then use it as a ramp

 

I had a set and they BOTH split down the middle. Tilted the pinion up, ripped the drive shaft out of the truck, and the axle was cocked to the side since there was now a 2" gap between the ubolts and the axle. It bent the entire drive shaft so I had to replace it. Luckily this happened while I was pulling out of the shop. Had it happened on the highway or even the street, the rear end would have been ripped off the truck and I would have crashed.

 

damn had you wheeled with them?

 

tell you friend to do the job right the first time.. if that means saving up a few more weeks then so be it.. but a stock yota locked in the rear will out wheel his "lifted" chebbie anyday!

tell him you dont need blocks cause a toyota can fit decent meats STOCK!

 

Yup. Many times. I checked them before every trip too.

Sad thing is, when I first installed them, one of the cracked during installation. I should have known then they were crap. But the ones I had were junk, they were from autozone, and were made of crappy pot metal. If you get steel ones they should hold up a lot better. But still doesnt make them good, there are a bunch of other problems with them like axle wrap.

 

haha yeah get ya some marlin crawler springs

 

back in '89 I jumped my 80 wagoneer that had 3" blocks in the rear, 4 people in the truck. Hit a big jump, landed and ripped the drive shaft off, and cracked the output shaft. Limped home in FWD. Parked the truck in my drive way and gave it to buddy two years later. Never again will I own a blocked truck.

 

They do help the 35's flex into your wheel wells