Rear notch

OGMB2K

Mrcrowley This is what I found ..

https://suspensionsuperstore.com/mazda-b-series-flip-kits-c-notches

Consider this lucky, is a mild C notch with about a 5" total drop considering the axle flip, which ours do not need. Honestly beyond this bolt on drop, you'll be looking at custom fabrication that'll cut into your bed's flooring. This will get you lower than most on the road, but not laying frame. You'll have to source the smaller bump stop or settle for the teeth grinding clank .. lol

Laying frame is left to the grinders and welders .. lol

Mrcrowley

OGMB2K what the lowest I can get with out doin the c notch?

Mrcrowley

OGMB2K I don't want the back lower than the front so how low can I get the front without fabin a bunch of stuff

Xoloanon

The front I think you can cut the lower bumpstop bracket off, flip the lower balljoint and crank torsion bars. There are drop spindles and drop control arms you can buy.

OGMB2K

In the back, I'm sure the 4" angled blocks are the way to go, along with pulling leafs to run a mono leaf. At that point you'll likely have to remove the bump stop in the rear.

To add to what has been previously mentioned regarding the front, indexing the torsion bars will also get you lower.

Just don't remove the torsion bars like the idiot that lowered my truck did, trucks need suspensions ..

Here is my daughter's truck on 17" wheels. This pic represents NO torsion bars in the front, 4" block in the back (Not Angled) and a monoleaf. I'm currently rebuilding this disaster documenting the journey through several threads. The suspension is coming soon.

Mrcrowley

OGMB2K ok thanks and I'm sittin about 12in off the ground with 15 on it but I'm puttin 16 on it

OGMB2K

Mrcrowley OK during some part searching today I came across these ..

https://www.rohdefab.com/shop/p/universal-mini-notch

Mini_Truckin_Brandon

OGMB2K
I think 3x2 square tubing was used on mine

Mrcrowley

Mini_Truckin_Brandon I want to do air bags but I just want mine to ride not go up and down or anything

Mini_Truckin_Brandon

Mrcrowley youd be better of doing air shocks then

OGMB2K

A full air ride suspension is a big commitment of time, money and trust. No one really makes a bolt on air ride for any truck, let alone ours.

I never got a really comfortable ride out of an air suspension until I started modifying full size trucks and duallys.

Mini trucks aren't heavy enough to make them soft riding daily drivers. So may as well engineer it to lay frame and start a tire fund .. lol

Mrcrowley

OGMB2K I just want to replace the shocks not just ride on bags I know the front would but I would leave my springs

MazdaMitch

OGMB2K I never got a really comfortable ride out of an air suspension

Really? I have not gotten fully into air ride yet but I wanted to on this project truck. That's disheartening to hear.

My friend had a cab Plus and it was on bags and we were like an inch from the ground and it rode like a cloud it really sold me!

I know there's pros and cons to everything. A lot and I mean a lot of people have told me that there's a lot of cons to the air ride. Like when you put you down it puts you DOWN.

Then you have to worry about water in the lines and water in the tank and solenoids that don't want to work all the time....

I do enjoy static but there are times when I want to lift a little bit so I'm not sure what I want to do for the project truck in the future.

I also think that stance or poke looks a little better than tucked, but that's just me and again I'm undecided.

Mrcrowley

Mrcrowley but your rite and that's why it won't happen unless I find a set off something else

Mini_Truckin_Brandon

MazdaMitch im running amuminum 5 gallon air tank with water traps between the tank and manifold to keep any water off the valves inside it and a drain valve on the bottom

OGMB2K

They are awesome for trailer queens, for everyday use you have the issues of water in the lines because the compressors are so small they cause the condensation through the heated air they produce. One solution around this was to use dive tanks and eliminate the compressors all together. It was particularly funny when we would pull into a dive shop to get the tanks refilled and they all scratched their heads when they found out why .. lol
Because of the high PSI, they would last a few weeks unless we got stupid and thought we owned lowrider hoppers.

I ended up building my suspension with one way valves as well at each corner near the valves in case a line or fitting broke it wouldn't leave me stranded or unable to get back on a trailer. The best existing invention I had was a separate fitting off the tank, with a valve, where I was able to fill an air bag jack. Basically a heavy duty bladder that once filled could lift the truck or anything off the ground. They are used in commercial applications and I've always used one with my mud trucks when I got stuck because I could run them over without breaking them. Cool thing about them, is that they come with a hose often to connect to our exhaust, so your running engine would inflate it as well ..

Can you tell I've been stranded alot .. lol