94sasyota

hey guys i was just searching for this and really couldn't seem to find what iam looking for. i want to see if i can mix the stock pack up front off an 85 and mix the stock rears together and make about 3in of lift. i already have 5in shackles in the front.

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85 4runner tan, spooled rear 35's KM2
s chevy 63" TG skid plate,3in trailgear springs,12in 5125's,high steer,v6 brake upgrade and 1in master.TG high steer

94sasyota

bump for me no one here has any info on this should i just take the packs apart and mess with different combos

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85 4runner tan, spooled rear 35's KM2
s chevy 63" TG skid plate,3in trailgear springs,12in 5125's,high steer,v6 brake upgrade and 1in master.TG high steer

Jager

I made my packs out of Isuzu rears for the rear of my yota and then took a 3" lift pack apart for the front. I used the bottom three of the Isuzu pack and bolted them to the top two of my rear yota pack. I think I netted about inch and half to two inchs. The only reason Im telling you this is I think youll have better luck getting lift from a spring under vehicle. They have more arch to begin with.

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1985 4Runner
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drew303

You can mix/match springs and easily get 3" of lift from a rear up front. My buddy runs rears upfront right now and he's getting 3-4" of lift abouts. Works really well to (ie flex's great)

I went with 3" TG springs, and I sit about the same height as his rig and flex just as well but his springs were free lol

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shaw_j

I am running RUF right now.

I combined springs from a 79 pickup and an 88 Runner. With my 5" front shackles I have netted ~ 3-4" of lift.
Perfect height for what I wanted.

The trick in your case is to cut them to the right length... Trial and error basically

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4Crawler

Biggest issue is that the front leaves are essentially flat, very little arch to them, so you won't get much flex from them unless you have them re-arched at a spring shop.

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94sasyota

i wounder if i have a small lift on the front of mine. they have a small arche. should i be able to clear 35's with a 5in TG shackle.Just got this truck about 7 or 8 months ago.

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85 4runner tan, spooled rear 35's KM2
s chevy 63" TG skid plate,3in trailgear springs,12in 5125's,high steer,v6 brake upgrade and 1in master.TG high steer

algranger

Heres my front pack top to bottom

1- stock rear main leaf
2- stock rear second leaf
3- stock rear main leaf cut to fit
4- stock rear second leaf cut to fit
5- overload (to keep from "w-ing" them over)

Sits like this

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4x4YOTA

mine is
1st 82 rear main
2nd 82 2nd
3rd 82 3rd
4th 3"lift front rancho 4th
and with my sky boomerang shackle I get about 3" of lift

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81 Toyota 4x4: 22R, weber carb, long tube header w/custom exhaust, L45 4 speed, 4.56 V6 3rds, TG highsteer, RUF w/sky shackle, custom rear springs w/shackle, 2" BL, 32x11.50x15 BFG MTs on 15x7s(street), 37x13.50x15 DC FC2s on 15x8s(trail), ARB air compressor, KC lights, topper...

shaw_j

1. 79 main
2. 79 2nd
3. 88 3rd (79 3rds were snapped)
4. 88 main
5. 88 2nd
6. 88 4th

Works great

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94sasyota

So i wonder if i have a small lift then? Should i be clearing 35's with just a TG 5.0in shackle. Also do you have to get a new spring hanger or can you use the stock ones?

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85 4runner tan, spooled rear 35's KM2
s chevy 63" TG skid plate,3in trailgear springs,12in 5125's,high steer,v6 brake upgrade and 1in master.TG high steer

81yotalove

i know this thread is a few months old but i was searching about ruf, so to you first gen pickups or anyone that knows a few questions, my front stock springs are sagging really bad and i was also looking for a little lift for now till i can really do what i want with the suspension. so what all did you have to modify to fit the rears up front on our first gen pickups? and how do they ride?
thanks in advance. and i appreciate any feed back!