Ever since I have bought my truck I cannot hope but notice how flat my springs are. The fronts and rear have a slight negative arch to them. I notice my bump stops have rubbed the paint off.

Guess its time to order that OME suspension kit

 

20 years of life will do that to them...time to get some new springs/lift.

 

I'm in the same boat but I really don't want to drop a lot of money into them right now.

 

get some 4'' springs and 33s

 

I felt the pain you had with not having a lot of extra $$ to get things fixed. I happened upon some 4" Trail Gear front springs and 3.5" Superlift rear springs for $320 total (with shipping to my door!) Together with then High steer, the necessary components and Still have to break $1000 mark. The only thing I have left to buy are shocks and tires. Gears and lockers will be down the road a bit. I got a 5" lift roughly for $900! I budgeted my checks out to where I could take 200-300 a time to get what was needed. Do some checking on eBay and through the Marketplace here on YotaTech and you will find some smokin' deals!

Here are two queries I have saved on my eBay, they may be helpful to you!

Toyota Lift Springs

Toyota 1985 4 Runner in Suspension & Steering Categories

Hope this offers some insight!


John

 

hitting the bumpstops every 2 seconds is fun!!

 

That is pretty much normal:



http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/4R_suspension.shtml#PhaseI

 

4Crawler's pic looks almost exactly like my springs are now (except his bumpstops havent fallen off yet!). The rears are pretty much straight too. Does anyone know how much lift the OME springs would give, and if you would need longer shocks to run them?

 

Since the OME springs are advertised as a 2" lift, that is about what you'll get. This '85 has them on:


You can get the OMEs with a matched set of their gas shocks for a very nice setup. Could probably run the old shocks, they might limit down travel, though.