diff drop, long travel boots, or both

daleboot

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Bought a 4 runner that already had a 2.5" -3" lift on it, one side outer boot was going out when I got it and the other side outer went out shortly after as expected.

So not sure yet if there is a diff drop installed on the rig and have been reading the forums a bit and haven't seen any clear opinions on the long travel outer cv boots.

Do most people do a diff drop or longer boots or do both. I assume the drop is necessary to help with the angles, but do I really need to do both?

inner boots seem fine, but saw more thread about inner boot problems than there were about outer boots. Is there anything to address on inner, like longer travel boots or anything like that.

Plan on getting the cv's rebuilt at a driveline shop and want to get them done right the first time or was going to check into cost fo CVJ axles, does anyone know if there axles have long travel and better boots or are there stronger (affordable)shafts available out there

any help is greatly appreciated, thx
 
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Check the official diff drop thread for opinions. Some say yes, some say no. I did install the diff drop. I did get inner boot seal failure after moving the axle angles. Those things had been in they're happy home for 17 years and didn't like being moved at all. I just installed re-manned axles from CVJ a few weeks ago. No problems at all with the company or the axles. They will build you a set with inner long travel boots ($40 extra per side). Axles themselves were $89 ea. Haven't really heard of anyone having issues with the outer boots. Check this thread. I got some good info from the folks about this http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/143267-i-dont-think-normal.html
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