Ball Joint Flip or Drop the Torsion Bars

yeah, the torsion bars are useless when you are bagged. yank them out.

If you're static dropping, flipping the ball joints is crap. Gives you a ton of negative camber which looks cool, but you will chew through a set of tires in 200 miles. Look at the camber I have in this pic. This is with the torsions cranked down and the balljoints flipped.



That's a lot of camber that shouldn't be there. With the right rim and tire combo and removing the bumpstop from the lower control arm, just cranking your torsions down will net you enough drop with no problems. I never reindexed my bars and never had any problems with my bolts sticking out too far. I finally went and did things the right way and got a set of drop spindles and that corrected the camber and alignment issues.

Same truck,with drop spindles installed. No camber. Front wheels sit straight as an arrow.


For the back I just ran 3" blocks that were NOT angled. I never had any problems with anything.

btw,your buddy's silver ext cab is super clean.

Thanks guys for the feedback. I had taken them out when I put the bags in but I was just double checking to make sure I did it right.

whats a static drop and angles blocks?

static drop is just the name for lowering the suspension but it's not adjustable like air ride. Angled blocks are lift/lowering blocks that are tapered slightly to correct pinion angle.



cause everyone is throwing up ride height pic's meh I might as well too.
my static drop was reindexed torsion bars 4-5 notches, the front bump stops cut out, and shorter front shocks. the rear was 3" blocks and main and helper leaf spring only and rear bump stops cut flush with the top of the u-bolts. my tire height is 23.07 inches.


I agree with Mikey I wouldn't flip ball joints on static drop either. Also spend some money on good shocks and you will enjoy a much better ride out of a slammed static dropped mazda