yeah - after thinking about it for awhile, this lift seems a little sensitive for rear sagging - or being too level right off the bat (nose high) and susceptible to reverse rake pretty easily. the pro truck lift that was being discussed has now been intertwined with partial kits people are posting in here. stock spring, eibach shocks, and other springs on these shocks (this thread was about a kit, not pieces of a kit) I guess there are eibach sport shocks that have dampening adjustment but not height, and if you get the kit this thread was intended for and set the front shocks to anything over the second notch even on a v8 - they are way too high in the front - especially considering the kit intends on only a 1" rear lift.

at this point i am going to get the old man emu kit or bilstein 5100s with OME springs.

thanks.

Just had my kit installed by @mwray8909 What an awesome guy he is. Him and his wife were extremely nice and very knowledgeable. I was able to watch the whole way through and learn a lot. Here is the finished product





Since the front is so much higher (set on notch for 2.5" front) I was thinking about going with some 2" springs for the rear instead of these 1" eibachs. Has anyone put in 2" rear springs with this kit? if so upload pics!

The "notches" are for factory springs not for lifted springs. You might want to put them back to the lowest notch. Just sayin.

Hmm I don’t understand what you mean. They sell this as a kit. This also isn’t mentioned anywhere in the instructions for the kit.

I know, but they are designed to use the factory (stock) spring with the lift notches. If running a lift spring that is taller than factory, you should use the lowest setting.

From Wheelers site about the Eibach shocks.

Allows you to adjust the level of the spring seat to lift the front of your truck or SUV up to 2.5" by moving the spring seat on the shock body. Uses your stock coils.

Call Eibach though.

I still need to drop mine one notch in the front. Sits too high. Doesn’t look as wild as yours but it’s noticeable.

Would 2 inch rear springs level it out?

Has anyone run 2” rear coils with this kit?

Hey Fellas,

I hang around the 5th gen forum, but actually had our 4th gen prototype kit light years ago. I'm always available if you have any questions.

Ryan

Razz, essentially if you put the 2" spring on the 2" lift mark on the strut you've lifted it around 4". With a 2" spring the zero mark would give you a 2" lift, on the 1" mark would give you a 3" lift and so on. Anything over 2" you should be running a diff drop kit as well.

12 month check in. Super happy with the Eibach kit to date on 5th gen Trail wheels running 275/65/17. Thinking of going 265/70/17 in a more aggressive tire next. Hope it all fits with this minor lift.

The kit is fantastic on streets and highways and have held up great with the mild OHV wheeling I’ve done. Quality product.


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Hey guys,

I am looking at lifting my 05 v6 sport 4Runner and I was originally going to go with 5100’s all around with OME 2885s in front and eibach pro rear coils (1”). I can across this kit in the process but saw that the front coils are 2.75” so I was concerned about the factory UCAs with this kit. I got In touch with wheelers and they said that it will skew the alignment and give me negative rake. Today, I got in touch with eibach and they said that it should work just fine with the factory UCA and will be fine with the cvs as well. I’m just looking for some clarification before I pull the trigger. I would like to keep the front shocks set at 0 to avoid any preload. If anyone has this kit with a v6 I would appreciate any and all info.
Thanks!

We've installed a bunch of these and they align fine. Additionally, I had a Gen 4 for years that was lifted the same amount in the front and it was fine from 80,000 - 160,000 miles when it was sold.

Perfect! Appreciate the feedback! Anyone have any idea what notch the front shocks should be set too to get that nice even stance? My gut tells me 0 but I would prefer to get it right the first time. Happy Holidays I appreciate y'all.

This exactly!!!