ok so i got a 1990 pickup v6 5 speed sr5, was wondering if the front end and rear end from a 1993 fourrunner with a v6 auto would work in my truck because i need them......also wondering if a suspention lift from the four runner would fit as well and if not what the difference. thanks in advance

 

You can always make things work well maybe not always haha. The question about lifts front and rear, well no the 4runner uses coils in the rear and if I were you I would stay leafs as far as cost and ease of doing the lift. for the front yes the IFS is the same and you can use all the lift parts from the 4runner to lift your pickups front end.

 

on the suspension stuff
so far as the driveline goes they are the same except the pick-up has a longer rear driveshaft[s] and the rear axle has different suspension mounts but the third members are the same... if you are doing the swap from different donor vehicles make sure the diffs are the same ratios, Toyota uses a couple of them and different ratios just don't get along with each other
Hope this helped aviator

 

so what mounts exactly are different from a fourrunner, and is tehre anyway way to make it fit? also would there be anyway to get the lift from the fourrunner to fit, if so what would i need to do it?

 

The 4runner has coil spring rears and the pick-up has leaf springs so we're talking apples and oranges here nothing will work with the other at all so far as the rears are concerned because the suspension mounts on the axle are different, on the front they are identical so you can swap to your heart's content. Again make sure to check the gear ratios if you are using the whole axle... the good news is [so far as I know] you can swap the third members in the rear axle with no trouble so you can work with it if the gear ratios are different, keep in mind this will change how the vehicle handles speed/range/mileage wise.
You can convert the rear to coils but it is a major custom fabrication job, my mech. did one for a customer once it took months of work to get set up correctly. And then was only used for a trail rig/trailer queen.
You can get a leaf spring lift kit pretty cheaply this would be your best choice IMO. Aviator

 

Mmmm, I would look for a different mechanic.
A 5 link (or 4 or 3) rear isn't that big of a deal to do correctly.
Bracket sets are available and it's a relatively simply matter to get it together correctly.
I've worked with coils and links for years and it simply isn't that big of a deal.
Is it more work than doing leafs, yes, but well worth it........





Fred

 

What took the time was he fabbed up his own brackets/links [for extreme flex] and also it was'nt a full time project, more like a "when he was'nt busy with regular/other stuff" project, and it also had a bunch of hydrolic junk and a frame reinforcement,body restoration too.
Sorry if I led some folks to believe that a coil conversion took all that time on its own...