Godzilla

OK so ive decided how i want my runner to be. This is what I am shooting for after searching and searching and getting dizzy from searching. Please comment as with all the reading it feels like i know less.

-Zedex front aluminum bumper
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f88/building-bumpers-again-heads-up-109806/

Front Susp
-tundra coils
-ome 91sc

Rear Setup
-OME 890
-OME N86C

Sliders

Now here are the q's. With the 99 and being a bit taller to begin with will I still need the diff drop and the extended panhard bar since the rear will come out to be 1.25 over now and the front about the same.

Thanks for any help

One_96TR4

Yes, I would recommend both. You could probably get away without the panhard for a while but I think it still will be out of line a little.

TRDatVT

Do you plan on doing much offroading?

MTL_4runner

That will be a very nice setup with decent offroad and good road manners.

At the very least I would do the dif drop.....do the panhard too if you have the cash.
I know there are people with 890's running neither, but I'm not convinced that's a good thing.

Godzilla

well im not goin to buy a bumper and a susp., if im never going to offroad. that'd be like building up a 2WD, . It is this setup versus OME881's and OME 906, I know that the lift would not be severe at all (906's), just a better susp. as I am trying to just build a low c.o.g. I do not plan going over 265/75/16's so the tundras are the most id go. I was planning on the diff drop for CV safety, but also would like to avoid it as well as it has always looked sketchy. i like the tundra/ome with no added spacers upfront as i like some rake..i believe that is what nrgetic99 is running and his setup looks perfect.

MTL_4runner

As long as you don't use topout spacers up front, those OME shocks can flex offroad safely without killing your CVs. Most people don't understand or miss this point completely

Godzilla

well afrer more reading it seems that the tundra's will be too soft for normal daily street driving...any measurements from ground to fender on the lift of the tundras?

BajaRunner

I doubt that... they are rated @ 800#. OME coils are @ 500#. I guess the difference is in progressive rates. I would say that the Tundra's will be much stiffer than your stock setup.

KyleT

tundras/trd shocks ride very very nice.

Godzilla

ya i dont mind the ride being stiffer..i noticed today how much the ride is making me sea-sick....just trying to find measurements and back to reading on the whole top plate stuff....baaahhhhhh...thanks for the help guys..believe me im doing my searching!

Godzilla

so back with some more noob q's..i think its the 99 thing thats messing me up. with tr2 2wd coils on dbl cab blue tokicos will i see a lift with no additional spacers from the 99 coils..since the coils are the same height..it is the wind and lack of compression that will give the lift?

KyleT

the correct tundras and blue trd's will give you 1" over the '99 lift height and 1.5" over the 99 height with the 3/8 bamachem spacers.

Godzilla

thank you kindly, as thats what i needed to know. It will be the 2wd trd coils,,now these are the ones that are not progressive i assume.

Godzilla

well im at a standstill, cant decide if i want to keep a low centre of gravity with some medium ome lift and armour the piss out of it or jack it sky high and stuff some meats under it..haha,,,i suck at decisions

mpavolka

Jack it sky high. Get the Diff drop! Check this out. So I did the math and it could be wrong. If you lift the rear of the 4runner 2.5 inches with about a 40" panhard bar it will shift to the right just over 1/16 of an inch. Doesn't seem like it is worth it to me, but who knows.

Godzilla

got confused there...whats not worth it ..the extended panhard? Yes im not sure on that really as people are only getting like 37 in the rear of ground to fender with the tundra/ome lift...i sit at 36 with the stock coils..haha

mpavolka

I sit at 39" from the ground to the fender with 891's and 265/75. To try and explain, the reason people get an adjustable panhard bar is because with a stock bar the axle shifts to the right when lifted. If you do the math on that it comes out to just over 1/16 of an inch shift if it were to lift 2.5 inches. Mine is a 99' also and the panhard bar with the lift is not at a steep angle at all. However I could be wrong but I would guess that the only difference on a 99' is the strength of the springs. I doubt the frame or panhard bar are different. So once you lift it I don't think it matters what year your car is. Somebody can correct me if I am wrong though.

MTL_4runner

Godzilla, the setup you go for really depends on what size tire your looking to fit now and in the future. If you're only going with 265/75's longterm and want a slight lift, then go with the tundra/890 setup. It's been tested by many, many people and it'll give you solid offroad capability as well as decent road manners. If you don't want hardly any lift at all, just throw a set of 906's in the rear and leave your stock 99 coils up front (assuming you currently do have 36" fender to ground).

Godzilla

yes, i have 36 in the rear and about 35,1/4 in the front. im changing the suspension out anyways since its had its day (the shocks at least). my rubber is still fairly new so dont really want the gimpy look of a lift and the 31's,,but it seems like some only get 37 from the 890's which will be fine and not big of a difference until new tires.

MTL_4runner

Ah ok, you're front is alot lower than I thought (I thought you have 36" all around, not just in the rear). The 890's should give you about 37.5" unless you have something heavy in the cargo area or a heavy bumper. IF you're worried about not getting that extra 0.5" in the back, you can always add an OME trim packer (spacer) to get you where you want to be. Not a big deal.