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Originally Posted by 06TFR
Have a 2006 4runner V6. Installing OME 885 w/Bilstein 5100. Having trouble installing the steering knuckle bolts on the LCA. When i'm jacking up the LCA to align the steering knuckle bolts it completely lifts the 4runner off the jack stand I still have about 3 inches to go before the LCA reaches the steering. I have two jackstands in the front. I tried jackstands on the frame in the rear since I thought the rear suspension was compressing with the tires on the ground. No luck. Any suggestions? Thanks. Feels like I should just get some other springs.
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Replying to myself because I feel like an idiot. I noticed in some videos my struts looked different. Having bought this 4runner last year and it being my first SUV I didn't realize the previous owner(s) installed a 2 inch lift. I thought it was stock. Still had stock shocks/spring. Just the strut mount/2" rubber spacer was after market. After spending $100 for an auto shop to compress my springs...i decompressed them with the no spring compressor method, installed new strut mounts, and the bilstein 5100/ome885 were easily installed. So I wasted $100 and some time but I learned a lesson.