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KellyJ

KellyJ

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Well, after receiving a very generous check for my 21st birthday yesterday I finally have enough cash-ola to afford a lift. I decided on the OME lift, but should I just get coils or go ahead and replace the shocks too? I'll be ordering through Toytec. I would save myself a bit of money by just getting the coils, but my truck is closing in on 140k and is still on the stock suspension. Are the shocks toast? Every time I tell the dealer about a drastically different ride quality, they check the shocks and tell me they look good and don't need replacement. But I figure I might as well replace them while the springs are getting changed as well. I'm really leaning towards:

881's in the front
890's in the back
OME Comfort shocks
No top plate spacer

Any words of wisdom? I also plan on tackling this myself. :jump: Thanks for any input
 
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Yes,replace it all now since all new stuff works best together and will age better together instead of having to change out parts later on.
 
KellyJ said:
Well, after receiving a very generous check for my 21st birthday yesterday I finally have enough cash-ola to afford a lift. I decided on the OME lift, but should I just get coils or go ahead and replace the shocks too? I'll be ordering through Toytec. I would save myself a bit of money by just getting the coils, but my truck is closing in on 140k and is still on the stock suspension. Are the shocks toast? Every time I tell the dealer about a drastically different ride quality, they check the shocks and tell me they look good and don't need replacement. But I figure I might as well replace them while the springs are getting changed as well. I'm really leaning towards:

881's in the front
890's in the back
OME Comfort shocks
No top plate spacer

Any words of wisdom? I also plan on tackling this myself. :jump: Thanks for any input
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save for gas money, and replace the springs and shocks same times espcially if you got the money for it.
 
you dont HAVE to change the shocks. but it is advised you do.

if it feels fine now then go for it dude. i plan on doing my coil lift in the next 2 months on stock shocks since i dont wheel it that hard and my shocks are in pretty good condition. (mainly hunting trails and fishing). later i'll upgrade the shocks, but as how it feels, it'll be fine.

theres many other guys running lifts on stock shocks and they wheel hard, its fine. i'm not saying that it'll be a perfect in performance, but it can be done and will be decent.

but like i said, you dont HAVE to, its advised you do for best performance
 
Mr. B said:
you dont HAVE to change the shocks. but it is advised you do.

if it feels fine now then go for it dude. i plan on doing my coil lift in the next 2 months on stock shocks since i dont wheel it that hard and my shocks are in pretty good condition. (mainly hunting trails and fishing). later i'll upgrade the shocks, but as how it feels, it'll be fine.

theres many other guys running lifts on stock shocks and they wheel hard, its fine. i'm not saying that it'll be a perfect in performance, but it can be done and will be decent.

but like i said, you dont HAVE to, its advised you do for best performance
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Cool, thanks for the input everyone. Just got off the phone and made the order :party:

Ended up getting:
881's in the front
906's in the rear
OME Comfort Shocks
Top plate spacers
Differential drop

Stay tuned for pics and updates
 
take a look at one of my recent threads on the OME lift. CHANGE THE SHOCKS, my truck has never performed better. Also, today was the first time my NTG's have seen rain and they are amazing in wet weather.
 
Not sure about the 906's with the top plate spacers up front. Maybe it is ok without the spacers but I had a bad experience with the 882/906. The 906s were too short and i had to replace them with 890s. As far a I know, the 882 is similar to the 881 with the top plate spacers
 
Teaser pic. Will be installed after this weekend (golf tournament :violin: ) along with clear corners/signals and LED tails.

I CAN'T WAITTTT

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benormous said:
Not sure about the 906's with the top plate spacers up front. Maybe it is ok without the spacers but I had a bad experience with the 882/906. The 906s were too short and i had to replace them with 890s. As far a I know, the 882 is similar to the 881 with the top plate spacers
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Darrick @ Toytec said I'd be sitting level all around with 906's in the rear and spacers on the 881's up front. That's fine with me if I only get 2.5" of lift. It'll be mostly for looks and the occasional bashing.
 
KellyJ said:
Ended up getting:
881's in the front
906's in the rear
OME Comfort Shocks
Top plate spacers
Differential drop
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Do you mind if I ask how much that ended up being? That's exactly what I want to do to my 4Runner next, but wasn't sure how much I need to save up for it. Thanks!
 
KellyJ said:
Darrick @ Toytec said I'd be sitting level all around with 906's in the rear and spacers on the 881's up front. That's fine with me if I only get 2.5" of lift. It'll be mostly for looks and the occasional bashing.
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He told me 882/906 would sit level. It didn't. I hope yours works out, but with the top plate spacers, I'm skeptical, you may have to leave them out to sit level.
 
not to add more heat to the fire but I also called toytec in the last day or so because I am debating OME vs ss 7.2. He said OME 881/906 would give roughly 1.5-1.75" of lift level. No top plate. All of this is so damn confusing!! :redbrick:

Josh
 
CoMarc said:
Do you mind if I ask how much that ended up being? That's exactly what I want to do to my 4Runner next, but wasn't sure how much I need to save up for it. Thanks!
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Well I ordered the Ultimate OME Lift Kit, differential drop, and top plate spacers. Ended up being a dollar or two under $800. Unfortunately, shipping set me back almost $80 bucks. But that's because I live on the complete other coast :smashputer:

CoB, haha. Awesome
 
benormous said:
He told me 882/906 would sit level. It didn't. I hope yours works out, but with the top plate spacers, I'm skeptical, you may have to leave them out to sit level.
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Word. If it's a bit higher in the front I won't really care, but if it's much more than that, I won't be too happy. How much of a pain was it to install them only to see they were too short, and then re-order the taller spring?
 
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