Who makes the best spacer lift

[Mike Beyers]

I have the Rough Country leveling kit -spacers - (2 1/2" front, 1" rear) and have had no problems.

Me too! All good!!

 

[rdruss]

Have you had any issue at all with the spacers on the front end? Any binding with axles? I just ordered a set!

I have Bil 4600 all around with FJ springs and ran a 1" Daystar spacer in front with no problems for a couple of years. Then I watched Tinkerers Adventures on youtube and his discussion on the Toyota IFS suspension and then decided to go with 1/2" spacers in front instead, which are on there now. I don't off road so I can't speak to off road performance, but on the street it's just fine.

 

[Ezlife45]

Not sure why no one has mentioned the fact that spacer lifts are dangerous and cause your shock to act as your bump stop instead of the actual bump stop on the lower control arm. Spacer lifts on front coilovers can, and have resulted in complete shock failures. So unless you plan on extending your bump stops to run the spacer, I'd just stay away altogether.

Beg to differ with this opinion. Stock suspension can "bottom" out by hitting the frame with the LCA bump stop. Adding a spacer while theoretically could do as described above simply increased the clearance between the frame and the LCA. I'm talking about reasonable spacer lifts, not the 2 or 3" spacer lifts where that could be more of a reality.

I used cornfed 1" lifts on my XREAS but actually got closer to 2" of lift.

 

[fkheath]

Beg to differ with this opinion. Stock suspension can "bottom" out by hitting the frame with the LCA bump stop. Adding a spacer while theoretically could do as described above simply increased the clearance between the frame and the LCA. I'm talking about reasonable spacer lifts, not the 2 or 3" spacer lifts where that could be more of a reality.

I used cornfed 1" lifts on my XREAS but actually got closer to 2" of lift.

Depends on where the spacer goes. If the spacer goes on the top of the spring mount, not between the spring and the mount, there is no change to the working range of the shock. The Rough Country leveling kit does this. The other good point about putting the spacer on the top of the spring mount is that you don't have to disassemble the strut, which could be difficult if you don't have a spring compressor.

On the rear, a spacer between the spring and the frame will lower the axle, but the shock is already the limit of downward motion anyway and no harm is done.

 

[Ezlife45]

Depends on where the spacer goes. If the spacer goes on the top of the spring mount, not between the spring and the mount, there is no change to the working range of the shock. The Rough Country leveling kit does this. The other good point about putting the spacer on the top of the spring mount is that you don't have to disassemble the strut, which could be difficult if you don't have a spring compressor.

On the rear, a spacer between the spring and the frame will lower the axle, but the shock is already the limit of downward motion anyway and no harm is done.

Good point.
My cornfed spacer goes on top of the XREAS, and it's not extreme so shouldn't affect suspension travel. My rear spacers go on the top of the coil. My rear shocks reach full extension and need to be slightly compressed with the tires off the ground, but when driving no issues.

 

[AZ4Running]

I highly recommend saving up for a real lift kit from a quality company like RSO, Fox, Eibach, Icon, Bilstien ect. If you do end up going with a spacer lift then go with Westcott Designs preload coller spacers. 2010-'24 4Runner SR5, TRD Off-Road, Trail, Venture & Premium Preload Collar Lift Kit - Westcott Designs

 

[bri_ola]

Im currently looking into spacers for a stock 2024 Limited with Xreas alive and well. Curious - why do you suggets the Westcott Design one? I have my eye on it, but cant decide between Cornfed, Torq Engineering and Westcott. No offroading, just want to level it out and add some bigger tires/wheels. Thanks in advance.