LC lift help please new to forum

baskelh

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Bought a 99 limited for a deal i couldnt pass up. Has close to 300k and runs great. Have the normal high milage stuff i a working out. Picked up a set of lc rear coils off a 96 and looking for some advice. I know about doing the panhard and diff drop and it seems up in the air about what else to do when installing these coils. Some say extra stuff is needed while others say just swap them. Anyone with this set up care to help me out? Also what would be a budget friendly front set up to get me close with rear height? I know this issue is the dead horse that people can't help but beat but looking for some honest help. Put a picture of the springs. Believe they are 8 wrap.
 

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For the rear, you'll also need longer shocks. It is possible to keep the stock length shocks, but you will get zero droop offroad and your shocks will top out over speed bumps, which will damage them and ride like shit anyways. The panhard drop is not necessary or even that important in my opinion. Your axle will simply be offset towards the passenger side a little bit. It's not noticeable unless you make a point of measuring up how much each rear tire sticks out. I do not notice any weird driving characteristics from this offset.

There are tons of options for the front. I'd recommend picking up some used first generation tundra coils (everyone seems to think you need the TRD version but any first generation tundra coils will work. I am running the non-trd coils and am getting just under 3" of lift and a comfortable ride.) and then the tundra bilstein 5100 shocks. They have 5 perches so you can adjust how much lift you want.

Either way, you will not be able to get as much lift in the front as the rear. Those 8 wraps may give you close to 5" of lift, a bit less after settling. In the front, the max you want to go is 3" of lift. I am just shy of 3" in the front and after an alignment, my caster is at 1.3° which is slightly underspec. The truck doesnt track the road as nicely at highway speeds because of it. There are also other front end components, such as CV axles, that see more and more stress the higher you lift the vehicle.

In time, I may even drop my front end down to 2-2.5" to lessen these problems. Lower is better in my opinion anyways.

There are ways around this, such as aftermarket upper control arms, and some members are running as much as 3.5" in the front, but the cost will increase a lot once you start adding things like that.

For the front, you will also want to buy a diff drop kit to help reduce the stress on your CV's. You can buy these at toyteclifts.com and they are very inexpensive. It's one of those things that, for the money, you'd be stupid not to just get it, in my opinion.
 
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Those $10.50 coils are going to be awesome. Small world. Yeah i have read to use the fronts. To bad the rears just go to waste. Thanks for the info Brandon. That helps a lot. My local junk yard has plenty of tundra coils for 10-15 dollars each. Any pictures of how your ride sits? Fairly level or big front rake?
 
Those $10.50 coils are going to be awesome. Small world. Yeah i have read to use the fronts. To bad the rears just go to waste. Thanks for the info Brandon. That helps a lot. My local junk yard has plenty of tundra coils for 10-15 dollars each. Any pictures of how your ride sits? Fairly level or big front rake?

i have a thread i am trying to get something mapped out on some coils. if that doesnt pan out, think you can hook me up with some of those tundra coils shipped if i pay ya for getting them and shipping them? just let me know a total.
 
Will shocks from a 1997 landcruiser work? Found a set i can get for cheap that a guy doesnt want. They say for 0-2.5" of lift for the lc.

Hey man sorry for late jump in here, I have LC 8.25 wrap coils on my runner and then a new set LC 80 shocks, The rake is only off .25 of an inch pretty unnoticable ill post a pic for you as well
 

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i have a thread i am trying to get something mapped out on some coils. if that doesnt pan out, think you can hook me up with some of those tundra coils shipped if i pay ya for getting them and shipping them? just let me know a total.

This might be cheaper than parts with shipping. I would have to go remove them as well. Brand new moog oem replacement tundra 2001 springs. Front pair for $52.

Moog Replacement Coil Springs 6490 Pair | eBay
 
Hey man sorry for late jump in here, I have LC 8.25 wrap coils on my runner and then a new set LC 80 shocks, The rake is only off .25 of an inch pretty unnoticable ill post a pic for you as well

What front setup are you running! That looks great!
 
are those the same as the coils from a trd tundra? i cant find any numbers to match up anywhere to ensure they are what i would need for the front.

Read Brandonf post on this thread. It's the second one. He is running standard tundra springs with 5100. Did a bunch of research and you really don't need TRD springs. The Tacoma guys did a full side by side on them and got the same lift and very similar rides out of both. Many said the regular tundra springs ride better for dd. The ones on ebay and the ones at the scrap yard here are regular tundra springs.
 

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