what are your plans with the truck? what do you intend to do with it? if its going to be just a cruiser on fire roads or rock crawler i would scrap the gen 2 kit and go with the gen 1 and a shock upgrade. if you plan on hitting stuff at higher speeds and jumping it then stick with the gen 2. for the rear i would wait until you get everything installed on the front and set the ride hight and go from there. you might only need like an inch or 2 to level it out.
i noticed you also dont have springs listed for your coilovers which you will need or the heim steering TC offers. i would suggest getting the steering upgrade along with the idler if you plan on beating on the truck.

 

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f11/...-2-kit-225310/

snatch it up, i wish i could

 

Plan's for the truck are more for DD, cruiser, off roading on fire roads etc. for now. Later down the road i might take it more extreme to jumping and higher speed kind of stuff. Since I'm dropping the coin I thought i might as well not skimp out and do it right the first time so that's why i want to go with the gen 2 kit.

I have the front end of my truck down but can't figure out what I want to do with the rear. I don't want to hack my truck bed or anything like that. I was researching on the web and found an article in which they long traveled a toyota pickup and used a deaver mini pack kit which is pretty much a add- a-leaf. Based on the pictures it seems to have a good amount of flex in the rear and should give me 2-3 inches of lift. I think it will do for now as far as fire roads and what not are concerned. Later down the road when i get into jumping and higher speed stuff I'll probably go a different route with the rear What do yall think?

 

No you got it, but you had posted basically the same thing.


Anyways, at OP.. why dont you save your buck on something that youre going to use more than on just fireroads..
every person ive seen get LT on here has either lived in the desert, or done hardcore trails.. not to bash, but i cant justify spending 3 grand to drive down fire roads..

 

I have that gen 2 kit and the ass of the truck can be kept at the same height of the front. the only thing you have to do is adjust the collar on the coil over so that u even it out. without adjusting the collar ur truck is actually going to sag more than stock. so to pick that front up you need to adjust those coil overs!!!

 

Sweet that's what i wanted to hear. This way i can drive it like it is and later do the rear when i save more $. Is your rear stock? How do you like the ride over the stock suspension?

 

The rear is stock. I wanna do deavers with smooth body shocks. The front on the street to me it feels the same but also I had the shocks installed in he wrong place so ill have to see if it makes a diffrence this week when I get all that fixed. As far as the off road part odor. It makes all the diffrence. It was worth it I think but the back sucks stilll :/

 

Maybe, but a lot of people do SAS's just to run fire roads.

 

why not sas the thing and do the rear too for the same or less coin

 

the i only part i don't like about long travel is we still have the week 7.5in front diff i know some people have swapped in the supra irs in aus but that's a lot of money and extra fab work, i think sas is still best option and cheaper. I swapped a gs400 irs into my is300 to get a lower gear because i was running a v160 and i spent almost 2k to get it together not including the lsd. Unless i was trying to enter baja i wouldn't want to spend 5k+ to get a tough front suspension, when u can have a lot tougher sas for under 2k

 

7.5 is weak from the factory. Get rid of the carrier, and its a lot stronger.

Axles are solvable but have a lot of coin.

In the end, running mild roads, the LT is far superior to a SAS. You can blast along roads with the LT. LT is also easier to build lower, and in the end, its a lot less cookie cutter.

Check out Tech Tim's stuff on Pirate. He would leave the SAS guys in the dust on the fire roads, because they couldn't keep up.

 

if there was a bolt on option for a supra or newer tundra or tacoma front diff i would love to do a long travel.

 

Also depends what ir going to use it for if u wanna haul ass then a LT is ur best bet. If u don't ten maybe sas is best for u

 

I agree with Ike, I've been running the Blazeland LT for a year now and still run the standard rear. One of these days I'll widen it up, but so far it isn't really noticeable in the driveability at all.



Around here Johnny law is nasty when it comes to tires sticking out and that's been the biggest issue with driving my LT equipped 'Runner. With 35x12.50s mounted on 17x9.5" wheels, more than 3/4s of the tires stuck out from my stock fenders... not good.

Last week I dug out a couple FJ80 wheels, they are 16x8 with a 5" backspace and some metric 35s and threw those on the front. Now with a couple Bushwacker flares, I only have about 3/4" of tread sticking out, so pretty legal as far as the police are concerned.

 

i've heard that those Aussie guys are trying to produce a Kit for the Supra 8" rear diff.

i've only HEARD this, not saying they are..i haven't asked.

i wanted to LT my 4runner, but..a top heavy 4runner aint best for blastin down some fireroads and such lol


still might though, if i can get that 8" front diff!

 

Sent you a PM

 

How do you like 35s on the blazeland kit? I've been considering it, but I was wondering if I'd have to go back down to 33s or tub the firewall.

 

35s are the way to go, I think the rig is much more balanced feeling and the difference in off road ability is obviously way better than when it had the 33s.

Bumping and rubbing a little, but so far has been very liveable. We need to do a bit more trimming and everything will clear. The best thing we've done recently is to go to a 8" wide wheel with a 5" backspace; not only did it tuck in the tires enough that we're legal with some Bushwackers, it also pulled the scrub in a bit which gives less swing on the tires, so they are not hitting as much as before AND as a bonus has made this thing go from a good handling rig to a great handling rig

 

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Just letting everyone know that everything is in the mail. I'm so stoked!!