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I am buying my aunts 98 t4r with 90,xxx mi (she got a 2012 :P) a few things i need help with
1. what the best lift kit under $600 that doesn't use spacers
2. it doesn't have mud flaps and i love having some what are some good flexable long ones i can pin up and get them out of the way while i'm off roading
3. what are some good tires for it? I will be driving it to school and work every day and off roading on Sundays
4. what is some stuff i should get like recovery gear? ( i am not a newb to off roading i mostly go with my bud has a taco and we usuly dont get stuck)
5. any hints or tips?
thanks
wes
this is my current car. had to take off mud flaps on the rear they fell off today while driving some gravel roads. it is a 1988 Dodge D50 sport (made my mitsu under the name mighty max) has 260XXXmi and runs great is lived in Indiana most of its life so rust is a massive battle with it :(
 

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you wont find a lift kit for under $600 that doesnt use spacers, that being said you can piece together one from other rigs(toyotas) for about that, but it wont come as a kit and you have to know what your looking for and what years and what trucks/suvs they come from...

recovery gear you ask, a winch is a good place to start, but 3 or 4 good straps and a com-a-long should work till you can save up the $1000 for a winch.

i could go on for each item you listed but ripcord had a good sugestion, use the search box in the upper right hand corner of the page and just start looking, its all over this forum, theses questions get asked repeatedly, at least once a week and its always the same thing just a different day, congrats on the new runner and welcome to the group, hope you have a lot of money cause your 4runner likes new shoes and bumpers and superchargers, and....
 
thanks so much yall! i have some 33in maxxis big horns for 16in rims im going to put on. i am thinking fj coils for the rear and some front shocks
 
I'm doing a budget build 3rd Gen right now. Look around (here, eBay, Craigslist) for slightly used springs. I just bought 4 (new) for $284 shipped from AJusa.com. You should be able to buy springs for $300 and there's your $600 non spacer lift kit.
 
well i dont have the runner yet but went to pull a part and pulled some toytec 3in front end lift kit and some fj coils for the rear for $100
 
I don't know if those fj coils will work, other will chime in. Nonetheless, great find.

Did your aunt get a 2012TE?

My uncle had an 85 D50 2.3l diesel that he took to right over 300,000 miles, then retired from his job and sold the D50 to a kid down the street in 05, who two weeks later left it in neutral and it rolled into a lake. My uncle still doesn't talk with that kid or his folks to this day.
 
LittleCaesar said:
I don't know if those fj coils will work, other will chime in. Nonetheless, great find.

Did your aunt get a 2012TE?

My uncle had an 85 D50 2.3l diesel that he took to right over 300,000 miles, then retired from his job and sold the D50 to a kid down the street in 05, who two weeks later left it in neutral and it rolled into a lake. My uncle still doesn't talk with that kid or his folks to this day.
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she got a sr5. i love my truck! mine is a 5spd
 
 
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