Recently I lifted my 4Runner, I did it using the Cruiser Coil/ BJ Spacer Technique. Now heres some pictures and explanations.

Heres the 4runner completely stock.


The first thing I did was got rid of the body rust and painted black along the bottom.



Heres the BJ spacers. I did not adjust the torsion bars and did have to do some cutting of the pinch weld to stop rubbing.


Heres my homemade LSPV bracket and skyjacker shock


Heres my 4Crawler Panhard Rod Drop Bracket and shocks again.


The Aisin Manual hubs and the tires I chose (Mud King XT Steel Radial 33x12.5x15) on Cragar Soft 8 Rims



And here it is all done.

 

forgot to pull the chrome welts off the driver's side fenders.

otherwise looks good!

 

whered you get your parts from I want to run the same set up

 

Sweet !!!!! I can't wait to get mine done. I have everything on order just awaiting it's arrival, should have been here by now actually but there was an address mix up : ( , couple of more weeks and I'll be sitting just as pretty. I had planned on the painting the lower section also but was thinking of using spray on bedliner.


Derek

 

I got the BJ Spacers and Panhard drop bracket from 4Crawler.com
Cruiser coils from a guy on ih8mud forum
aisin hubs from a yotatech member
shocks from autoanything.com
brake lines from trail gear
tires and rims from summit.

 

yeah one of passenger side ones got bent so it can't go on so i just put the two on the driver side hoping people wouldn't notice. but don't tell anyone

 

Looks great man. I was going to do the same rust removal on mine but wasn't sure how it would look; turns out it looks really good. I'm not a huge fan of lift but I really like the way it all came together for you....good job.

 

thanks

 

looks great, i can see some black ARB bumpers comming your way. that would complete the look of your truck. If I had a white 2nd gen again, I would definately tint the windows, that made the world of difference!!!

 

Final cost and time to install? Look a lot better then stock Nice choice as for the chrome wheel well trim on the drivers side people only see one side at a time right lol

 

X2. Nice looking rig but what was the final cost? Although mine is a truck it cost me right at 300$ for the coils/mounts in the rear and the ball joint spacers up front. Total time to install was about 6 hours total but if I ever do it again it'll be a lot faster.

Oh and I love the black on the lower part of the body, might have to do that to mine.

 

heres a list of all I have bought and the cost
• Aisin Locking Manual Hubs ($65)
• 1997 FJ80 Rear Coils ($85)
• 4Crawler Panhard Drop Bracket ($60)
• Trail Gear Rear Brake Line ($33.91)
• 4Crawler 1.5 inch Balljoint spacers ($116)
• Skyjacker Hydro 7052 Front Shocks ($67.92)
• Skyjacker Hydro 7024 Rear Shocks ($67.92)
• 2 Mud King XT 33x12.50x15 tires ($50)
• 2 Mud King XT 33x12.50x15 tires ($279.90)
• 4 Cragar Soft 8 15x8 rims ($159.80)
• 2 Cragar Center Caps ($29.90)
• 2 Bags Of 2Valve Stems ($11.90)
• 3 Bags Of 4 Lug Nuts ($23.85)
• 3 Bags Of 4 Lug Nuts ($23.85)
• Tire Mounting and Balancing ($60)

Total: $1134.95
i'm not sure how long it took to install everything.

 

exactly lol

 

What, no Downey idler arm brace? I found myself bending the idler arm quite often after the bj spacers. But then again I wheel a bit hard.

 

thats something on my to buy list, i just need to save up a bit of money first, since it's almost winter wheeling will be minimal for me.

 

i love it, it looks great my dad has a green 95 limited if it dies i will put my 94s motor in it and take it off his hands. who makes the brush guard? i have been lookin into a WAAG but i am not quite ready to drop 750 after tax and s&p.... great job on the lift

 

thanks, i think the brush guard is just stock, it was on there when i got it and it says toyota on it.

 

Did you consider painting the bumpers black? rather than keeping it chrome? When i paint my truck white i'm painting the bumpers.

The black on white look really looks good.

 

I'm not gonna bother with the bumpers because I'll be buying some new offroad ones in the near future.

 

I see a sox magnet........