Eibach Pro-truck lift

[Drobs]

I blew out my Eibach rear shocks on particularly hard trail 3 weeks ago. I kept my OEM shocks. Called Eibach and they said there would be no issues with using the OEM shocks with the Eibach rear springs as the difference is only 1 inch.

Eibach said they would also replace my blown rear shocks under their 1 million mile warranty.

I personally would get the full kit (springs and shocks) over just rear Eibach shocks. Eibach rear springs = a 1 inch lift to rear.

 

[kxshook]

Anyone try to put this lift on a 2022 TRD ORP 4x4 (non KDSS)?

I called Eibach and was told that they haven’t received enough 2022 customer/dealer vehicles to ensure proper fitment yet. Maybe someone on here with a 2022 took the risk and installed it anyway. If so, thoughts?

 

[beedee]

Anyone use the Eibach front springs on Bilstein 5100's?

 

[mrkothegigolo]

Anyone try to put this lift on a 2022 TRD ORP 4x4 (non KDSS)?

I called Eibach and was told that they haven’t received enough 2022 customer/dealer vehicles to ensure proper fitment yet. Maybe someone on here with a 2022 took the risk and installed it anyway. If so, thoughts?

I wonder if they give a discount for volunteering vehicles. I am picking up 22 ORP and am somewhat local to them

 

[kxshook]

I wonder if they give a discount for volunteering vehicles. I am picking up 22 ORP and am somewhat local to them

Doesn’t hurt to call and ask.

If you end up going with this lift could you post some picks?

 

[salsanacho]

Anyone use the Eibach front springs on Bilstein 5100's?

Out of curiosity, any reason why you don't want to go with the full Eibach Pro Truck kit (shocks+springs) instead of mixing and matching brands? The shocks are pretty much the same price point, but from what I've read the 5100s are supposedly stiffer.

 

[jkdrew]

Lift Height Issue After Settling

Got my Pro-Truck lift installed on my '14 4Runner Trail three weeks ago after a six month wait due to the backorder issues. Also got the Falken Wildpeak 285s installed to complete the look I was going for. So far, I'm loving the ride and the tires. I initially loved the look of the height and felt it was perfect, but it's definitely settled more than I'd like in the front.

To preface, I measured from the top of the wheel center cap (which provides a flat-ish surface for consistency) to the very bottom of the fender flare, so tire size should not be an issue and should show pure lift. I also measured on a flat driveway, parked in the same spot each time. I know any change in the slope can alter things, but the spot was at least consistent. There is also no added weight to the vehicle from stock.

It's my understanding that the base front lift height with this kit is 2.75" on the bottom clip, and it's my understanding that they are shipped on that clip. I had mine assembled by Wheeler's and there were two more rings visible on each front assembly above where mine was set. I didn't bother measuring immediately after install because I knew it would continuously settle to a certain point.

Both rear measurements were 20.5" before install and 21.5" after, which is the advertised 1" lift. My initial front measurements were 18.2" DF and 17.8" PF. After three weeks, measurements were 19.6" DF and 19.4" PF, which comes out to be around 1.5" lift, accounting for slight variations.

Am I missing something or did I really get over a inch less in lift in the front than I should?

 

[Stormtroop19]

Update on the rear adjustable springs
Success!
Got the replacement springs and that was the issue. Initial set had one weak spring.
One guy said he could adjust his on the rig and he is correct, you just need to buy a 15/16" and a 1/4" hardened round punch or metal stock and put a pipe over that for leverage. The supplied spanner wrench does not work, they just bend and snap

Hello can you please clarify how you made your own spanner wrench? What is the15/16 inch referring to, and the actual punch that fits the holes is 1/4inch? Thank you.

 

[Crank_Mancastle]

So I did my pro-kit lift last weekend. I managed the install in my garage by myself in about 6 hours. If I would have had another set of hands I think it would have been a 3-4 hours to install. I had no real issues other than the spring compressor I bought - I had a rough time pulling it off the springs once compressed, the lip of the part that grabbed the coil was a little too big. But I managed. I also ended up putting a block of wood on the rear axle and using the stock bottle jack against the bump stop to push the axle down far enough to work the driver's side spring in.

I'm still breaking it in before I take it in for alignment, I'll know then if I need to go get UCR's but for now it looks and works good.

Ride is better than stock, no more nose dive on braking, and even handles a little better. I think I paid around $850 with tax shipped, ended up getting them off Amazon. Before and after pics, as well as after the wheels and tires. I went with Rocktrix RT110's in 17x9 with a -12 offset and Toyo AT3's, 285 70 17. 5 minutes worth of trimming the front bumper and pushing the liner forward and removing the mud guards and no issues rubbing.

