truckmike26

Most excellent. How much droop travel is left over? Are the balljoints now the new "limiting straps?"

Jüles Bästard Runner

Nice post man, I was wondering to find one exactly like your´s as I bought the 2" BJspacers that comes with a dropdiff and Sway bar drop kit, I´m installing it on this week as soon as I get my Procomp shocks, I´m deffinitely posting a thread of this work for u guys.

AZ89LONGBED

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Good point. Right after it was finished I had very little droop left. I then relaxed the t-bars a bit, the previous owner had them cranked & that helped a bit. With the hubs locked, there is vibration at speeds above 45, either in 4x4 or 4x2. I used to be able to cruise at 50+ without any noticeable vibes from my front end before with the hubs engaged. A bit more binding at full-lock as well. Diffdrop is prolly in my future.

Once the rear settles, I will adjust the t-bars down a bit more, and enjoy the extra wheel travel.

truckmike26

On my truck, I checked beforehand and it looks to be a CV binder. So I got the diff drop kit because I'll probably need it. And the torsion bar adjusters are just jack screws -- sounds funny! But seriously, it's just up and down.

Chaddly01

I just wanted to say thank you so much for this write up! I just recently purchased my first Toyota pick up. 1991 3.0 reg cab DLX. I have searched this site for over a month. I became a registered member. This is the greatest sight ever. Thanks again so much for this Im tackling this project in the next few days..

AZ89LONGBED

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UPDATE: BJ spacers cause vibrations with the hubs locked, no two ways about it. A diff drop helps, but I am working on other solutions, like lowering the front of the diff and working on driveshaft angles

truckmike26

Have you tried adjusting down the torsion bars a bit? Maybe it's the one or two mm that will fix the vibrations.

trktwo

tagging this, got started on this about an hour ago. got the shock and bumpstop off, 2x4 spacer installed. thanks for the great write up

Buck&DuckRig

i know its been a long time but i was thinking about this lift and i was wondering if you ever jot the vibration fixed

1985YOTA4x4

Great thread man, very detailed. I did the EXACT same thing on my '89 4runner up front (new upper/lower ball joints, BJ spacer, and OME nitrocharger)...I was going to do a write up but then it would be the exact same thing as this, so thanks. In the rear I did a 'zuk mod' with rear TJ coil springs - rides great with OME shocks all around and I've got another 2 inches of lift. I too will get 4.88 gears soon as I'm throwing 33's on. OME shocks are the way to go, my truck rides so nice

AZ89LONGBED

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BuckNDuck--

I got the vibes down quite a bit using 4crawlers diff drop kit. While installing the diff drop I also redrilled the front diff mount tab to help with the front diff angle a bir more, and I can drive 35-40 mph in 4H without much vibration. The rear vibes are almost nonexistent, although I do plan on rebuilding my t-case at some point as the outputs leak a bit of oil and have a slight bit of play.

Haven't been too particular about it for the moment, as this truck is my 2ndary rig now. I picked up a 2013 F150 4x4 and have been crazy busy with work.

I'm going to add my air compressor install and rear bumper build in a bit.

Sorry it took me so long to answer your questions.

Slowey23

Great write up, what size BJ spacers did you install and how far did you drop the diff?

AZ89LONGBED

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They are 1.5" spacers from 4crawler. The front differential drop is probably an inch??

julsruls

Very helpful. Ill be going this route but probably try do brakes and bushings and paint everything while im down there as well.

nuttynu

Bump for great info

nuttynu

Are any of you guys replacing the hardware bolts and but that came with the bjs to grade 8 bolt? Or are they good enough ?

AZ89LONGBED

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The hardware supplied with a new kit should be plenty strong, but mine was a used set of BJ spacers so I needed new nylock nuts and decided for peace of mind to spend the extra 7 dollars for all new bolts as well.

hawaiiankanahele

How many inches of leaf spring did u add?

AZ89LONGBED

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I went with OME Dakar rear springs, probably 2-2.5 inches of lift...

kai32

I was thinking about installing a small lift with some BJ spacers on my 4runner soon and was wondering how hard of a job the grinding is on the a-arm? If i dont have experience with an angle grinder is this something i will be able to do?