Topic: '85 front and rear axle,5"lift,topshift tcase,280k miles,I paid 450, good deal?

[BoG-ToY]

I just picked up a front and rear axle combo, 5.5 inch front lift springs, 6 inch rear blocks, and a junk topshift tcase, cost me 450 bucks, axles have almost new warn premiums   i think that the lift and lokcing hubs have like 5k on them, while everything else has like 280k, so good deal? bad deal? fair enough? I want peoples opinions....oh yeah, dont forget, IM in florida, I hardly see any older toyota anything out here

[79coyotefrg]

sounds like you got hosed    6 inch BLOCKS 

[BoG-ToY [OP]]

front axle????how much is it worth? rear axle? how much is it worth? 5.5 inch front springs? how much they worth?  top shift tcase? how much is it worth??? I was figuring $225 for front axle, its the 85 so its the good one and thats what it would have cost to get a random no year listed axle shipped to me, or any that I could get locally. say $75 for the rear, yeah its high, but its got a good third that I can build upand Im figuring $25 for the third, plus $50 for shipping (not to mention the for empty housings its alot more then that) so thats $300 so far, so another $150 for the right tcase and the 5.5 inch front springs? its $100 dollars to get the conversion kit to make my tcase the right tcase+ $118 for the shifter, its $300 for the 5 inch marlin springs, so if Im paying per part..... it would cost me over $718....without figuring the cost of shipping the springs and the tcase parts..... like I said in my first post...IM IN FLORIDA, there arent any toyota parts here, the junkyard wanted $300 for just the front axle, without hubs!!! he had already sold them, I got mine with warn premiums(yeah theyre not the best, but they will work just fine, it will make me look more like the jeeps anyways)....that $300 dollar front axle GOT CRUSHED, he didnt care....cuz toys arent popular here. so I guess I got hosed....darn eh?

[BoG-ToY [OP]]

ALSO THERES A GUY TRYING TO GET 175 for a 85 rear with no gears and 250 for an 84? complete???//

[BoG-ToY [OP]]

oh yeah, some guy just offered me that same tcase for $150, plus I woulda had to pay shipping?

[79coyotefrg]

well you cant figure 150  for

a junk topshift tcase

thats a good price  for one thats used it TOP condition,  i  usually  get junk  for $20, 

what kind of 5.5 inch springs??   that makes all the difference  in the world


and  dont get bent  cause i told you you got hosed,  if your happy  with your purchase for your area  then  why even ask peoples  opinion

[BoG-ToY [OP]]

I dont know, peoples are always trying to get 200+ for there fronts, and theres a guy on here right now trying to get 250 for that same rear axle...... I figured I did pretty good.......I guess, Im just tired of being the lifted guy who gets outwheeled by the stock jeep, Ive got my tortion bars cranked to fit my 35s and I have rear blocks right now, hey, how much lift should I get out of chevys???, I should be getting some good lift out of this upgrade...., I wish I could get a highsteer setup, I should end up with about 7 inches over stock if I do everything right, then I dont know if I will want to put my body lift on.....but theres alot more mud then mountains around here....so I might still put it on....

[79coyotefrg]

well,  i wouldnt go with the  63 chevies,  they are thick  leaves  and  i would think ride crappy,   i would do  ford 2wd F150  leaves 

get a pic of those springs  you got

[BoG-ToY [OP]]

I will get picks....thats too bad about the chebbies, cuz I already got them, anyways, the picks of those springs arent gonna be great, once again, Im in florida, I had my truck for two years....no rust on anything, I was here for two months....rust on everything, so the paint is turning brown on these springs....thats another good question, sandblasting and painting springs....any advice, brands of paint?

[79coyotefrg]

rustoleum,   nuttin else

if you already have the chevies  use em

[mickeyfinn]

i will give you $550