I must have missed that part then, lol. Don't do 861's if you're still on a regular setup in the front, hahahaha. You might go through the windshield if you do. Carolina squat is yuck anyhow.

You may want to look into the LC80 springs. I had mine on for over 100K miles and right before I swapped them out they were settled quite evenly with the front, or at least I thought.

Here's a picture with the LC 80 springs. But again, still lifted in the front. Not sure how this would look with no front adjustments.



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Here's a great photo of the rear loaded down with probably 10 sandbags or so. They were about 30 pounds each, maybe? But I think this might be a good reference point in terms of weight and sag.

How much lift would you say you got from them? What size tires are you running in the photo?

It’s definitely an option for sure and maybe I could supplement with airbags. I’m thinking I’ll have to go airbags regardless since I doubt there’s a spring out there that will do exactly what I want


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Sorry to let you down brother but I don't have exact numbers for you. I know this isn't helpful at all but I was hoping that at least a visual representation could stand for something for you.

The tires in those photos are 285/75/16's with 1.25" wheel spacers.

I've heard good things about airbags but I don't have any firsthand experience with them. It sounds to me like you're on the right path though. I certainly don't think money is no object but what I will say is that if you play around with different setups you'll be able to better determine what you do like vs. what you don't like. I've been fortunate in that sense over the past 10.5 years to play around with a few different setups and I'm very happy with what I've got now. Sorry for the rant, just wanted to add that little bit.

Oh no it wasn’t a let down at all. My 255s are only slightly taller than 285s are so that gives me a very good reference as to what mine would look like. I’m definitely considering those springs now. I was just concerned that they may have been 265/75s in which case my tires would be like 2 inches larger and take up more of the wheel well


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I have LC80 7.5 wraps on the back of my 4Runner. You can see my sig for my whole setup. 2+" in the front with the Eibachs. You'll be REALLY high in the rear without a load and no lift in the front. I'm nearly 2" higher than the front without 100 lbs of sandbags + subwoofer + tools sitting on the wheel wells with the 7.5 wraps. I have a hitch and 285 spare back there as well.

22.5+" in the front from the hub to the bottom of the Bushwacker flares
23.5"+ in the rear with all the aforementioned stuff in the cargo area

I have a set of 891s with less than 5000 miles on them. They have a spring rate of 210 lbs/in vs your 890s @ 190 lbs/in. Want 'em? $100 and they're yours, shipped.

Top pic is with the LC 7.5 + sandbags and the bottom pic is with the 891s and no load in the back other than the subwoofer and tools.

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I’m probably going to go with the toytec HD springs. I finally got ahold of toytec and they said with my setup it’s best if I use the 9602HD. Oddly enough they don’t have spring rate numbers which I don’t understand cause they literally made the spring lol but that’s probably the route I’ll end up going.


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Cool. I once heard they were 240 lbs/in. The non-HD are 195 lbs/in, according to the research I did a while ago.

Best of luck. I hope it all works out!

Looks like a good choice for you. You'll maintain your 3" lift in the rear with your 300 extra pounds. They should handle a pretty decent additional load as well without sagging. The spring rate is VARIABLE** not a constant value. Toytec call center guy isn't going to know this information. You'd need to speak to their college educated mechanical engineer. I'm sure they don't list this information because no one will understand wtf it means. Hope that works out 👽

I agree that they should be variable rate coils, but with very few exceptions most manufacturers only publish single rate specs. There is also the typical "ride height" rate which is what I think they refer to most of the time. The more closely wrapped coils are probably most useful off road at slow speeds when the suspension is flexed.

The OME 890/891/906 coils look like variable rate or progressive, but only single rates are listed, for example.

I'm not arguing the point. If you have better info, please enlighten me.

The coils he's talking about are variable rate if you look at them you'll see that.. one end of the coil is more tightly wrapped and tapers down. They act as linear rate coils until the extra load is added then they stiffen become variable rate. You don't really need a description if you know what they look like. But yeah the description on their website sucks.

I definitely want to go with 255’s whenever I need new tires again. Lucky!!


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I absolutely love them. And the best part is you can fit them stock height. It took me 5 mins to clearance each side to fit and that was it.

Plus the steering is much nicer with them and I can air way down off-road. Usually go to like 10-12. Also IMO skinny is better off-road

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