What would be your ideal 2" lift set up? - Toyota 4Runner Forum

blairracd · 02-24-2019, 04:52 PM

Out of all of the different combinations of coils and shocks -- budget or no budget, what would you pick?

disclaimer: I'm aware of the stickies and common lift set ups. Just trying to make conversation and have a fun dream thread.

edit: I'm also curious about newer lift options like using 5th gen or FJ suspensions.

fixxor · 02-24-2019, 05:56 PM

My setup:

Front: Bilstein 6112 - 8th notch, about 2"
Rear: OME 890 / Bilstein 5100, about 2 1/2"

Love it.

BeebRunner · 02-28-2019, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by blairracd

Out of all of the different combinations of coils and shocks -- budget or no budget, what would you pick?

disclaimer: I'm aware of the stickies and common lift set ups. Just trying to make conversation and have a fun dream thread.

edit: I'm also curious about newer lift options like using 5th gen or FJ suspensions.

Front: Tundra 5100's with FJ springs on I think the 2nd notch, can't remember

Rear: FJ coils and 3rd gen 5100's

Netting 2" of lift but the front sits a little higher then the rear the way I have it set up right now.

I paid around $400 for all of the parts together so you can search around and save some money over OME if you can be patient. I can't compare to the ride against anything else because I've never been in anything else, but compared to stock it's amazing. I actually have an extra pair of FJ front and rear springs if your ever interested.

jeredcollins · 02-28-2019, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by fixxor

My setup:

Front: Bilstein 6112 - 8th notch, about 2"
Rear: OME 890 / Bilstein 5100, about 2 1/2"

Love it.

Nice look! What size and brand tire are you running? Lastly, I thought 890s gave about a 3” lift?

fixxor · 02-28-2019, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jeredcollins

Nice look! What size and brand tire are you running? Lastly, I thought 890s gave about a 3” lift?

Thanks. Running the 265/70R17 BFGoodrich KO2's. For the 890's per Wheelers site: Old Man Emu 2890 Rear Coil Spring Set, they state 2.5". But the shocks I have are limiting by about a half inch or so. Maybe they state that because of when it settles, dunno.

gamefreakgc · 02-28-2019, 11:09 PM

You could see if this guy will give you his 2" body lift he's taking off: 2" Body Lift Removal

bbwaychoff · 02-28-2019, 11:17 PM

Just got a 3" front spacer lift and 2.5" rear spacer lift. Not sure but front spacers are only 1.5 tall is that how them lifts work ?

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phattyduck · 03-01-2019, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bbwaychoff

Just got a 3" front spacer lift and 2.5" rear spacer lift. Not sure but front spacers are only 1.5 tall is that how them lifts work ?

For the front, yes. The motion ratio is about 2:1, meaning 2" of wheel travel is about 1" of spring/shock travel. 1.5" of spacer is ~3" of lift in the front.

-Charlie

jeredcollins · 03-01-2019, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by fixxor

Thanks. Running the 265/70R17 BFGoodrich KO2's. For the 890's per Wheelers site: Old Man Emu 2890 Rear Coil Spring Set, they state 2.5". But the shocks I have are limiting by about a half inch or so. Maybe they state that because of when it settles, dunno.

Thanks for the info. Did you do a panhard bar drop bracket? Do you think 275/70R17 or possibly 285/70R17s would fit?

fixxor · 03-01-2019, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jeredcollins

Thanks for the info. Did you do a panhard bar drop bracket? Do you think 275/70R17 or possibly 285/70R17s would fit?

Well on full droop in the front the tires pretty much come a couple millimeters up against the upper control arm. And I'm pretty sure from my research that 3" is the consensus for 285's. I did not do a pan hard drop bracket, haven't looked at it to tell if I really need it or not. Though it's not a difficult thing to do anyways.

blairracd · 03-02-2019, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BeebRunner

Front: Tundra 5100's with FJ springs on I think the 2nd notch, can't remember

Rear: FJ coils and 3rd gen 5100's

Netting 2" of lift but the front sits a little higher then the rear the way I have it set up right now.

I paid around $400 for all of the parts together so you can search around and save some money over OME if you can be patient. I can't compare to the ride against anything else because I've never been in anything else, but compared to stock it's amazing. I actually have an extra pair of FJ front and rear springs if your ever interested.

Sorry for the late reply.
So, what is different about using FJ coils over trd tundra/lc80 coils? Just that they're newer?

BeebRunner · 03-02-2019, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by blairracd

Sorry for the late reply.
So, what is different about using FJ coils over trd tundra/lc80 coils? Just that they're newer?

In socal, around the time I started to look for lifts, I saw an abundance of people posting FJ springs for sale so I started to research if anyone had ever put them on a 3rd gen 4R, and I found a few. I bought a set of just the springs hoping that I'd get lucky and find shocks next, but soon after I found a member of the forum selling his whole setup including FJ springs for $350. It was much cheaper and easier to gather over trying to find tundra springs and LC80 coils. I didn't want a huge lift either so LC80's were pretty much out of the question for me.

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