JHupp

Allright, so my buddy Robby from TTORA came down yesterday and it took most of the day but we removed my stock coils, and added OME 881s. My original setup was stock coils with a .75" inside spacer and a 1" top out spacer. The stock coild began to sag, and I was basically back down to stock height. I may add a winch one day, and I wanted to get my height back, so I used the OME 881s and the .75" spacer on the inside again, and the 1" top out spacers. The springs were tought to do, they had to be almost fully compressed to get on the strut, and they were a PITA to put back in. But we did it, over all I am very happy. I did my diff drop a few weeks back, but I may take out the 1" top out spacer and opt for the 1/2". The front look s alittle high, but it should settle some. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I like the ride much better, but the OME coils was about 2.25" taller than my stock one, that is how badly it sagged. Here are some pics, and like I said, any suggestions comments or questions would be great.
Before(with stock(sagging) coils and 1.75" of spacers) on top
After(with 881s and 1.75" worth of spacers) below


The setup on top of the coil


The CV, and everything else under the truck


A shot from the front


A shot from the side

99SR5

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looks good

JHupp

thanks, as always, I am not 100% satisfied, I'm thinking 1" BL(maybe) and 285s for the summer, but not sure yet. I know it will never sit the same height as my 250 stock, but I want to go bigger on the wheels yet, 33s should be a botu right, and should fill out the flares a little better. It just dissapoints me when I pull up to F250s with superlifts at stop lights, and they sit like a foot above me. But whatever, at least it actually sees some offroad action, unlike these street trucks.

slick858

Jason it looks sweet! 295's got your name all over it.

just one question, how did the front sway bar like the height adjust? are you running a longer sway bar end link bolts?

JHupp

hmmm, good point on the sway bar. There was plenty of thread left on the tops about .5" when I started. I had to disconnect the sway bars, and the ?lower ball joint" to get enough play in the control arm to fit the strut into the bracket. The thread is basically topped out on the sway bar, but it rides decent. I am going to do sway bar discos soon, so I'll check out the options then. As for the 295s, they are sweeeeeeet all the way around, but I'm trying not to kill my gearing and gas mileage, 285s seem like a good compromise, but they are still just a thought. Thanks,

MTL_4runner

Jason, lookin' great, definately 285s or 295s would look sweet.

Two things:

Did you put on a dif drop when you did this? The CVs look a bit tight.

Also is is sitting totally level?
It looks a hair high in the front in the pic but that might be an illusion?

lee

the cv's do look a little crunched...

looks good man.

JHupp

yes, I did put in a 1" diff drop. The front right now sits about .5" higher than the rear, I am waiting to see if the front settles, as the springs were only 1 day old in the picture. If not, the CVs did look a little high to me, I will porbably take out the 1" spacer on top of the strut, if it doesnt settle much. I may opt for a .5" spacer from andy instead. It is a little higher then I wanted to go up front, I really want the whole thing to be level. I have heard stoires of the 881s settling a lot, and some settling not at all, I'm going to give it a week or so yet, and I'll porbably try to beat on them a little, but I have a feeling no spacer or a .5" spacer is going to be what end up happening.

JHupp

Allright, after 3 weeks, the front has settled about 1/2" which is about what I expected. To me the truck appears to be level, and it looks just as I wanted it. The CVs have been holding up fine, the boots have no tears or anything like that. Here is a side shot for comparison purposes.



Finally had a decent day here in Jersey, so I decided to wash it up, and ride around with all the windows down. I'm thinking now I definately have the rooms for the 33s I'm thinking about this summer. We'll see how it goes though.

MTL_4runner

Jason, that looks way better after they settled.
You can always use some spacers to give it a slight rake if you want.

Can't wait to see it with those 33s!!!

JHupp

Thanks!! I am still debating 33s, I just got all my issues fixed with my 32s, and I don't want to have to go through the whole struggle again. I love the way it rides and looks, so I'm not sure I want to put 33s on it, and have to lift agin, etc. But I do need new tires, an alignments, etc etc. and it doesnt seem so so hard to do, so I'm trying to make up my mind. I saw the Wrangler MTRs in person, and they look straight nasty, I do want them. Any luck on a quad yet? Someone down the street from me is selling a Honda Recon, if you want me to pick it up, and drive it up north this summer, I would for a good few days of wheelin' up there. Also, when I was last up there I was in St. Donat, we rode quads up there for about a week or so. We were gonna come back and snowmobile during the winter, but it never came together. Just wondring if you heard about, I would love to go up again, and most of the trails seemed wide enough for trucks. Thanks again for the compliments

MTL_4runner

If you don't feel you NEED 33's on there then I'd save yourself the agravation of setting that up and all the bugs that need to get worked out when running those. I think your truck looks great as is and you are definately going to use more gas pushing those 33's if they are not a must have in the looks/performance category.

No luck on a quad yet but I'm still looking. I definately narrowed my search down to only Hondas with 350cc or larger, 2001 or newer and must be 4WD. I talked to a few people who ride up here year round and the first comment was 4WD is a MUST HAVE. So I will heed their advice.

I like the sound of that Honda Recon....is it 4WD? Year? Motor? Any pics?

99_Runner

Looks real nice.

JHupp

Thanks!!!! As for the recon, it is a 2wd 250, still for sale down the street. Why the need for a 4x4? Ive gone through some nasty stuff with the banshee, mud, you name it, my dad has a 660 Grizzly 4x4, and we can make it through the same stuff. Really deep mud is the only thing I tend to avoid with the Banshee, but it hauls in the snow. I was never crazy about 4x4 quads, I never liked the way they handled, turning is a little tough, and even the 660 Grizz feels sluggish. The newer ones have slectable 4x4, where you can put it in 2wd or 4wd, the Grizz didnt come with it, but I imagine that would be a little better. The Hondas are nice, as I remeber the Rubicon was the top of the line model, lots of features, etc. The Rancher wasnt bad either, but I think it didnt have the selectabloe 4x4. Good luck,