Recent content by ChrisKimmelshue

Bingo. This or cams.

Thank you. I dig their style and their quality.

The ride on the road with the 600# springs is just perfect. It honestly feels like a BMW 3 series as far as firmness (I split my commute with a friend who owns one). It soaks up the big bumps no problem. The primary areas the suspension addressed were the deep "diving" under braking and the...

I do have a scanner I can use to check ignition timing. I will use that and post my results. My experience and gut tell me it does get bumped ever so slightly on higher octane fuel.

I would normally agree with you on the time thing, but I only have 4200 miles on it now. It's not my daily driver. Clearly, there's is an undocumented bump in ignition timing on high octane fuel, OR, our fuel here in my part of the country is crap.

While my 4Runnner isn't lifted per se, it is leveled and does have a much nicer suspension on it. My version of a TRD Pro.

I only have 3300 miles on my 4Runner, but I rarely, if ever, reset my MPG average on the OBC. Before, running 87, I saw 15.5 MPG. After switching for sh&ts and giggles to 93 I am now averaging 17.7 MPG (without resetting it). No over changes. Mind you, this is not driving the speed limit and...

In my experience (with tuning German, Italian, and American performance cars), none of these mods will make a huge difference by itself. Your engine is an air pump. The more air you can force in, consume (burn), and the more air you can force out the more power you can make. A cold air...

I don't know much about this kit to be honest. I was very interested since I use their kits all the time on my street cars, but the lack of any real information at the time led me to the Fox setup. I am sure more information has surfaced by now and it is a nice kit.

Feel free to PM me for this info.

I'm sure you can run ball-joint UCAs. Not ideal, however. The point of the "extended travel" Fox coilovers is for that extra inch or so. Looks like I achieved about 2" of lift up front with room to go higher. The specs say 0-3" for these coilovers.

Before and after.

No problem. I installed: Front: 883-02-025 2.5 Factory Series Coil-Over IFP (extended travel, requires UCAs - I went with Total Chaos) Rear: 883-24-004 2.5 Factory Series Reservoir I went by frame rail to ground and it is now level. Off the top of my head - 15 1/4" or so.

Further impressions after a highway run (I'll get off road soon!) - LOVE the increased firmness. It's what the 4R needed. Every pedal (accelerator or brake) input is more immediate. Steering is more immediate. This kit soaks up the big bumps, too. I purposefully swerved towards all the...

2.5" front and rear. Only the rears have remote reservoirs. I wanted the extended travel fronts and they are not yet available with remote reservoirs.