I miss my Hardbody. Bought a new Black 1986 1/2 Nissan Hardbody, 2 whl drive, standard cab, regular bed. Converted the bed to a manual lift (brackets grade 8 bolted to the end of the frame rails and the bed bottom, remove all remaining bed bolts and could manually lift the bed with a chrome steel rod to hold it up). Sunroof, 75 corvette bucket seats, lowered 2" front and rear, rear air shocks for hauling/towing, Lakewood chrome traction bars, American Racing Outlaw II wheels 14" in front with 195/70R14 tires, 15" on rear with 255/60R15 tires, matching 15" tire/wheel for the spare, small stereo system upgrade. Then I had my first car/truck show. Took home a trophy for the cleanest truck of the show. I should have kept it (like all the vehicles I used to own), but traded it in on a Black 1989 IROC-Z (that I customized and took to a bunch of car shows, always took a trophy, usually 1st Place in Street Class). Sold the IROC-Z 8 years later with a little over 13K miles on it. Another one I should have kept. Then there was the 1989 Silverado I customized and sold 7 years later. Yep, should have kept it. Now I have a 2012 Silverado and I'm drawing up plans for a 2" inch drop front and rear, ceramic coated headers, stainless cat-back system, 18" tires and wheels. I bought the truck with 58k miles on it and recently turned 60k. Fair winds and following seas to all.
@@RiceTruck same here.... My worn out Craftsman impact wasn't getting a harmonic balancer bolt off and I was so hesitate to spend that much on an impact but it's def worth it. Hands down. I just got these belltech shocks today. Can't wait to install on my hardbody
Would you recommend these? I just got my 94 hardbody but has a swap ka24de so I had to buy it! Rebuild engine and trans for 1500! I’m getting 3in blocks and not sure what struts to get just to increase ride/body roll effect. And don’t want to be to slammed either.
Drop spindles will help reduce bumpsteer and camber but the shocks you are running arent the best, if you do plan on getting belltech shocks, you need to install the drop spindles aswell, or else youll end up in my situation where my shock mounts cracked and broke off the frame
I know this an old video. May not get a response back...but I got a 1st Gen frontier 98. Got about the same drop as you but on 18s...I had crap oem Napa shocks and brand new they felt blown lol. How's the ride with the belltechs? Did you go for the lowered version and if so did the lower the truck a bit or raise it a bit? And I seen your other videos about the shock mounts breaking. Was it due to the shocks being stiff? Was it just because you used the truck for drift events and such?
i got the belltech street performance shocks to replace my 4wd shocks that were blown, the reason why i cracked the shock mounts was because I didnt have the drop spindles installed and i was bottoming out the shock.
@@RiceTruck aw crap, I mean my oem ones never really bottomed out, only if I hit a huge pot hole. I dont have spindles right now . Dam might just have to hold off on installingthe shock till I get spindles
Rides very well, I'd recommend using drop spindles at all so the suspension has some travel or else you can break your shock mounts I removed the bump stops for more clearence
This will help make the truck drop lower but running these shocks with drop spindles will lower it even more while still having a good suspension geometry
Whats the fastest you've drove this thing? I have a fairly stock (except for intake and exhaust) 1991 D21 and they honestly aren't slow. Not fast, but not slow. I got mine up around 110 when I racing some Diesel truck (I won) and then I let off. It seems most people who drive these don't drive them very hard, as in accelerate hard. But in mine it really is actually fun to drive and accelerates nicely. Maybe its because the guy who owned before me bought it new and took super good care of it.
Use heavy duty silicone spray and the shocks will slide on the bottom bolts like butter. Were those rear shocks easy to compress because the KYB I bought for the rear of my truck were not easy to compress? No music please
Was the ride firm, or was it pretty much bottomed out? I have spindles on mine, BellTech nitro drop shocks, torsions turned down some and no bump stops, but it floats.... I’d love it a bit stiffer
I noticed the suspension was able to manage New York potholes better, I was hoping to install drop spindles so I didn't have to rely of the torsion bars for to lower it but I crashed the hardbody 3 days after getting the drop spindles in the mail, I'm going to install both the shocks and drop spindles on the new hardbody I have and make a video about it.
they felt pretty good, i decided to get the kyb brand for the 4x4, but the belltechs feel more stiffer for better handling, although the drop spindles would make the belltech street performance a perfect combo
that dash is dope lol. iv put little over 13k into my car and after i got it all how i want it i got in and drove it for a week , ran outa budget st that time and my buddy pointed out i didnt touch tge dash hahaha i had forgotten to redo my dash so its a bitchen car with a dash and center console that looks like i pulled it outa a 300 dollar winter beater hahaha
Rice Truck " ostynn cotton " same pic at my youtube pic bubble , or our drift team page " backyard magic " we have a channel too but havent done much with it in a wile do to working
i got these wheels off my parts truck. the usually people will get diamond racing wheels or some steelies off of jegs, pretty much anything with a 6x139.7 bolt pattern will work on the hardbody
Not to pick on you, but have you considered cleaning that poor truck up and fixing the rust before you blow money on SHOCKS? And if you are going to go mud, you shouldn't lower the poor thing anyway. You should raise it. Who am I? The guy with that restored 97 King cab in my picture. You keep treating that poor truck as you do, it will eventually go south on you.
