Lifts Installed, Almost

trd2001

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Well yesterday while working UPS came and delivered my Daystar lift i purchased. Well, after that the day was a just a wash. I went to My Dads house where i started to take apart the front end. I had had 3 Tacoma's in the Past, and the 4runner is a pain compaired to them. The damn Xreas lines get in the way, you cant remove the coilover, and the upper arm hits the coil when trying to extend all the way. I figured in the real world this would not happen, but since i was forcing it so much to get the coil and the spacer in correctly. One day i will remove the Xreas and get SwayAWay coil overs, but for now it will do. I only did the front since i got tired of getting my a$$ chewed out by pops. Well i guess somethings never change. So tonight i will go back to finish back end. I left the Truck there since i have my Company Car to drive, and it looks funny with just the front completed .I did not take pictures. I take some tonight. :D
 
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trd2001 said:
... you cant remove the coilover, and the upper arm hits the coil when trying to extend all the way.

Did you remove the tie rod and swaybar?

I'm doing my lift this weekend. :D
 
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Bluto said:
Did you remove the tie rod and swaybar?

I'm doing my lift this weekend. :D

Yup. I removed both. I rented a tool from Vato Zone to bull the tie rod. I will finish the rear tonight.
 
How difficult was is to get the strut back in? Did you use the bottle jack to push the A arm?

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It is the only step that puzzles me. Does pushing on the A arm give more room to install the strut?

Guess I'll figure it out this weekend. Good luck with the rear.
 
The strut was not that hard to put back in. I was real careful with the Xreas line since I did not want to break it. It
 
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Bluto said:
Did you remove the tie rod and swaybar?

I'm doing my lift this weekend. :D

yes and yes if you want to make the install easy. no and yes if you want to really struggle.

good luck!
 
Looks awesome !

Let us know what you think of the ride after you have a chance to put some miles on it. Some have said that they think the spacers made the ride a little more harsh.

Thinking of doing the same thing.
 
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Good Times said:
yes and yes if you want to make the install easy. no and yes if you want to really struggle.

good luck!

I changed my Dad's Bilsteins on his Tundra once since they went bad in 5500 miles. He told me he disconnected the swaybar for me, and stupid me did not check. That was a fun experence. I thought the other side was disconnected. :D
 
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