(Edit - bad angle on the pictures makes it look like there's still a slight rake, but it's pretty much gone. I will say the passenger side sits slightly higher than the driver's side, but again I'm waiting for it to settle a bit before alignment to see if it straightens itself out).

Overall I'm very, very happy and would recommend it to anyone.

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[beedee]

Looks great, the bronze wheels look good against the red.

 

[ForRun]

Hello can you please clarify how you made your own spanner wrench? What is the15/16 inch referring to, and the actual punch that fits the holes is 1/4inch? Thank you.

The answer to your question is contained in your post. All I did is use punches and used a pipe over it for leverage.

 

[vinceperez3]

Installed the stage 1 pro-lift with the help of a buddy recently. Also installed the JBA UCA's and opted to add 1" cornfed rear spacers to keep a a slight rake (personal preference). The rear driver side spacer is actually 1 1/4" to account for the common driver side lean so I added a 1/4" spacer to the front driver side as well to even it out. After letting suspension settle and an alignment, my passenger side sits LOWER than the driver side which confused me cause I haven't really heard of people having PASSENGER SIDE lean. It's about an 1" difference in the rear and 1 1/4" in the front.

Measurement from top of fender to the ground are as follows:

DF - 37 1/4". PF - 36"
DR - 39 5/8". PR - 38 5/8"

I don't mind there being a difference in height but from what I've read is that an acceptable difference between both sides should be less than 3/4" and so I was wondering what to do to level out both sides. I read a little about it possibly being an issue with the KDSS needing to be recalibrated or something but wanted to get some advice on this if anyone has experienced this.

 

[norutah]

Anyone try to put this lift on a 2022 TRD ORP 4x4 (non KDSS)?



I called Eibach and was told that they haven’t received enough 2022 customer/dealer vehicles to ensure proper fitment yet. Maybe someone on here with a 2022 took the risk and installed it anyway. If so, thoughts?

[MENTION=277772]mark@eibach[/MENTION]
Yes, well sort of. Mine is a 2022 ORP with KDSS. Bilstienlifts.com lists it as confirmed for a 2022.
I had been watching eibach's site for confirmation and after the vendor emailed that it was back in stock, I got excited and ordered it without checking back with Eibach, my mistake.
Friday, I installed the eibach stage 2 pro lift kit. Coilovers on front, shocks on the rear. The eibach rear load levelers are still in transit.
Measurements before were 13" rear arch to top of wheel. Front was 10".
Measurements after are 13" rear and 14" front. Obviously 4" is too much. I put the pin spanner on the lower spring seat and it snapped, first pull.
It has not been aligned yet because I need to lower it first.
I have a gearwrench spanner arriving today to try again.
Billstienlifts.com said it will settle, LMAO.
I'm working with Dave @eibach, sending him pictures and measurements to work through this.
Does anyone have any tips on lowering the spring seat without breaking the spanner wrench?
I've only got one shot with the tool arriving today. I'd rather not remove them to compress the springs.

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[4X4T4R]

Mine was the same after install too. I ended up at 6 full turns down to get it level. Jack each side up and be sure to mark the ring to keep track of turns. I had good luck with the silver/red handle eibach spanner wrench. I’ve had no “settling” with the front coilovers in 6 month. It did come down a touch after adding a full set of steel skid plates up front.

My rear stock springs have settled a bit. Lately I noticed a little backwards rake. I’ve been waiting for my eibach rear load leveling kit. It arrived and I installed this weekend. I went with the +0 added weight springs. I’m not running a rear bumper or anything too heavy towards the back. It will give you a lift range of 0-1.5”. This was pretty accurate. I started with the adjusters all the way down and was right at +0. Three full turns up gave me about +1/2”. It was pretty easy too install. Don’t take too much apart. As I’ve said I have kdss. Remove wheels and just the bottom of the shock. Jack up the opposite side you’re working on and the stock spring will pop right out. You can place the stock or a bottle jack on the axle and push down a little if needed. Just watch your brake lines and unclip the abs wires so you don’t break them. Oh one thing I forgot. The one thing that was not shown in instructions or videos. The upper spring perchs are really tough to install. You’ve got to get the nut and washer above the frames. There’s very little room for your hand. I got them in position, held them with an open end 3/4” wrench and carefully got the bolt in from the bottom. It’s tricky but not impossible. Good luck!

