I did it myself with help from a buddy. Took us about 6 hours which includes lunch and a quick trip to Auto Zone for some more tools (didn't have a breaker bar). So just plan on a whole day as insurance against the unknown. Do a search on here and you will find other member's who have some really great instructions. Because of the XREAS system I found dropping the LCA's was the only way to go. I didn't touch the UCA's. One thing I found missing from other's instructions was removing the anti-roll bar (I think that's what its called). It runs accros the front of the cross member and has two brackets with two bolts each. Removing this made everything easier.
Ride quality did not suffer at all. I was hoping to have a slightly stiffer ride afterwards and got exactly that. It's not much, but I like it. The Limited was a little soft in my opinion, but now just right. I have a little more body movement, but, hey, it's a lift.
MPG went down a bit, but I also went up in tire size. I had 245/65/17's before and went to 265/70/17's after. I didn't check my MPG on yesterday's trip, but with mixed driving I got 200 miles out of half a tank.
I didn't take measurements simply because so many other members here have done the exact same lift with the same tire size and I wasn't that interested in those details. J.A. has very exact specs on top4runners.com.
I have no rubbing, but I haven't gone to full compression on the suspension offroad. I only do mild offroading, though, so I am not worried there. Since I have an 04 and my fenders don't stick out as much as the 06-09 models, I decided not to install wheel adapters (spacers). My tires are almost even with the fenders now. Plus my favorite tire shop will not work on cars or trucks with wheel spacers. Liability issues appearantly. If you go with SpiderTrax or other wheel spacers you will probably have some rubbing.
