Old thread bump....will these coils work on the 90-95 4runners?

I'm searching around for prices to have someone install my Bilstein 5100's and FJ coils to replace my stock X-REAS setup due to signs of failure. Dealer wants like $2000 for replacement system, CRAZY... I'm not looking to level out ride or lift it, just want quality ride and similar to factory height.

So my question is that I plan to keep the Bilstein's at stock height for the front. With installing FJ coils as they're a little taller and stiffer, should I gain a little height because of this even with Bilstein's at stock setting for front? For the rear I've heard that you may gain about 1'', but looks more like about .5 if that. My concern is that there is already a factory rake and gaining .5 in the rear and nothing in the front will give more rake and I don't want that...

So as I sit here an scratch my .... I'm pondering what to do with the front adjustments? Any thoughts out there? It's a v6 4wd, so not as heavy in the front and I'm paying for labor. So if I don't like it I'll have to pay again to have it adjusted and another alignment.

Thanks for any help! :-)

See this thread for more specifics on lift height. Expect around 1" front and .5" rear. If you like the rake stick with that, or use the second notch (.85" lift) for a more leveled look.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/suspen...e-fj-swap.html

Thank you ARK_SWAMP_RIDER. This is very helpful.

I installed FJ coils with my XREAS system and loved the improvement. It was firmer, but definitely not harsh. It felt less bouncy, better off-road, and ended my bottoming out over the speed bumps at work. The XREAS shocks are short and droop is definitely limited when you increase your ride height... especially the rear. I drove it for about 1.5 years and just upgraded to the Toytec Ultimate. My setup was...

Front: FJ coils on XREAS shocks with a 1/2" thick Toytec spacer. I ended up with 2" lift (1" from the spacer and 1" from the coils)
Rear: FJ coils with XREAS shocks. I settled out at 5/8" lift.

Yes. Combine them with a ball joint spacer out front and you're set. Refer to my build for more info.
~It's nice to see this thread, 5 years later and people still like the idea. Makes me smile knowing it helps.

While some people have claimed to only get 1/2" out of the rear FJ coils when installed on their 4Runner, I definitely saw 1" and that never settled over the next 100k miles I ran the set up I described above (stock 4x4 V8 front springs with 2" Daystar spacer and 4x4 FJ rear coils).

At 143k miles, it was time to replace the shocks though, and I wanted to include my new datapoint. I finally ditched the XREAS in favor of the Bilstein 5100's, and wanted to ditch the front Daystar spacer but still remain at the same amount of lift (2" front, 1" rear). I ended up setting the front Bilsteins to the 1.75 notch (3rd notch from the bottom) and replaced the stock 4x4 V8 front coils with the fronts from the same 4x4 FJ that I got the rears from (mothballed in the garage for 5+ years). No pics of the 2 sets of springs side by side, but the FJ coils appeared to be the same thickness but very slightly taller (<1/4"). This was consistent with reports of (4x4) FJ coils providing a slight lift on even 4x4 V8 4Runners.

The 1.75 setting seemed like a no-brainer based on other peoples results here, my debate was which springs to pair them to. Turns out I made the right move with the FJ coils, as I ended up with essentially the same stance as I had originally (2"/1") and am very happy. Measurements and pics to follow.

Of course, handling is worlds better with the Bilsteins all around as compared to the blown XREAS. The front end is a little firmer and body roll is vastly reduced, not sure whether the shocks or slightly firmer FJ springs are to thank for that (likely both, with the Bilsteins getting much of the credit).

I still have a clunk coming from the front over smaller, higher frequency bumps and rough pavement, which I was hoping was due to the old shocks... I will be replacing the front stabilizer bar's bushings and endlinks next to try and eliminate it completely.

Hopefully this post is helpful to some... trying to get lift info with certain components can be somewhat challenging, as people forget that other variables come into play on their results- what configuration their truck is (4wd vs. 2wd, V6 vs. V8, front end weight- bumpers, etc) as well as what configuration their donor parts came from (2wd vs. 4wd FJ). (I still dont run any front weight, by the way- other than some new roof racks and Tundra wheels my set up is the same as pictured above, circa 2007).

Hey maybe I'm crazy but I bought 08 trail team coils from an FJ owner and got absolutely nothing out of it same exact height as before the swap?

Thats prettyweird. But how many milez were on the fj coils. Is it possible you bought tired coils?

using new FJ TT coils and OME trim spacers. Up front its trd tacoma coils. Everything mounted on 5100s.

That is just the answer I was looking for! I heard someone say in a Yotatech thread that FJ Cruiser coils would work on 2nd gen 4runners but I was't sure if they just made a typo and meant FJ80 coils. Thanks for the clarification!

My Dear,
you said My next mod will be a 2" front spacer to level the truck
please don't do it , Many sites and manufactures fool people to make money out of them they are thousand so do not be number 2001 , you will face noise and harsh,, but the best professional way is to add thick rubber coil insulators at same time for each spring 2 rubber insulator one top and one bottom of each spring, the result is to gain 2 inch more and isolate the noise and more comfortable feeling.