Lift 2nd Gen 4runner
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fourwd1
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I'm going to move this to the 2nd Gen section where you should get more responses.
There's no cheap way to get lift. Like cranking the T-bars up front.
What you gain in height you lose in travel in the opposite direction, plus you'll find its going to ride like crap. You can't get something for nothing.
There's no cheap way to get lift. Like cranking the T-bars up front.
What you gain in height you lose in travel in the opposite direction, plus you'll find its going to ride like crap. You can't get something for nothing.
KidVermicious
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Holy moly three inches is way too high to lift with just the torsion bars. You might as well replace the shocks with bricks.
The cheap way to lift the rear of your second gen is with coil springs from an FZJ80 Landcruiser, I forget if you want the front or rear springs, google it. It'll be high, I've seen guys get three to four inches from LC springs. To match that lift in front you want to buy a pair of ball joint spacers from 4crawler.com, and then adjust the torsion bar. You'll still ride stiff in front, but you'll have to spend bucks on a bracket lift or aftermarket long-travel arms in order to get that height and a decent ride. Better, IMO, to match the ball joint spacers with a pair of OME coils which are about two inches of lift, and skip the cranking the torsion bar completely. The truck will ride much better, and you probably don't need more than two inches of lift anyway.
Check out this thread, http://www.toyota-4runner.org/classic-t4rs/122911-official-classics-lift-tire-thread.html. Lots of good info all over the board if you take a minute to search. :thumb:
The cheap way to lift the rear of your second gen is with coil springs from an FZJ80 Landcruiser, I forget if you want the front or rear springs, google it. It'll be high, I've seen guys get three to four inches from LC springs. To match that lift in front you want to buy a pair of ball joint spacers from 4crawler.com, and then adjust the torsion bar. You'll still ride stiff in front, but you'll have to spend bucks on a bracket lift or aftermarket long-travel arms in order to get that height and a decent ride. Better, IMO, to match the ball joint spacers with a pair of OME coils which are about two inches of lift, and skip the cranking the torsion bar completely. The truck will ride much better, and you probably don't need more than two inches of lift anyway.
Check out this thread, http://www.toyota-4runner.org/classic-t4rs/122911-official-classics-lift-tire-thread.html. Lots of good info all over the board if you take a minute to search. :thumb:
89FourRunner
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Yeah, its really tempting to crank them up, but the truck will actually be less capable offroad. Sure you gain whatever inches in clearance, but without the flex you will run into more difficulty on the smallest of obstacles. Plus you destroy the front end reliability the Toyota IFS is known for (compared to other front ends).
At least with some ball joint spacers and a differential drop, you only lose the reliability of the lower ball joints, and those are cheap. Plus the BJS spacers + Diff Drop kit from Fat Bob's Garage is like $80. Hard to beat.
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