[MENTION=277772]mark@eibach[/MENTION]
Yes, well sorry of. Mine is a 2022 ORP with KDSS. Bilstienlifts.com lists it as confirmed for a 2022.
I had been watching eibach's site for confirmation and after the vendor emailed that it was back in stock, I got excited and ordered it without checking back with Eibach, my mistake.
Friday, I installed the eibach stage 2 pro lift kit. Coilovers on front, shocks on the rear. The eibach rear load levelers are still in transit.
Measurements before were 13" rear arch to top of wheel. Front was 10".
Measurements after are 13" rear and 14" front. Obviously 4" is too much. I put the pin spanner on the lower spring seat and it snapped, first pull.
It has not been aligned yet because I need to lower it first.
I have a gearwrench spanner arriving today to try again.
Billstienlifts.com said it will settle, LMAO.
I'm working with Dave @eibach, sending him pictures and measurements to work through this.
Does anyone have any tips on lowering the spring seat without breaking the spanner wrench?
I've only got one shot with the tool arriving today. I'd rather not remove them to compress the springs.

 

[norutah]

Mine was the same after install too. I ended up at 6 full turns down to get it level. Jack each side up and be sure to mark the ring to keep track of turns. I had good luck with the silver/red handle eibach spanner wrench. I’ve had no “settling” with the front coilovers in 6 month. It did come down a touch after adding a full set of steel skid plates up front.

My rear stock springs have settled a bit. Lately I noticed a little backwards rake. I’ve been waiting for my eibach rear load leveling kit. It arrived and I installed this weekend. I went with the +0 added weight springs. I’m not running a rear bumper or anything too heavy towards the back. It will give you a lift range of 0-1.5”. This was pretty accurate. I started with the adjusters all the way down and was right at +0. Three full turns up gave me about +1/2”. It was pretty easy too install. Don’t take too much apart. As I’ve said I have kdss. Remove wheels and just the bottom of the shock. Jack up the opposite side you’re working on and the stock spring will pop right out. You can place the stock or a bottle jack on the axle and push down a little if needed. Just watch your brake lines and unclip the abs wires so you don’t break them. Oh one thing I forgot. The one thing that was not shown in instructions or videos. The upper spring perchs are really tough to install. You’ve got to get the nut and washer above the frames. There’s very little room for your hand. I got them in position, held them with an open end 3/4” wrench and carefully got the bolt in front the bottom. It’s tricky but not impossible. Good luck!

Thank you, Zlots. Did you adjust the front spring seat on the vehicle? Just grabbed the spanner and turned the seat? Sounds like a dumb question but I was pulling with everything I had, and they barely moved, like maybe 1°, before the pin sheared.
Nate

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[4X4T4R]

Yes I adjusted without removing. The trouble is they come preset for so much lift there's a lot of tension on that spring/ring. You need extend as much as possible by jacking up the front end. I didn't have to, but you may want to disconnect the sway bar, it looks like you've done that during your install. I didn't have to remove when installing, I ended up just compressing the kdss cylinder with a jack to pivot enough to squeeze in. I had some help too. Earlier this year they were shipping coilovers without the wrench. I made my own tool, a steel rod with a hardened pin pressed into the end. That pin snapped. So I took an old spanner wrench and modified it match the OD of the ring. Not long after that Eibach shipped me one of theirs. The one I have looks different than the picture of their website. The one they sent me has a pin welded to the end. This current tool looks like a one piece sort of "claw". Also, I only got one wrench not a pair as show.

PRO-TRUCK COILOVER 2.0 - Spanner Wrench Kit

It does take quite some effort and "pop" once you get it turning. As you bring it down it will get slightly easier.

 

[norutah]

Thanks, I'm heading out to try it again. Funny, I was watching the video from eibach and their wrench appears to have been fixed. You can see it was welded. Or perhaps it was before coating

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[norutah]

It's done, level, and rides incredible. I ended up using 2 1/4 pin punches. One long and 1 short, indexed as close to diametrically opposite as possible. I lowered the spring seat by 1 full inch. Final measurements are: front wheel arch to top of wheel 13". The rear is 13.25". The bottom of the spring seat to to the top of the lower shock eye is 2 3/16". Dave at Eibach said these are shipped at 3 3/16 and I verified that yesterday. LDA and TSS are functioning again and I have no lean. Rear Eibach load levelers are in route. I'll post up after install. As I was typing this, Amazon arrived with my new pin spanner. It is the gearwrench 81864. It looks like it will work great, and I'll save it for next time. I'll get some better pics soon.

Edit: disregard that about the wrench. The pin is 5/16

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[mrkothegigolo]

This kit is on the top of my list. It has everything I need for a good price. My only question is I've never seen them in action. Most people only share picture of the lift difference. Anybody have "action" shots or videos?

 

[Drobs]

This kit is on the top of my list. It has everything I need for a good price. My only question is I've never seen them in action. Most people only share picture of the lift difference. Anybody have "action" shots or videos?

Here's a video of my 4Runner in action before, I blew out my rear Eibach shocks target bumping the vehicle up a rock ledge.

D Robs built 4RUNNER - YouTube

Waiting on my replacement rear shocks from Tire Rack + I have a set of extended Eibach Bump Stops to install.