coil suspension
01-13-2008, 06:30 PM
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my 4runner is sagging and i was wondering if i could swap in 2 in coils instead of stock ones what would it look like perform is it pretty easy to swap coils
01-13-2008, 09:08 PM
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Pretty easy to do. I used Old Man Emu medium duty rear springs- the kind that left about an inch and a half about stock. You don't technically need a spring compressor, but it saves time and work.
Remove the wheels and jack the frame up so that the wheels would clear the ground. Put the jack under the axle to hold it up.
Undo the shocks at the bottom
Disconnect the parking brake cable from the suspension arm (not from the drum)
Undo the sway bar
Undo the brake line from the axle housing (again, not the drum)
Let the axle droop with the jack.
Push, lever of stand on the drum until you can manhandle the old coils out.
use the spring compressors to squash the new springs down enough to fit them back into place making sure to line up the end of the coil with the indent in the pad it sits on.
Put it all back together and don't worry that you truck looks like a cat in heat. The springs will settle until it looks even with the front.
Old springs
New OMEs
Remove the wheels and jack the frame up so that the wheels would clear the ground. Put the jack under the axle to hold it up.
Undo the shocks at the bottom
Disconnect the parking brake cable from the suspension arm (not from the drum)
Undo the sway bar
Undo the brake line from the axle housing (again, not the drum)
Let the axle droop with the jack.
Push, lever of stand on the drum until you can manhandle the old coils out.
use the spring compressors to squash the new springs down enough to fit them back into place making sure to line up the end of the coil with the indent in the pad it sits on.
Put it all back together and don't worry that you truck looks like a cat in heat. The springs will settle until it looks even with the front.
Old springs
New OMEs
01-13-2008, 09:13 PM
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Pretty easy to do. I used Old Man Emu medium duty rear springs- the kind that left about an inch and a half about stock. You don't technically need a spring compressor, but it saves time and work.
Remove the wheels and jack the frame up so that the wheels would clear the ground. Put the jack under the axle to hold it up.
Undo the shocks at the bottom
Disconnect the parking brake cable from the suspension arm (not from the drum)
Undo the sway bar
Undo the brake line from the axle housing (again, not the drum)
Let the axle droop with the jack.
Push, lever of stand on the drum until you can manhandle the old coils out.
use the spring compressors to squash the new springs down enough to fit them back into place making sure to line up the end of the coil with the indent in the pad it sits on.
Put it all back together and don't worry that you truck looks like a cat in heat. The springs will settle until it looks even with the front.
Remove the wheels and jack the frame up so that the wheels would clear the ground. Put the jack under the axle to hold it up.
Undo the shocks at the bottom
Disconnect the parking brake cable from the suspension arm (not from the drum)
Undo the sway bar
Undo the brake line from the axle housing (again, not the drum)
Let the axle droop with the jack.
Push, lever of stand on the drum until you can manhandle the old coils out.
use the spring compressors to squash the new springs down enough to fit them back into place making sure to line up the end of the coil with the indent in the pad it sits on.
Put it all back together and don't worry that you truck looks like a cat in heat. The springs will settle until it looks even with the front.
01-13-2008, 11:59 PM
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I did the rear shocks at the same time, though I used ES3000s. I am not sure the ES3000s I got were long enough though- they were for stock to 2" lift, but I think they are limiting my travel. I will soon find out.
The rear shocks are a pain, especially on the passenger side. I gave up unbolting from above, thought about grinding from above, saw the brake line runs right by the top nut on the shock stud and gave that idea up too.
The only easy way to remove the rear passenger shock I know of, is to take a grinder and cut away at it from below. It took me about 5 cuts.
The rear shocks are a pain, especially on the passenger side. I gave up unbolting from above, thought about grinding from above, saw the brake line runs right by the top nut on the shock stud and gave that idea up too.
The only easy way to remove the rear passenger shock I know of, is to take a grinder and cut away at it from below. It took me about 5 cuts.
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