Since my posts keep magically disappearing
Lets try this again

i have an 87 Runner and I want to lift it. But i want some opinions first.


should i do a 2" bj spacer lift from wabfab

or should i do a actual ifs lift kit from rough country, etc.

what are pros and cons of each.

just looking for some opinions here.

any help is greatly appreciated.!

 

2" bj lift from wabfab.

Bracket lifts are for posers and guys with too many damn stickers on thier rigs.

 

i have a 4 inch from rough country and it does me well...i like it and its got me the clearence i've wanted...kinda rough ride tho lol....couldnt tell ya about the BJ spacers

 

Good thing this question has never been answered before!

Oh wait https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...-first-201994/

 

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f120...thread-203414/

 

Stickers?

 

hey. i resent that i actually like my lift, i get quite a bit of flex out of it. only thing i dont like is the blocks in the rear.

 

i love stickers! but bracket lifts are no good, except hillbill's his is sweet, but it doesnt count because its not all there! lol

 

hehe dont worry, i hate ifs too. hopefully itll all be gone by summer!

 

Obviously nobody reads sigs or gets the joke...AND the only reason you get that uptravel is because you have no extended bump stops...just saying...

 

dude your sig didnt show up on any of your posts in this thread except that last one...

 

Hmmm...sneaky, sneaky...

 

O.o i am officially confused! i just know i love me some stickers

 

Meeeee toooo

 

Meh.... lift kits are like bigger tires and lockers, you don't really need any of that stuff.








Oh and if I was going to lift mine I'd probably go with either new lift leaves in the back and ball joint spacers in the front or coils in the back with BJ's in the front. Probably a waste of time though....


edit: Just buy stickers and put them on the windows! Then you'll look like you know how to wheel without having to put in all that voodoo stuff.

 

Whaaaaaaa?

 

yea, its not all there, but it works fine.

 

This thread is great. Haha

 

i think your best bet for ifs lift is a single 4-inch block on the left, and a chevy spring on the right. then to match in the front, you'll actually want to lower it. when you get as low as you can, the torsion bars will spring back up after about 5 seconds to give you 5 inches of lift







naw, but i have aal's in the rear and cranked t-bars in the front. both are stiff. i want to get some bj spacers up front so i can relax and get some smoothness back. i might even do the chevy leaf swap swap

 

yeah, you go on thinking that...

Till you catch big air and pull the tripod right out of the housing...

Why does my FL axle break so quickly?('90 pickup)





Big lifts give the impression you can bolt big tires on and it's all good...

Most numb nuts did this b/c it was cheap fast and easy, then stopped there. And coupled with stock gears and the front half diff then it's amazing the IFS lifts got the reputation they did...


A bone stock bracket lift is not supposed to have any more travel in it than stock. They did this for liability reasons. If they made it where stronger parts were now needed, they could become liable if they were not used.


Blah, blah, blah... But there are a lot better options out there to lift a Toyota these days.

The drop bracket lift days are behind us now.

Lots of more economical lifts have lots more benefits too, other than just bolting on tires you didn't get the gears for, on open diffs... B/c Billy Bob thought that's how you build a 4WD