Recommended Lift Kit

And I'm not looking to do much. Just want it to look good and ride well.

Then you want the 5100 kit. 4 shocks, fronts are adjustable to 4 heights, rears are not. .85" gives a slight lift, 1.75" makes it look body level but actually leaves a slight rearward rake at the frame. ~$450 for the kit and most dealers will charge ~$450 for the installation and a front end alignment. If you want some rear lift a pair of SAW 1.5" or Toytec 2" springs will run another ~$300. Or you can use spacers in the back for light wheeling.

This is a good site that carries almost all of the setups at a pretty reasonable price.

4Runner 10 & Up
 
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I am afraid to ask a question on this forum. I search and must read 50 pages of irrelevant info and then find nothing. That being said, read about individual builds and try to copy one who has led the way. There are many here who are a wealth of info. I have not found a better source of info. Welcome grasshopper, we have much to learn.

I have taken a very different direction for a build, but I use this forum as a validation for my choices. Before you go down a path, ask yourself if this is truly the best long term choice. Do things once and do them right the first time. As others have suggested, read.
 
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I am afraid to ask a question on this forum. I search and must read 50 pages of irrelevant info and then find nothing. That being said, read about individual builds and try to copy one who has led the way. There are many here who are a wealth of info. I have not found a better source of info. Welcome grasshopper, we have much to learn.

I have taken a very different direction for a build, but I use this forum as a validation for my choices. Before you go down a path, ask yourself if this is truly the best long term choice. Do things once and do them right the first time. As others have suggested, read.

No one should be afraid to ask questions. If you have done a reasonable amount of research and cannot find an answer someone will help you out.

You might have to put up with someone calling you a knucklehead for not finding the answer for yourself, but that is a small price to pay for valuable info.
 
No one should be afraid to ask questions. If you have done a reasonable amount of research and cannot find an answer someone will help you out.

You might have to put up with someone calling you a knucklehead for not finding the answer for yourself, but that is a small price to pay for valuable info.

sorry guys... I didn't mean for this to turn into this type of discussion. Because Ill claim total ignorance and I didn't do any research on the topic.
But I will be looking forward to asking for help when I have better questions.
 
Most of us are all about being helpful. But since there are literally thousands of threads addressing this very subject and there are a buttload of options available out there, we don't know your specific usage intentions (Rock crawling, Mall crawling, light trail use, maximum flexing off road, etc), we could very well steer you in the wrong direction for what you really need.

Have you ever seen a press conference where the speaker keeps getting asked the same question over and over and over again? But the questioners keep asking it anyway while just changing the question by a few word choices? Do you ever notice the speaker getting frustrated by the lunacy?

You signed up and asked your very first question by obviously not even trying to just read the first few pages in this sub forum. This indicates to us that you want us to do your footwork for you because you can't be bothered to do the research yourself. If you want help, we can lead you by the hand. If you want to help yourself, we can do that also, but we'll be a lot more understanding if you show a little obvious effort and just explain you're not sure what you need.

There's an old adage. "Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he can feed himself for the rest of his life." :wink2:

no one is forcing anyone to type anything out. again, all you worn out old timers can save your fingers some grief by choosing simply not to reply. you come to a message board of your own accord, but can't handle reading someone's suspension question? why even read the question?

admonishing individual after individual is not going to stop other new people from asking questions. the FAQ doesn't answer all questions. oh look, a list of retailers and options for lifts with no context at all on how to choose! great.

its silly to pretend that some of you guys don't LIKE *****ing people out for not searching. it takes more time and effort to type out a long post about searching than to not type anything at all, so that's the only conclusion a reasonable person can come to, right?

you're bored, you're on here wasting time and look! a redundant question! quick jump on him before someone else does! and lets hide our snarky bullshit with a thin veneer about "teaching a man to fish" or some other red herring. give me a break.

where is the fart noise smiley?
 
to be honest you could just slap a $135 Daystar Comfort ride 2.5/1.5 kit on it and call it a day



If you want to ruin your ride comfort than that's the best bet! Looks good and rides like crap. Did a day star lift on my 3rd generation and it looked sick but rode like my tires were made of stone.

Ended up with toytec ultimate. Over your price range a bit but most versatile for the price you're going to get. And red coils look BA
 
If you want to ruin your ride comfort than that's the best bet! Looks good and rides like crap. Did a day star lift on my 3rd generation and it looked sick but rode like my tires were made of stone.

Ended up with toytec ultimate. Over your price range a bit but most versatile for the price you're going to get. And red coils look BA
Daystar is a top mount spacer it doesn't change the ride from stock what so ever. I ran it on Mr 2011. Not sure what's going on with your 3rdgen
 
get the OME light setup and thank me later. $830

Concur. Ran OME's on my 3rd gen and they were great. East Coast salt beat them up but it was cosmetic only. In Sunny Fla, you should be fine.

Have a setup from Sonoran Steel on my current ride. Liking it very much but it is still early days for my 5th Gen experience.
 
sorry guys... I didn't mean for this to turn into this type of discussion. Because Ill claim total ignorance and I didn't do any research on the topic.
But I will be looking forward to asking for help when I have better questions.

