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[obxfunrunner]

After owning my T4R for just over a year and being fed up with my old saggy and almost non existent suspension I finally got around to lifting and replacing all shocks and springs. I know by way around a car but am still a newbie by all means and was kind of skeptical at first so I had a few beers, put a few more on ice and dove in.

Front:
Toytec #620 3inch lift springs
Rough Country n2.0 Struts from WheelersOffroad(Rough Country Nitro 9000 Shocks from Wheeler's Off-Road, Inc)
Energy Suspension Sway bar bushings and end link bushings
Diff Drop

Rear:
LC 7.5 wrap
Rough Country n2.0 also from WheelersOffroad
Energy Suspension end link bushings
Exteded sway bar end links in the near future.
Custom Pan hard drop

The rear was easy once I destroyed the stock shocks with a pair of vice grips trying to get the top bolt off(next time I will use a sawzall!). 7.5 wraps went right in after jacking up the opposite side. Bent down the brake line brakets and made a braket to extend the Ebrake line. Installed diff breather mod while under there.

I was able to get the coilovers built using a rented spring compressor in 6 of the most frustrating hours of my life.
I placed a bottle jack in between the wheel well and the upper control arm and was able to get the new coilovers in without removing any other bolts, by far the best method I found.

I am running Michelin LTX 265/75/16 right now and they look tiny in the pictures. New tires this week or next! Duratracs, BFG AT KO, Terra Grap, Discoverer s/t? Size?

Before and After measurements:
first measurement taken from center of hub to wheel flare, second tire to flare.

Front Left(Drivers)
Before=19.5", 4.5"
After=23.5", 8"
Gained 3.5"

Front Right
Before=20", 4.75"
After=23.5", 8"
Gained 3.25"

Rear Left(Drivers)
Before=19.5", 5"
After=24.5", 9.5
Gained=4.5"

Rear Right
Before=19.5", 5"
After=24.25", 9"
Gained 4

Got an alignment the next day and its been almost a week now and its only settled only about a quarter inch.
I will try to put up some better pictures as soon

 

[VA07]

Thanks for posting pictures of the lift with the old stock tires still on them. I have been wondering what mine will look like if I lift it before I am ready to put tires on it.

 

[obxfunrunner]

Sure thing. Bigger tires is a must!I am hoping to have some put on this week to fill it out. I will post a pic once they are mounted.

 

[dorton]

Looks good. Gonna look great when you get the tires one there.

 

[mcaz5]

Got any pics of how you bent down the brake line brackets? Did you bend down both or just 1? Lift looks great, I just installed the same rear shocks recently but with the 890s instead. I'd like to switch them out for some LCs though

 

[Drakken]

Um, you have "Limited" in your description. But does not look like a limited to me. Am I missing something?

 

[obxfunrunner]

I bent down own and made an extension bracket for the one on right side of the axel. Also made an extension bracket for the e brake to move it up an inch or so. I will try and get a picture up tomorrow but I just flexed it out and started making brackets out of .25 sheet metal.