In Southern CA the nose high look comes from REAL Prerunners that try to keep the weight in the rear so that the front float over bumps when you're hauling a$$ through the desert.
That being said, I don't expect most people from other areas of the country to understand the "look" of a Prerunner. SoCal's the minority when it comes to this "fad", but the Baja 1000 might be something you might want to google to understand why the nose high lifts are rampant around these parts (not such a fad around here, that race has been around long before 4runners were ever made). I personally think it looks better on a truck than a 4runner because it makes a 4runner look like it has saggy a$$ syndrome, but that's coming from someone who's owned a couple long travel caged Toyota prerunner trucks.
I also don't like an excessive stink bug rake, and only think it's necessary of you're hauling loads. The rear should be no more than 1" higher than the front otherwise it is just as equally for aesthetics as the nose high look.
Exactly. I dont see why people complain about the Cali guys going with the Prerunner Baha look. Its what you guys do out there.
You dont see a full Rock Crawling rig rolling on the beach and dunes do you! I live in Colorado so its a rare thing to see a prerunner style truck but we do have them.
But I agree it has no place on a 4runner because it makes it look broken. But to each his own. Now if you had some fiberglass from fenders and a cut off top in the rear with roll cage and mounted tire it would look awesome.
Just thought I would throw up a recent pic and troll for a few opinions. As you can see the rear is now higher than the front by about a 1/2. So I am looking to get the front up a little more.:banana: So just some opinions on either 3/8 top plate spacer or 5100 on the second notch.
That looks real clean. I like the rake as is so i gotta ask what the set up is in this pic. Is this with the TRD tundra coils in back? What did it take to install um.
I noticed an improvement in the ride when i got my 510s. If you can swing the 5100s i'd go that route instead of a spacer.