AxleIke

You are correct. I misunderstood your question. I thought you were asking about BJ spacer vs no lift. My mistake.

SkiRig

Got it, thanks guys. Sorry for the thread hijack.

mrNatural

what's the best size after market T-bar to use with BJS? what brand is most popular?

AxleIke

if you have a stock front end, then stock.

I like the OMEs for after market front bumpers.

elripster

Thicker (aftermarket) bars just make the suspension flex less. Unless you have a compelling reason to make your suspension more stiff, stick with stock.

Frank

shancerlelby

so one could do a 1" front diff drop to reduce the angle on the cvs thus giving them more longevity correct? what are your thoughts on that. lol hijack....

elripster

That's fine if you have a compelling reason to lift higher than 1.5". With in 1.5" over stock angles are still pretty mellow. Your stock CV boots, and let me be clear, we are talking about the boots here, the joints are fine unless you jack the front way up and have a front locker, are anywhere from 21-12 years old so you might need to replace them period. Suddenly lifting passed 1.5" just means you do it "sooner" which is kinda funny when you think about a rubber part exposed to the elements lasting decades as "soon".

Frank

elripster

I have a call in to Bilstein regarding their shocks but it doesn't look good. I need to calc the min length but the only shock I found BE5-6140-T5 is 11.77" compressed and 18.42 extended. 10"comp/15"ext would be just about perfect but they don't have anything in the range.

Doetsch tech, however, does have shocks in the range and I have call into them to get the correct part number.

I do know you can shim the Bilstein stock replacement shock. The first truck to ever run spacers had those Bilsteins on it and we shimmed them with no issues.

Frank

prior185

[QUOTE=frozenSurf;50669034]Just bought a 2 1/2" lift springs and T-bars (ironman) for my Surf. To even things out in the front what is the best option?

1> Crank the T-bars & install Low-profile bump stops OR...
2> Install BJ spacers, leave the T-bars alone (low-pro bump stops again?)

I don't rock crawl & I have warn manual hubs. Most of my driving is on gravel fire roads to get me to the mountains for play. (I do like driving really fast on those roads though....) Usually the only time I have my truck in 4WD is when it's REALLY icy on the roads up here.

Thanks for all the help everyone.

This is the route I am going am with all the research the best deal.
Listen to the SDORI guy. I asked the same question and have a set of 33x10.5 R15 bfg waiting to be put on once the fallowing package arrives.
i should head out Rossland to ski this winter. use to ride at whitewater.
scott

4Runner 90-95 OME & SDORI 4X4 COMBO SUSPENSION KIT
4Runner 90-95 OME & SDORI 4X4 COMBO SUSPENSION KIT
4RUNNER-OPTION2-GEN2

Regular Price: $ 736.00
On Sale For: $501.24
Qty:
Description: KIT CONTAINS:
2- OME901-Heavy load rear coil springs
2- OME N72F- NitroCharger Shocks
2- OME N98 -NitroCharger Shocks
2- SDORI Ball Joint spacers

Old Man Emu from Australia makes the first 4 items, SDORI of San Diego makes the spacers.
Color:
Notes: only for toyota 4runners 90-95, 2nd generation, gives a1.5-2 inch lift total

there is a another package they offer with 2 inch coil spacers in back and tell you to crank the front t-bars to give a total lift of 3-4 inches

Blackulua

Heres mine just like yours 33 x 12.5 with Bj spacers and shackle lift.Everythings fine with alignment and longer front and rear shocks.

frozenSurf

What is the backspacing on those rims?

Blackulua

Rims are 15 x 10 inch MT Classic II's wheels and the backspacing fits fine also.I dont know the measurements of the backspacing.