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MCM Fab 3.5" Long Travel Kit
MCM Fab 3.5” Long Travel Suspension Kit
This kit is not new to the market. George Otwell ran this kit for a couple years and has nothing but good things to say about it!
Pricing:
Sold here: https://www.srqfabrications.com/product-page/3-5-long-travel-suspension
Base kit: $2400 with free shipping
4wd extended CV axles: $560 (modified Tundra axles)
Coilover options:
-8” 2.5 FOA w/ Viper coils (600lb) and resis $575
-8” 2.5 ADS w/ Eibach coils (600lb) and resis $1400
If you'd like a higher or lower spring rate, that is not a problem and can be ordered with the kit. Matt over at MCM Fab has just found that the 600lb springs are the best starting point for most people.
Included in kit:
Powdercoated Satin Black
MIG welded boxed and internally ribbed lower control arms
TIG welded DOM upper control arms with high quality FK Stainless Bearings
Limiting straps
Extended brake lines
Extension for tie rod ends
Kit includes all necessary hardware for install (bushings, sleeves, etc.)
Specifications:
3.5” wider track width per side
13” of wheel travel
4wd compatible
Reuses the stock LBJ
Install:
I’m a full time college student and currently live in an apartment complex about 5 minutes from school. I completed the install over 2 days and 25 hours of work in my apartment parking lot. If that isn’t a testament to how easy and well-designed this kit is, I don’t know what is. No fancy equipment or tools are needed to install this kit. Some 6 ton jacks stands, a hydraulic jack, and your normal tools will get the job done! Here are a few photos I took throughout the tear down and install.
Cutting the stock ball joint to be pressed out
Spindle ready for uniball adapter
The kit just dropped off by UPS
All laid out
Removing all the stock components
I’m sure my apartment complex loves me
The install
The uniball adapter uses the stock UBJ snap ring
Tie rod extensions (included in kit)
FOA coilovers
Driver side nearing completion
Passenger side completed and sitting on the ground. This was before the truck had even moved so not a great representation of current ride height. Don’t mind the zip ties holding the resis up, I have mounts waiting at home for me!
Finished product:
Thoughts so far:
I’ve had the kit for 2 weeks now and couldn’t be happier. Last weekend I drove 500 miles round trip in one day to check out the Yota Mafia meet in Atlanta. Mind you, this was less than a week after finishing the install and I didn’t have a single problem. I’ve only hit the trails once with the kit as I’ve been trying to get a few miles on it before I start testing its limits. Being that the 4runner is my DD, the miles are already racking up quickly. I should have over 1000 miles on the kit by the 2nd week in May. Next weekend I make a 350 miles trip home to visit my parents. While I’m down there I hope to have time to cycle the suspension and get some travel numbers. I also will be ordering hydro bumps, TC spindle gussets, and TC cam gussets. I have the coilovers set as low as I can and the front end still sits slighty higher than the rear. Since I am 2wd 2.7L I don't have much weight up front, with the being said I plan on getting some 500lb springs to swap out for the current 600lb springs. I really hope to dial in the kit over the coming months along with redo my rear end which is in need of a huge upgrade.
MCM Fab 3.5” Long Travel Suspension Kit
This kit is not new to the market. George Otwell ran this kit for a couple years and has nothing but good things to say about it!
Pricing:
Sold here: https://www.srqfabrications.com/product-page/3-5-long-travel-suspension
Base kit: $2400 with free shipping
4wd extended CV axles: $560 (modified Tundra axles)
Coilover options:
-8” 2.5 FOA w/ Viper coils (600lb) and resis $575
-8” 2.5 ADS w/ Eibach coils (600lb) and resis $1400
If you'd like a higher or lower spring rate, that is not a problem and can be ordered with the kit. Matt over at MCM Fab has just found that the 600lb springs are the best starting point for most people.
Included in kit:
Powdercoated Satin Black
MIG welded boxed and internally ribbed lower control arms
TIG welded DOM upper control arms with high quality FK Stainless Bearings
Limiting straps
Extended brake lines
Extension for tie rod ends
Kit includes all necessary hardware for install (bushings, sleeves, etc.)
Specifications:
3.5” wider track width per side
13” of wheel travel
4wd compatible
Reuses the stock LBJ
Install:
I’m a full time college student and currently live in an apartment complex about 5 minutes from school. I completed the install over 2 days and 25 hours of work in my apartment parking lot. If that isn’t a testament to how easy and well-designed this kit is, I don’t know what is. No fancy equipment or tools are needed to install this kit. Some 6 ton jacks stands, a hydraulic jack, and your normal tools will get the job done! Here are a few photos I took throughout the tear down and install.
Cutting the stock ball joint to be pressed out
Spindle ready for uniball adapter
The kit just dropped off by UPS
All laid out
Removing all the stock components
I’m sure my apartment complex loves me
The install
The uniball adapter uses the stock UBJ snap ring
Tie rod extensions (included in kit)
FOA coilovers
Driver side nearing completion
Passenger side completed and sitting on the ground. This was before the truck had even moved so not a great representation of current ride height. Don’t mind the zip ties holding the resis up, I have mounts waiting at home for me!
Finished product:
Thoughts so far:
I’ve had the kit for 2 weeks now and couldn’t be happier. Last weekend I drove 500 miles round trip in one day to check out the Yota Mafia meet in Atlanta. Mind you, this was less than a week after finishing the install and I didn’t have a single problem. I’ve only hit the trails once with the kit as I’ve been trying to get a few miles on it before I start testing its limits. Being that the 4runner is my DD, the miles are already racking up quickly. I should have over 1000 miles on the kit by the 2nd week in May. Next weekend I make a 350 miles trip home to visit my parents. While I’m down there I hope to have time to cycle the suspension and get some travel numbers. I also will be ordering hydro bumps, TC spindle gussets, and TC cam gussets. I have the coilovers set as low as I can and the front end still sits slighty higher than the rear. Since I am 2wd 2.7L I don't have much weight up front, with the being said I plan on getting some 500lb springs to swap out for the current 600lb springs. I really hope to dial in the kit over the coming months along with redo my rear end which is in need of a huge upgrade.
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