atl4runner

Okay ive been looking around on the internet and ive been seeing 3rd gen 4runners with 5-6' inches of lift and running fullsize 35s and thats kinda what ive been wanting to do and ive just been wondering if it was possible with 6 inches and alot of trimming if i could run 36.13.50 swamper iroks on my 3rd gen..if not would i be able to run them with SC4runner's 6'inch trailmaster combination?? i just think it'd be sick to run 36' iroks on a 3rd gen..

just wondering please no hating

olharleyman

iirc I talked to a fella who did 6" with 35's and said he had plenty of room for the 36's and he was talking about going to 37's on 10" rims with 4" bs. So I belive you can and I'll look around and see if I can find his replys to me about it. He gave me the name of a place to have a set of 6" springs built for my 2nd gen thats why I remember the pic he sent to me of his on 35's.

atl4runner

It wouldnt be so much of a trailrider as a daily driver so im not really worried about the rubbing or damages of running too big tires and not enough clearance..as of now i cant afford to 4wheel and just want to roll high down the streets.. so this guy had a set of custom 6' springs built for the rear or what to run his set up or 3' susp +3 body

neliconcept

you are talking about getting a bracket lift, their goes your crossmember, if you realllly want to do this you better think hard and long as it will be harddd to go back to regular coiled over IFS. also your CVS really cant handle much more then 35s, if you go 37s, get manual hubs and beef up the rear axle. thats about all you can do. you are talking about some major money and its not gonna do you any good except waste gas mileage and not look all that good in the process.

CJM

Runner cant handle it, to much stress on the cv's. Now SAS and you can do it.

91TPU

SAS yes...IFS no, and not cuz it cant be built to handle it, only cuz its illogical...

BajaRunner

You can run 37's if you don't plan on doing any hardcore wheeling.

There's a bunch of guys here on 35's (and Tacomas too) who run 35's and don't break CVs and do a lot of wheeling. I don't do rock crawling, I mainly stay in the desert, and haven't had any problems. It just depends.

As for the lift, its fun and stuff, but, gets annoying after 2 years. I just am sick of climbing into the thing now a days.

You need to get a Tacoma drop bracket lift, only the front end. For the rear you have to stuff some longer Landcruiser springs and maybe some spacers to level it out. My ride feels comparable to stock, all the CV, Tie-rod, balljoint angles are all at stock angle too, so that keeps things from breaking and over-extending, which I think is more detrimental than running the 35's.

Oh, and lastly, you'll need to do some trimming to run even 35s. I have a 2" body lift on top of my 6" lift and I still got rubbing while offroading. I just did some minor cutting and its great now.

neliconcept

hes not throwing six inch coilovers on the stock crossmember setup with arms, thats impossible, CVS or not its impossible

we are talking drop bracket lifts, i just dont like em but its possible

oh yeah SC4runner get this ive seen tacomas on IFS with 42s but i think thats retarded.

35s 37s can be done but just be careful and i really dont advise it

if you want to get six inchs, do my setup plus another inch in bodylift, hell im almost at 6 inchs.

jetboy

I'd recomend you look for a nice clean 80series landcruiser (93-97) or lx450 and go to slee for a 6" kit. Will be cheaper and you can run 37's with no problem, front and rear factory lockers. And you'll have axles that will handle the bigger tires, mainly the front, plus more hp. Either way you'll get bad mileage, so might as well get the right vehicle for the job. For that size tire, I just don't think it's practical to use a third gen. Especially when there is another toyota that would be cheaper and better for that purpose. Don't get me wrong. I love my 4runner, but if you want 35's or more and be daily driveable, the landcruiser is just a better platform to start with.

Would be sweet to put a set of 80 series axles under your 4runner. Both diffs are offset, but you could get around that by using the landcruiser t-case. the later cruisers used the same tranny, so it should be possible. Plus you'd gain some width and a lot of strength.

Good luck which ever way you go.

atl4runner

if i just went with a 3' susp and 3; body could i fit those 35x12.50s?

xcmountain80

Wow a 3' suspension lift what is this a trophy truck?

' = foot and " = inch


Aaron

xcmountain80

Yeah my brother has a 6" Fabtech lift on his 02 Double cab looks good not a fan of the drop brackets, I would have gone total chaos for that type of lift. Though his Bentup bumper and 9000i winch are pretty bad ass.

Aaron

BajaRunner

Yeah a lot of people don't like the dropbracket lifts. Donno, but, I really like mine. Maybe I mentally off? Who knows? haha

xcmountain80

Not to knock you system SC, but I remember what my brother paid for his lift and then he installed it. After all was said and done it would have been more cost effective to have SAS'd the Tacoma figure $1999 for the lift a couple of misc parts he already needed broken cv +200 misc. $200. Where as allpro's basic kit is $1300 and if you buy the taco sas steering $699, all you need now is an axle, those arent much. So now this is just me but if I was going big I would have doe a sas for cost reasons.

Aaron

SteveO

As others have said, it really depends on your driving and what you plan on doing with it.

I have 37" on my 4Runner, but I also have a SAS to do the extreme trails. If you plan on staying on the street, you can trim the fenders and do it.




For those who are sick of climbing into and out of their rig, get some steps:

neliconcept

with my current lift, you can put 35x12.50s

remember though you need shaved or new a arms and new wheels. or it wont work even if you have 10 inchs of lift.