Proquip, obviously I have been looking and posting a lot of threads. Thanks for reminding me of this, but if you read thru these as well, it shouldn't be hard to see why I keep getting confused. One person says .85, the next person posts a pic showing them set at 1.75".
Hey, I'm not trying to be a total dumbass about this, but I want to get it right. I bought my Dad's Chevy truck last year and I wanted to lift and level it and bought a kit that had torsion keys for leveling the front and suspension blocks for the rear. I had my shop install it for me and the blocks on the back worked fine but the new keys took all of the flex out of the front end and it was undrivable. So, I had to take the keys back out and crank the stock bolts up as far as they could comfortably be cranked. The end result is I was never able to get the front end up high enough to level it out. So I basically had a truck that was a few inches taller overall but still had that damn fugly factory rake to it. It was an oddball 1500HD and nobody offers a lift kit for them under 6", so I had no other options since I didn't want it that high.
Don't sweat it. Having been on a couple of different forums, the general consensus here is to make sure you invest the time upfront and research a bit. Yes, there's a ton of information in the forum that can overwhelm someone new to the 4Runner. By then however, you've seen enough to have a sense of what you want and like, and then your questions are more targetted. That's generally when those that have been around for a while while chime in.
What I will say is that most people offering input are well versed in the current 4Runner and the many options, so provided you offer direction on what you're realistically looking to accomplish and how much you're willing spend, you'll get sound (and fairly consistent) advice.
By now you've figured out that Bilsteins are better than spacers, that a mild lift (1-2") will keep you level without requiring new UCAs and still provide enough lift to clear road-friendly, P-metric 285s on stock rims. If you ever decide you want more lift, the Bilsteins are still viable options.
Finally, many of the aftermarket vendors that are also forum sponsors, like Toytec or MetalTech, are very highly regarded. Toytec sells many of the lift options we've been discussing and they would have provided very objective feedback on your situation if you had called them to look into it. Again, just providing input where I think it might help. Good luck with the upgrades, and to Eddie's point below, make sure that when the time comes, you pay it forward by offering input on the next newb looking for a lift, new tires, etc. :keyboard:
And to the OP, [MENTION=107731]Rocco777[/MENTION], sorry for the thread hijack!
