pcardenas

Hi,

I need to lift my 90 4runner 3" or 4" inches.

Do you know a Cheap Lift kit???

Actually have Ball Joint Spacers 1,5" on Front and 2" Coils Spacer in rear.

I dont want to spend over 1000 for a 4" lift kit.

There is some option??? Anyone has made their OWN lift kit ???


Best Regards,

Paulo

ShortyzKustomz

The Rough Country lift is the cheapest I've seen, $599 for a 4 inch

91ToyTrck

I would try to find a front only lift or something as the rough country, but do AAL/Shackle combo in rear vs blocks. Do you not like the idea of a body lift? You couuld put a 2"BL with poly mounts from 4Crawler.

Bill

I have seen 1 or 2 homemade bracket lift kits. But you need to be really really good to be able to build something like that.

You already have the other standard option.

Anything else is going to set you back more than $1000(ie SAS or long travel IFS kits)

fork

poo on ifs lifts i second the body lift idea. but if you must, there are several ifs lifts under ~700 like rough country or skyjacker. i have no idea if theyre any good, i've never heard anything good at all about an ifs lift (other than the height of course). only bad things. which is why mine is staying stock until it breaks, then it gets SAS'd. im not going to pay a bunch of money for the same amount of articulation AND a higher center mass

pcardenas

In the rear I have Coils. But rear is more easy,a cuople of fj80 rear coils for example.

My problem is in the front. My 4runner is auto, son I cant put body lift...

thanks for the tips.

best regards,

Bill

Since when? Sure it takes a little more fiddling, but you certainly can.

jfreisner

I'm doing a SAS this summer and I'll be getting rid of my IFS lift. I'll sell you my Superlift 4" kit if you want it. Name a reasonable price and we'll work out a deal. btw, i drive a 4runner too so it will work.

Joel

pcardenas

mmm... 2" body lift would be great!!!!

do you know any article on mounting body lift on a AUTO 4runner ????

Actually I have 32" on my 4runner a rubber just a lilltle bit in the rear on max articulation.

with 2" body lift I would be able to put 33"

I have pics of my 4runner on a trail here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/paulo.ca.../ChacabucoASA4

91ToyTrck

you can definately do a body lift on an auto tranny vehicle. you should really check out www.4crawler.com for his body lifts. He can make specific sizes and offers lots of options.

ovrrdrive

Btw, a Rough Country kit is a rebranded Superlift kit. They use a cheaper finish on some of the parts, but they are the exact same kit and even come with the same shocks.

Evidently they are running low on the Rough Country stock right now as I just ordered one of their kits and they shipped a Superlift kit to me instead which confirmed my suspicion...

Not a bad deal for $599 at all.

bob200587

why do you need a 4 inch lift?

ovrrdrive

Don't know who you're asking, but I actually need about 8" of lift so I can clear the 36x13.5 iroks I just bought...

Honestly what does it matter why someone needs or wants to lift their truck?

Different strokes for different folks ya know?

bob200587

It wasn't directed at you.

As far as why it matters....I always try to encourage people that ask questions on here to think things through and not be impulsive when it comes to buying crap for their car or truck.

I see all the time people that want to run 33s or 35s....they don't even know if they need that big of a tire, much less all the little things that you encounter with vehicle modification.

I don't like to see people make rash decisions that invlove such large purchases.

New people don't tend to think about having to regear when they get bigger tires, or the fact that the tires are probably to big for IFS. They don't think about how much extra it's going to cost if they do gears now and then decide to get lockers later, or if they get a locker and then want to regear....same difference.

I just want to see people make good decisions with their money, especially kids in highschool that want to do all this stuff to their trucks, when I know from experience that you need to save every penny you can while you're still living at home.

ovrrdrive

Fair enough...

But I still think there's an idea of a "perfect truck" on these forums and when ever I see someone with an idea I see on the street all the time get bagged on here - and other forums too - its kind of aggravating...

Everyone doesn't have $5k to drop on an SAS, gears, wheels and tires, exo's, winch's, full ARB's, OBA, and airbags... And just because someone makes the decision that a bracket lift and 35's will fit their needs it doesn't necessarily mean that they aren't thinking their decision through all the way and are destined to ruin their truck.

Down here in Florida big trucks actually do quite well in the off road environment we have and I think a lot of people on these boards forget that from time to time.

A truck with 16" of lift, 44's and lockers front and rear would be foolish to run on the Rubicon, but it sure would be fun in a big mud pit.

jfreisner

I have the solution to your problem...buy my 4" Superlift!! I'll give it to you for dirt cheap. I just want to get rid of it.

91ToyTrck

I agree with the asking questions. It's good to hear a lot of different ideas when it comes to your truck. I know it took me a few months before deciding that I wasn't going to run a large if any at all suspension lift and just throw some 33x10.50s on my truck. I think that all the opinion are great when it comes to these threads. I know I appriciated every bite of advice I recieved from everyone.

Good Luck with whatever your decision is in the end.

ShortyzKustomz

Hey jfreisner, PM me with a price

elripster

Paulo, one thing about the 4" lifts and the reason they are 4" lifts is that by the time you make a bracket that installs far enough into the stock a-arm mounts yet clears them well enough to re-install the a-arms, you need 4" of clearance. I fabbed my own rear lift/crossmember when I snapped a lift bracket wheeling so got to really measure everything and see what might hit what.

If you would like to eliminate rubbing, hammering or trimming are free. A body lift is next in line if that does not appeal to you.

After owning the 4" kit I would not buy another one. They cause as many issues if not more than they solve. The only advantage they offer is that if you modify them correctly, you seriously can get just shy of 14" of travel with the BJ spacers. While you won't use that crawling, the stock bars are too stiff, you can absorb lots of big whoops and jumps with grace.

Frank

prior185

if you do get a 4" lift and want to get rid if the bj + coil spacers let me know.