if you watched my previous video you wouldve known why it got it this dirty even though i washed it before the video, i didnt buy this truck to restore, it and baby it. i bought it to drift it, scrap metal, and beat the shit out of it. I paid 550$ for it so didnt care that much when i crashed it, I have a new hardbody now with no rust which will also be drifted but being more considerate about its well being. The rotted out hardbody in this video is a beater and nothing more. P.S. since the old engine outlived the old truck. the engines going into my new truck, and im gonna send it again.
I miss my Hardbody. Bought a new Black 1986 1/2 Nissan Hardbody, 2 whl drive, standard cab, regular bed. Converted the bed to a manual lift (brackets grade 8 bolted to the end of the frame rails and the bed bottom, remove all remaining bed bolts and could manually lift the bed with a chrome steel rod to hold it up). Sunroof, 75 corvette bucket seats, lowered 2" front and rear, rear air shocks for hauling/towing, Lakewood chrome traction bars, American Racing Outlaw II wheels 14" in front with 195/70R14 tires, 15" on rear with 255/60R15 tires, matching 15" tire/wheel for the spare, small stereo system upgrade. Then I had my first car/truck show. Took home a trophy for the cleanest truck of the show. I should have kept it (like all the vehicles I used to own), but traded it in on a Black 1989 IROC-Z (that I customized and took to a bunch of car shows, always took a trophy, usually 1st Place in Street Class). Sold the IROC-Z 8 years later with a little over 13K miles on it. Another one I should have kept. Then there was the 1989 Silverado I customized and sold 7 years later. Yep, should have kept it. Now I have a 2012 Silverado and I'm drawing up plans for a 2" inch drop front and rear, ceramic coated headers, stainless cat-back system, 18" tires and wheels. I bought the truck with 58k miles on it and recently turned 60k.
Fair winds and following seas to all.
I luv that impact.. I can use mine for weeks and weeks without charging. Good vid
Mine has outlived my bosses ingersal and my coworkers snap on gun for about 4 and a half years now, one of the best investments I made in powertools
@@RiceTruck same here.... My worn out Craftsman impact wasn't getting a harmonic balancer bolt off and I was so hesitate to spend that much on an impact but it's def worth it. Hands down. I just got these belltech shocks today. Can't wait to install on my hardbody
Thanx 4 the video. U should give your bakkie a good wash!.
i did wash it before the video, the powerwasher still wasnt able to get it off
You sick with that dang knife homie
Dat butterfly knife...old school 😎
Would you recommend these? I just got my 94 hardbody but has a swap ka24de so I had to buy it! Rebuild engine and trans for 1500! I’m getting 3in blocks and not sure what struts to get just to increase ride/body roll effect. And don’t want to be to slammed either.
I Just order them.Thanks for the link!
Does the spindles help with the ride quality? I need some betters shocks I already put monroes up front barley helped with the truck being so bouncy
Drop spindles will help reduce bumpsteer and camber but the shocks you are running arent the best, if you do plan on getting belltech shocks, you need to install the drop spindles aswell, or else youll end up in my situation where my shock mounts cracked and broke off the frame
I know this an old video. May not get a response back...but I got a 1st Gen frontier 98. Got about the same drop as you but on 18s...I had crap oem Napa shocks and brand new they felt blown lol. How's the ride with the belltechs? Did you go for the lowered version and if so did the lower the truck a bit or raise it a bit? And I seen your other videos about the shock mounts breaking. Was it due to the shocks being stiff? Was it just because you used the truck for drift events and such?
i got the belltech street performance shocks to replace my 4wd shocks that were blown, the reason why i cracked the shock mounts was because I didnt have the drop spindles installed and i was bottoming out the shock.
@@RiceTruck aw crap, I mean my oem ones never really bottomed out, only if I hit a huge pot hole. I dont have spindles right now . Dam might just have to hold off on installingthe shock till I get spindles
Hey bud just wanted to know what year your truck was? Cause just bought my hardbody and I want to put new shocks. Mine is a 1986,720.
mine is a 1992
How does it ride with drop shocks and the torsions cranked down are you bottoming on bumpstops or did you cut em out
Rides very well, I'd recommend using drop spindles at all so the suspension has some travel or else you can break your shock mounts I removed the bump stops for more clearence
Excuse my ignorance, but would these shocks drop the truck or do you need any special mods?