Ignore the search arguing among other members, it's a regular battle around here but entertaining! It can be confusing and intimidating when you start at a zero knowledge base (as I did when I joined), I didn't even know what to ask, maybe that was a good thing. Take time and read a ton, for every opinion you generally find someone with a different view, even if you don't want to know how things work it'll still arm you when you go to a store to not get overcharged and get the job done right.

If there was a poll, other than what each person selected for their specific needs and budget I suspect 90% or more would say bilsteins are a great way to go.
 
no one is forcing anyone to type anything out. again, all you worn out old timers can save your fingers some grief by choosing simply not to reply. you come to a message board of your own accord, but can't handle reading someone's suspension question? why even read the question?

admonishing individual after individual is not going to stop other new people from asking questions. the FAQ doesn't answer all questions. oh look, a list of retailers and options for lifts with no context at all on how to choose! great.

its silly to pretend that some of you guys don't LIKE *****ing people out for not searching. it takes more time and effort to type out a long post about searching than to not type anything at all, so that's the only conclusion a reasonable person can come to, right?

you're bored, you're on here wasting time and look! a redundant question! quick jump on him before someone else does! and lets hide our snarky bullshit with a thin veneer about "teaching a man to fish" or some other red herring. give me a break.

I agree 100%. some posters seem to have joined a finger-pointing mutual admiration society straight out of 2nd grade.

if they have nothing constructive to say, they should simply move long, nothing to see here.
 
no one is forcing anyone to type anything out. again, all you worn out old timers can save your fingers some grief by choosing simply not to reply. you come to a message board of your own accord, but can't handle reading someone's suspension question? why even read the question?

admonishing individual after individual is not going to stop other new people from asking questions. the FAQ doesn't answer all questions. oh look, a list of retailers and options for lifts with no context at all on how to choose! great.

its silly to pretend that some of you guys don't LIKE *****ing people out for not searching. it takes more time and effort to type out a long post about searching than to not type anything at all, so that's the only conclusion a reasonable person can come to, right?

you're bored, you're on here wasting time and look! a redundant question! quick jump on him before someone else does! and lets hide our snarky bullshit with a thin veneer about "teaching a man to fish" or some other red herring. give me a break.

where is the fart noise smiley?

Ain't opinions wunnerful? :rockthrow:
 
I know you guys don't find it helpful when people tell new posters to research, but how helpful do you think you're being? You have someone who admits they haven't done research or shopped for lifts, and you tell him to do Bilstein 5100's or an OME lift... Do you think he even knows what OME is? Or how to use 5100's to lift? You may be making good suggestions, but are you really helping him when you lack detail?
 
update... So I did some reading.. I think for the money I'm willing to spend and how I want the end product to look I am going to go with bilsteins 5100.
I don't want to sacrifice any comfort, and just want to make my rig a little taller without getting new tires. Seems bilsteins it is. I'm going to order them next week and have them installed at my buddy's shop.
 
Do you think he even knows what OME is? Or how to use 5100's to lift? You may be making good suggestions, but are you really helping him when you lack detail?
well maybe he has a bit more brain capacity than you and is able to take the recommended 5100 or OME references and use them in a SEARCH to get what he needs.... oh wait he did just that! See not everyone needs to be spoon fed!
 
update... So I did some reading.. I think for the money I'm willing to spend and how I want the end product to look I am going to go with bilsteins 5100.
I don't want to sacrifice any comfort, and just want to make my rig a little taller without getting new tires. Seems bilsteins it is. I'm going to order them next week and have them installed at my buddy's shop.

Good stuff. If you have any questions let me know. Don't pay any attention to the losers here. It takes about five minutes of reading to know who they are.
 
well maybe he has a bit more brain capacity than you and is able to take the recommended 5100 or OME references and use them in a SEARCH to get what he needs.... oh wait he did just that! See not everyone needs to be spoon fed!

There is chiding people to put forth some effort and do a little reading, then there is openly insulting peoples intelligence. I prefer to do the former, sometimes with a little humor to take the sting out. From reading some of your previous posts you sir, seem to be in the other camp.
 
There is chiding people to put forth some effort and do a little reading, then there is openly insulting peoples intelligence. I prefer to do the former, sometimes with a little humor to take the sting out. From reading some of your previous posts you sir, seem to be in the other camp.
nope... just call it like I see it. The OP is obviously intelligent enough to make a decision and I and others I think provided quite a bit of help steering him in the right direction.... you always have one person that cant let go of the butthurt scathing call for SEARCH lol

(read with a humorist tone of course)
 
Daystar is a top mount spacer it doesn't change the ride from stock what so ever. I ran it on Mr 2011. Not sure what's going on with your 3rdgen

Lift spacer for 3rd gens is installed directly on top of coil in front coil overs extending the shocks so that's what made it ride rough. Don't know about spacers on 5th gens. Only ever looked at new coilover setups because if you're going to do it better get it right.


But if I was to stay on the cheaper side I'd get spacers on a 5th gen and get some 5100s.
 

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