Read more about disadvantages of bracket lifts (they're lots if you search), the gain/$ is pretty small and they aren't very sturdy. But they're good for looks if you're into that kind of thing.

Who ever told you auto lockers don't lock when you need them is not too clued in or you misheard something. THey by design, cannot let a wheel turn slower than the ring gear. The trick is getting them to unlock when you need them (corners). Most lockers do a good job, some, like the Aussie locker and Powertrax No-Slip do an excellent job. Learn to drive them and in a week, it will be 99% transparent on road. I have an Aussie in the rear axle and its great. 99% of my driving is on roads, as I commute 30 miles daily through a city and i don't have any complaints about the locker in the rear diff. Read the writeup in my signature below, the whole point is to dismiss the idea that autolockers are terrible for on road driving as I simply haven't found that to be the case at all.

Also, with BJ spacers added (then torsion bars relaxed to stock height), sway bar disconnected, I'm flexing pretty close to the same as with factory solid axle suspension. I'll be adding low-profile bump stops, and I'll bet I get pretty close to the same travel. Obviously aftermarket SAS will give you more travel, but my point is, you can get almost the same travel for fairly cheap.

As for narrow vs. wide tires- have a look at any old military 4x4. It will have narrow tires. The military could care less about looks, and buys tires solely for performance. They chose narrow. They only places where wide tires excel is in sand, really deep snow and bogs-type mud. Thing is, you need to go really wide for the snow but anything wider than 10.5 is going to suck on ice and road snow. If I could find 33x9.5R15s (33" tall, about an 7" tread) for my truck, I'd put them on, unfortunately, they don't make them in the tire I want. I think a 33x10.5 is a good compromise and isn't ultra rare like the 9.5".

 

How do you get the torsion bar relaxed to stock height??? Im going to go with OME 892's up front and 891's out back it seems pretty popular and a good combination...

 

You don't have torsion bars chriso - you have coilover shocks.

 

Oh ok he was talking about a 2nd gen then??? Is there a way to get more felx out of my coil overs I will be ordering the lift soon is there another route to go for a little more flex maybe I want to get as much as I cant with my IFS without doing somthing to crazy...

 

Choose 1 step lower spring rate ... in the end, the flex is the same, but with the lower spring rate, you're more likely to see the full travel in real world situations.

You should check out Toytec for their eibach/bilstein coilovers. Say hi to Darrick for me.

 

Ill check that out tonight... as far as the lockers go I think I would like to able to turn them off and on when needed do you get the toyota elockers from a dealership or is their somewhere I can get em online???

 

get them from a junkyard... check your gear ratio.. 4.10 and 4.30s are common you need to mod your axle housing..
you might wanna get a axle from a tacoma complete and do a rear spring swap..but it all depends how much TIME ,MONEY and resources you got...

 

I thought you couldn't do that with the 3rd gens hmmm and that would convert me over to leaf springs instead of coils in the back??? What advantages does that have??? And what exactly do I look for in a junk yard to find a TOYOTA e locker???

 

I asked tha 4runner202020 guy on another thread but dont think he saw it but Im wondering what landcruiser coils and set up he has in the back of his 4 runner it looks like it gave him a good lift... I want to do the LC coils and OME's up front but am confused where to get LC coils and shocks and what not I will have 1,100 maybe even some more if someone buys my subs by the end of this week and im thinking of getting a lift and wheels to start it off...

 

I have some LC coils. I'll have to check if they are the right ones.

If so, I'm happy to sell em to you.

 

Do the LC coils give you lift at all it seemed like on 4runner202020's rig thats all he did was LC coils if so why exactly do they give you lift and would it be ok to run stock shocks on em??? Im going with a 3 lift up front so I want it to match all around...

 

I guess you COULD run stock shocks ... of course you'll have no droop travel.

There's a HUGE thread on BJ spacers and cruiser coils and what shocks will fit ...

 

You know, if you use the search function on this site and many others, you could do some research, and not look like a fool.

 

Yes they give you lift.

They lift because they are longer springs.

Running stock shocks would be silly.

These coils would be pretty good for a 3" lift in the front.

 

Well xjdubber you can just bug off I have heard it before I know how to search I searched for the lc coils and didn't find any info on it exactly giving lift or anything I found general info on them but not what I wanted... especially on 3rd gens so I asked these fellows as I was already enaged in a conversation with them and not you... anyways to my understand the lc coils go in the rear but ill try and find a little more info on it I just didn't even know if it would be ok on a 3rd gen and what not...

 

Here you go https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/n...4runner-41848/

Now go educate yourself!

btw that took me 2 mins to find.

 

I read that already still doesn't answer my questions like I said I DID SEARCH and did not find what I needed! So if you don't have any good input or anything I would appreciate it if you just waste your time in another thread.

 

It says LC coils will give you 3.5" of lift in the rear. Isnt that what you were looking for?

 

Not really and thats not the case bud 1990-1997 coils wont all give you the same amount of lift I believe 4runner202020 is running 92 coils with 4.5 of lift in the rear so its not a one answer solves all...

 

Keep it civil or go to time out.