This will help make the truck drop lower but running these shocks with drop spindles will lower it even more while still having a good suspension geometry
Whats the fastest you've drove this thing? I have a fairly stock (except for intake and exhaust) 1991 D21 and they honestly aren't slow. Not fast, but not slow. I got mine up around 110 when I racing some Diesel truck (I won) and then I let off. It seems most people who drive these don't drive them very hard, as in accelerate hard. But in mine it really is actually fun to drive and accelerates nicely. Maybe its because the guy who owned before me bought it new and took super good care of it.
I havent finished the dashboard conversion so the speedo doesnt work yet.
Update:on my way to a drift event my friend was following me, he said we were averaging 90 mph
I bet these things could top out around 120 -130
@@InfiniteRespecto ka24 is a low rpm single cam engine not really meant to go fast
Depends if you have a S13 speced KA or not
What's the link to this? I've been looking for new shocks, all 4 of mine are toasted lmao
link is now if the description
Rice Truck Thanks man! Im tired of bouncing so much on every little bump lmao
Use heavy duty silicone spray and the shocks will slide on the bottom bolts like butter. Were those rear shocks easy to compress because the KYB I bought for the rear of my truck were not easy to compress? No music please
the rear shocks were a bit tough to compress
Is that bumper custom? Or did you buy it? Looking for that style myself!
My friend @millakillad21 had it custom made and had it on his hardbody just for h20i he took it off and I ended up buying it off of him
The link doesn’t work anymore where else can I buy the shocks?
Another website I found was summit racing, hope this helps.
www.summitracing.com/parts/bel-9564/make/nissan/model/d21
No music please. How long did those KYB’s last?
Was the ride firm, or was it pretty much bottomed out? I have spindles on mine, BellTech nitro drop shocks, torsions turned down some and no bump stops, but it floats.... I’d love it a bit stiffer
The shocks gives the truck a more sporty feel so I'd say it made the ride more firm
3:07 Damn! That fuckin balisong tho!!
How did you slam your d21 to the ground. And maybe you can do a video about that!
i made a walk around video about my setup
Is the truck also on lowering blocks ?
its on 3 inch lowering blocks
What happen to your s10
How do you get the front end so low?
adjusting the torsion bars help but you may experience bump steer
Could you tell a difference in the ride?
I noticed the suspension was able to manage New York potholes better, I was hoping to install drop spindles so I didn't have to rely of the torsion bars for to lower it but I crashed the hardbody 3 days after getting the drop spindles in the mail, I'm going to install both the shocks and drop spindles on the new hardbody I have and make a video about it.
@@RiceTruck Oh no...did the crash total it?
@@weekendhomeprojects yes, but I have a new hardbody so that's good
Oh so easy... So much space on a Nissan, huh? Man, I'm changing some out on my Dodge.. it's not roomy at all!🙄🥵
How low is it without the drop spindle?
not as low as it was with the 4x4 shocks
Rice Truck how did the 4x4 shocks ride before they eventually gave out? Did the Belltech ride better?
they felt pretty good, i decided to get the kyb brand for the 4x4, but the belltechs feel more stiffer for better handling, although the drop spindles would make the belltech street performance a perfect combo
holly shit something thats actually shinny hahahahha just playing onlything shiny on my entire car is the neo chrome cluster box lol
I like your sense of humour, the only thing nice about my truck is the uncracked dashboard
that dash is dope lol. iv put little over 13k into my car and after i got it all how i want it i got in and drove it for a week , ran outa budget st that time and my buddy pointed out i didnt touch tge dash hahaha i had forgotten to redo my dash so its a bitchen car with a dash and center console that looks like i pulled it outa a 300 dollar winter beater hahaha
Rice Truck OH before i forget again , add me on face book got some pics for ya and this years bash events
what do i search on facebook?
Rice Truck " ostynn cotton " same pic at my youtube pic bubble , or our drift team page " backyard magic " we have a channel too but havent done much with it in a wile do to working
Number par for this things I need bro
Lofi Mini Truck
Just 2
How much were they?
228$ on ebay, free shipping
Point me to the right direction for those wheels
i got these wheels off my parts truck. the usually people will get diamond racing wheels or some steelies off of jegs, pretty much anything with a 6x139.7 bolt pattern will work on the hardbody
Not to pick on you, but have you considered cleaning that poor truck up and fixing the rust before you blow money on SHOCKS? And if you are going to go mud, you shouldn't lower the poor thing anyway. You should raise it. Who am I? The guy with that restored 97 King cab in my picture. You keep treating that poor truck as you do, it will eventually go south on you.
if you watched my previous video you wouldve known why it got it this dirty even though i washed it before the video, i didnt buy this truck to restore, it and baby it. i bought it to drift it, scrap metal, and beat the shit out of it. I paid 550$ for it so didnt care that much when i crashed it, I have a new hardbody now with no rust which will also be drifted but being more considerate about its well being. The rotted out hardbody in this video is a beater and nothing more. P.S. since the old engine outlived the old truck. the engines going into my new truck, and im gonna send it again.
Change your fuckin ball joints, raise your truck
upper/lower ball joints have been changed, and no
That looks so tiny