I'm looking at a very good buy on an older Toyota PU. It's only real flaw in my opinion is it has a 3 inch lift. I detest lifted trucks. Is it inexpensively possible to unlift a lifted truck?

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A buddy of mine owns a shop here, where modifications are done on japanese vehicles.

Naturally being a car guy, I spend a good deal of time there.

Most everything that is done to these vehicles-can be undone-as 'bolt on' is the standard practise.

From my experiance with lift kits (Had an 86 Ramcharger) that was lifted, the suspention should be able to be unbolted. Do you plan to find OEM parts from a salvage yard-or but new from the dealer?

Your primary concern , is if the current owner modified the driveshaft-steering mechanism.
If not, you should be able to get it back to stock very easily.

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easy fix usually, I'm assuming that is solid axle front? Irs can be undone too, but it's is a little more involved sometimes. Heres the cool thing: usually a deal like this couldmake you money or be revenue neutral if you do your own wrenching. Find someone who wants to lift their truck and swap out stock for lifted. Maybe get a little extra cash too. Then you have their springs n such and they have a lift. All in a weekends work.

x2...that would be a hot set-up...good idea jake.

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great idea...although I don't know if I could do the wrenching with no experience in lifts, but I might find somebody who could do it for a swap and come out even. I don't know if the guy kept the original parts or not. It's an 89 4x4. They're scarce as hen's teeth around here and I want to get one for the kid, I have an 86 he can't have, but almost every one I find for sale has been either battered to death and has cracks where it shouldn't have cracks or has been lifted and otherwise dicked with and they ALL, apparently, are undercoated with 14K gold or something based on their asking prices.

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1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Not hard at all, depending on how its lifted it could be as easy as removing some blocks.

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Especially if it was built for "show" rather than "go." Could be blocks in the rear and springs in the front. OTOH, at least 3" isn't a ridiculous lift if you didn't want to get too involved with it and the rest of the truck is in nice shape.

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If you undo the u-bolts holding the axles to the springs, be sure to re-torque them after 50-100 miles. Little buggers like to work loose.

actually, the recomended way when changing springs is to replace the u bolts. the little guys stretch and suffer thread distortion, so one should always replace them when doing a spring job. they are cheap, cheaper than crash repair.