Recent content by kbar

Took the car in to get it's new kicks put on and balanced, did an alignment as well. The alignment straightened me out in more ways than one, lost a little hight off the front, about .5 of an inch the thing handles beautifully now. I also gained a little height in the back when I re torqued the...

cancelled the new OEM strut mounts. Decided to use the old ones as they look fine upon close inspection. Money better spent elsewhere IMO.

The other option could be to put the old front coils back, assuming that the higher coil seat on the front billys will give me a small lift that is comparable to the rear or maybe go with different front shocks, man my head hurts?

drabbits, that would seriously be amazing if you had time to look at it. I also think that the billy coil seat being higher theory might also be correct. I know that Mccamp82 did the same lift as me, but with Kyb gas-adjust shocks and didn't have the nose high problem, he just needed 10mm trim...

That's a little out of my comfort zone to be honest, kinda like to try it, but no time right now. However, I will ask the shop to do what you said when they put the new oem strut mounts in this week. Incidentally, what am I looking for after the rear re torque is complete, a raise in the rear...

strut images More images as requested. Let me know your thoughts. -k

I appreciate the feed back, time to get serious and break out my work camera for some clear shots - more soon.

I agree, OEM top plates back on, alignment and hopefully 1.5 Daystars in the rear, provided the front feels right. I think I'm also going to put new tie rods and ball joints on as well.

where I'm at My main goal is to have the front feel responsive, solid and accommodate the 265/75/16 Toyo AT IIs that are sitting on my door step. I feel that the rear is a little easier to tackle once the front is resolved. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, money is not really an issue...

I took a closer look at the area you specified with the arrow. Kinda difficult to tell even with a flash light and screwdriver I'm afraid. It look's to be a reflection from the camera flash. I don't see any metal nuts etc, but I do see some raised bumps that would also catch reflection from...

Certainly true, but I had hoped for similar results to some other folks who had the same factory set up. However, at the moment I have a 1.25" difference between the front and the rear and 10mm trim packers are not going to straighten that out. Just need to know what the best option might be...

I can say that I did notice that my front is firming up a bit and does not feel as loose as it did which I think is due to the progressive spring rate. I'm hoping that they will also settle and in the end all I will need is some trim packers in the rear.

Front struts here's the view of the front perches.

all that white stuff is from the labels that toyota had plastered all over the springs.

front measurements from center of hub to bottom of fender flare are 22.5" exactly for both sides. Rear Measurements are 21" Passenger side, 21.25" drivers side.