I got ah 87 4runner with ah 4" lift all around was what the last owner said. So if i'm right, if i want too replace the leaf springs on my rig. Would i buy the stock leaf springs or would i go with ah 4" leaf spring? Whats the differences? Still new too all this

 

Depends on what kind of lift you have now....shoot some pictures and post them up. The guys will know what you have when they see it and make a choice.

 

kool nice. i'll take some shots. dont know where too start but i'll shot the back area and the two fronts. hopefully someone can tell me what i'm running for sure.

 

these guys could id a lift kit from 1984 by a one time manufacturer.

 

If you have a 4" bracket lift, then yes you can likely replace the leafs with 4" lift versions - sounds like you have stock leafs and blocks? Stock height leafs are hard to come by from aftermarket vendors unless you go with custom ones, they almost always include some lift. Take some measurements off your rig and consult with the specs and reviews of the product you're looking to install.

 

Ok let me know if i need better shots not too sure of what i needed too take a pic of.

 

Sorry for the link guys. On my tablet its ah pain too link paste it. Never on my pc after i got this lilo thing.

 

This one

 

This one not too clear sorry guys. Front driver side setup.

 

Not too sure if you can tell from this shot if its ah body lift or not. Not too sure where too take the pic for the body lift. Let me know if its bad.

 

get me a shot of the upper balljoint.


Looks to be add a leaf in the rear and torsion bars cranked in the front.

Nothing looks bad or hokey so far. No blocks in the back.

Im weak in the lift dept. So I hope one of the treebashing rock crawler guys chime in.

 

Nice looking runner by the way.

Time for you to start a build thread in the build up section appropriate for your year. Might as well. You will be hooked on yotatech now.

Not really about the trucks here....its about the Toyota disease. Yotatech is a support group for toyota junkies.

 

Well after looking at it. I think i just got ah body lift. Looks like the body i guess sitting on some long mount looking things. Like four on each side. Looks like they are all 3in. around. Got more work too do then i thought

 

Lol guys balljoint?

 

Ok, hopefully this is the upper ball joint.

 

The top of the rear right back.

 

I'm not seeing much suspension lift. Hard to tell on the front, but I don't see a diff drop bracket. If anything, they cranked the torsion bars up. And the rear springs look like replacements, since I see a slip pad at the end of each leaf. And they look like they have a divot in the slip pad, which is for using a needle to grease the pads. OME, All-pro, and some other higher end companies did this. The lower shelf companies(Rancho, Rough Country, Skyjacker, etc) I don't believe used greasable slip pads. Some did have pads, but not divoted, injectable pads. TG uses a round pad with a bunch of "nipples" on the top side. I'm not familiar with their older designs.

I am wondering if the front torsions have been replaced. Because it may be that the rear springs are around 2-3" lifted. Because about all the factory stock springs I've seen these days are flat or inverted. If the front torsion bars have been replaced, you may find some identifier there. Or if there are any numbers/letters on the top side of the rear leafs.

After saying all that, I've seen some mix and match varying stuff from different companies. Not sure if the supplier was the same or designs changed. So it's very hard to say with certainty if you have ANY suspension lift.

In regards to the body lift... In one of your pics, second I believe, there is a shot of the front tire/axle area. In the top of that pic is a bolt, a body bolt. Zoom out a bit and show that bolt. Anywhere that the body mounts to the frame. That will let us see body mounts and whether they have a lift "puck" installed.

Just seeing your second group of pics and the body looks spaced off the frame 2-3" or so. The spacers look "coke-can-ish". Tall cylinders.

 

Ok so behind my intercooler pipe there is this mount and like three other ones that run all the way back. Is it safe too say those are the body mounts? Or where the body lift would be installed.
-yeaps they look coke canish runs all the way back, like four of them.

 

Yeah thats the side shot of that bolt. Ok now i'm starting too understand this stuff thinkS

 

Definite body lift. The vertical length of that cylinder is the amount of lift. 3" or so?

I'm interested in more pics of this turbo set up with intercooler...