4runner FJ Lift Front End Rake

[tyota]

Hey guys,

Last night I installed a front and rear set of 07 4x4 FJ Cruiser shocks and coils (40k miles), and the 1/2" Toytech top plate spacers on my 06 SR5 4runner v8. I noticed that it was almost "level" with just the front installed. Once I installed the rear, it is back to the front end rake that it had when it was stock. I have looked at dozens of pictures of 4runners with this lift insatlled, and it doesn't seem to be the typical results.

Is there anything that I may have done incorrectyl (not much to it)?

Is there anything that I can do to "level" it better?

Here is how I did the front end:
Removed the skid plate
Removed the sway bar
Removed the 2 bolts on the bottom of the lower control arm
Removed the lower shock bolts
Removed the upper shock bolts
Removed the struts
Compressed the coils just enough to remove the shock nuts
Replaced the stock studs with the longer Toytech ones in the top plates
Reassembled the struts
Placed the top spacers on top of the struts
Reinstalled in reverse order as above..

Here is a finished picture of it (sorry for the crappy picture):

 

[Doozi]

I does look a little low in the front. Do you have a close up of the strut assembly? Are you sure that you put the front coils on the correct side? There is a driver and passenger coil.

I would guess that your set-up with a V8 should yield about 1/2-3/4" lift in the rear and about 1-1/2" lift in the front which would be more noticeable than what your picture shows.

With a V6, mine sat at about 11/16" lift in the rear and 2" lift in the front.

~Doozi

 

[WiscoRunner]

Just installed a 1" thickness spacer and achieved the desired lift on my 07. I'm not one to know the details of how the angles etc achieve more lift than the 1" thick spacer but I'd say the problem lies in using a spacer only .5" thick. 1" thick spacer and springs looks perfect IMO. Just my .02 Good luck.

 

[tyota]

Lower Shock Bolt

Top Plate And Spacer

 

[tyota]

FYI, I put the longer strut on the drivers side..
Colors are as follows:
Drivers side = Purple and green
Passenger side = Yellow and green

It seems to be evenly lifted on the pass and drivers sides.

 

[ARK_SWAMP_RIDER]

Perhaps the rear coils aren't seated properly causing more lift in the rear? Do you have before/after lift measurements? If so, that'd really help. And finally, are you 100% certain the coils are from a 4wd FJ? If they were from a 2wd you'd get less lift and could end up with those results.

 

[Doozi]

Good point ARK.

tyota... I noticed the part number on your front shocks and checked the part numbers on the FJ shocks I have...

Yours = 48520-35270 from 2007 model year
Mine = 48510-35400 from 2010 model year

You might want to check which parts a 2WD and a 4WD FJ call for.

 

[tyota]

I took the struts, shocks and coils off of the FJ myself while installing a lift on it. So i know for 100% that they are off a 4wd FJ.

Upon some investigation I have found out that I may have the struts on the wrong sides...
It looks like the Green/Gray is supposed to be on the passenger side. I made the decision to put the longer one on the drivers side rather than looking at the color codes. My guess is that after measuring the coils, I simply set the longer one on the passenger side by mistake.

I took some measurements, and have found that the front drivers side is at 20.25" and the rear is at 21.5". These measurements are almost identical to CJ3Flyr after his install.

Right now the passenger front is 3/4" taller than the drivers side, and the passenger rear is 5/16" higher than the drivers side.

I will swap the struts tonight and see if it corrects the differences, but I dont see it making it "level", considering right now there is a 1.25" difference from front to back. I expect after I swap the struts I will still be about 1" off.

Thank you very much for taking the time to help me figure out what I should have already known, before I even started this project...

Thanks again,

Tyson