Help me identify this 1st Gen Lift & Tire Combo

Charles4x4

New member
Hi, I'm starting another '87 SR5 Turbo project and want it to have a stance similar to the one in the attached picture.

The description says:
"All four wheels were freshly re-powder coated and wrapped in New BF Goodrich AT KO2 tires. A 3" Old Man Emy lift has been installed with all fresh parts and shocks. This work was done RIGHT!. Ivan Stewart would be proud!"

Questions:
1) What OME Lift does it have (3")? I know OME doesn't offer a kit - what parts would I need to replicate this?
2) What size Tires do you think it has? The pics aren't quite high res enough for me to see the tire size.
3) Do you think it has wheel spacers? If so, maybe 1.25"?

This truck was for sale then sold last year I think, but the post is still live and has a ton of pics:
https://canyonstateclassics.com/vehicles/515/1986-toyota-4runner-4wd-2dr-wagon-sr5-turbo-auto

Thanks for your help.
 

Attachments

  • 42903_985e4682f074_low_res.JPG
    42903_985e4682f074_low_res.JPG
    90.3 KB · Views: 6,653
  • 42905_d22bc50668aa_low_res.JPG
    42905_d22bc50668aa_low_res.JPG
    93.6 KB · Views: 4,346
  • 42916_67b5d4c80ac0_low_res.JPG
    42916_67b5d4c80ac0_low_res.JPG
    93.2 KB · Views: 2,982
Last edited:
Register to hide this ad
1. OME does have a kit for our trucks, but there is no 3 inch lift. That truck looks lifted no more than 2 inches, if that. The OME kit consists of new leaf packs and front torsion bars amongst other things. Ome leafs tend to sit much higher than the front, that 4runner you posted almost looks to low in the rear for ome leafs, but maybe they removed a leaf? If you want to replicate that look, I'd say zuk mod or add a leafs in the rear to get rid of sag, and ball joint spacers in the front with torsion bar adjustments, either up or down, to get the look right. Or just get ome's kit.

2. They look like 31ish inch tires to me

3. I'd say no but I'm not sure, I wanna say definitely not spacers over 1 inch of it does.

I hope I helped
 
1. OME does have a kit for our trucks, but there is no 3 inch lift. That truck looks lifted no more than 2 inches, if that. The OME kit consists of new leaf packs and front torsion bars amongst other things. Ome leafs tend to sit much higher than the front, that 4runner you posted almost looks to low in the rear for ome leafs, but maybe they removed a leaf? If you want to replicate that look, I'd say zuk mod or add a leafs in the rear to get rid of sag, and ball joint spacers in the front with torsion bar adjustments, either up or down, to get the look right. Or just get ome's kit.
Agreed - I was guessing it had a 2" kit on it. The OME kit sounds best - do you have a link? I just found random parts not "kitted" together from my Google searches.

2. They look like 31ish inch tires to me
I was guessing 32's or 33's?

3. I'd say no but I'm not sure, I wanna say definitely not spacers over 1 inch of it does.
I'm guessing a 1.25" spacer as the SR5 wheels sit in the fenderwells quite a bit stock, but I may be wrong.


Other thoughts?
 

Attachments

  • 42927_cec3efabd910_low_res.JPG
    42927_cec3efabd910_low_res.JPG
    97.3 KB · Views: 2,666
Heres a link to the best place I know of to order the full kit

Old Man Emu 4Runner: 1985+ Old ManÂ*Emu 4Runner Kits and Parts

Yeah the tires could be anywhere between 31 and 33 inches. I'd say just look up more pictures of those sizes and compare and see what you like most. And it's hard to say definitively about the wheel spacers, and I'm not much of an expert on those wheels cause I've only seen them in person on stock 2nd gen 4runners haha. I haven't seen in person how much they sit in the wheel well.
 
Heres a link to the best place I know of to order the full kit

Old Man Emu 4Runner: 1985+ Old ManÂ*Emu 4Runner Kits and Parts

Yeah the tires could be anywhere between 31 and 33 inches. I'd say just look up more pictures of those sizes and compare and see what you like most. And it's hard to say definitively about the wheel spacers, and I'm not much of an expert on those wheels cause I've only seen them in person on stock 2nd gen 4runners haha. I haven't seen in person how much they sit in the wheel well.

Here’s a pic of my ‘87 with 30’s on the same SR5 15” Wheels if it helps.
 

Attachments

  • D8F4F77E-0406-4C70-A31C-5F33D377C13A.jpg
    D8F4F77E-0406-4C70-A31C-5F33D377C13A.jpg
    136.9 KB · Views: 2,956
  • AFA5E101-CC8C-4C29-92E9-DE37C434E370.jpg
    AFA5E101-CC8C-4C29-92E9-DE37C434E370.jpg
    137.9 KB · Views: 2,590
  • DFD4DA14-E0C3-4435-8042-558A0340094C.jpg
    DFD4DA14-E0C3-4435-8042-558A0340094C.jpg
    138.4 KB · Views: 2,608
  • 07823941-13B0-4D9B-9CC2-114D4A6EBBCD.jpg
    07823941-13B0-4D9B-9CC2-114D4A6EBBCD.jpg
    140.5 KB · Views: 2,587
Last edited:
And here was my former ‘87 on 31x10.50s with the same wheels (now sold).
 

Attachments

  • E2121D97-F4B7-444B-BB5C-C40CE5D1EAE7.jpeg
    E2121D97-F4B7-444B-BB5C-C40CE5D1EAE7.jpeg
    70 KB · Views: 2,761
  • 77A75247-525D-4E53-8B9C-286EA4E2C95D.jpg
    77A75247-525D-4E53-8B9C-286EA4E2C95D.jpg
    122.1 KB · Views: 2,777
1. OME does have a kit for our trucks, but there is no 3 inch lift. That truck looks lifted no more than 2 inches, if that. ...

2. They look like 31ish inch tires to me

3. I'd say no but I'm not sure, I wanna say definitely not spacers over 1 inch of it does.

I hope I helped

That pretty much sums it up.
OME kits are 2".
The tires are 31, 32 max.
Maybe some small spacers on the wheels.
 
If that truck in the 1st post had any kind of wheel spacers on it the plastic 'center cap' would be extending outside of the hub on the front wheels.
It's even so no spacer. Dead giveaway since your hub is fixed and does not move ....

Edit:
1) there are actually a couple of.versions of that rim out there with 2 different offsets. Find the numbers imprinted on the rim and compare the 2.
Don't recall exact differences but there is some.
2) tires could be 32x11.50x15's which would stick out slightly more than a 31x10.5x15 on the same 15x7 rim

Funny how the ad says it is 2.2l 22re...
 
Last edited:

Members online

Forum statistics

Threads
278,316
Messages
3,554,114
Members
248,016
Latest member
Advally Service

Trending content

Back
Top