clifford

i cant find any suspension lift kits bigger than 2.5 inches for my 97 4runner 4wd. i want around 4 inches so i can fit a pair of 33 inch tires on there.

unless those tires would fit woth nothing.....right now they are 31 inch

Ironmike4x4

I think Rough Country makes a suspension lift kit for 3rd Gen 4Runners but I'm not sure. I would do a search since there are tons of posts about it. A lot of people run downeys, OME, revteks, or Roger Brown's body lifts. Just check it out.

Scottiac

if ya get a chance to do some searching, you'll get more detail than you would EVER want, but the short answer seems to be about 2-3" suspension and 1" body lift will get you clear of any rubbing issues with 33".

Some say the 2-3" lift plus judicious use of a hammer will let you do 33" w/o any body lift, but most seem to go the other way.

Currently popular is the Tundra coil lift (search) with a 1" 4Crawler (search) body lift, but millions of other options exist.

I'm running 32" with zero lift, but that's pretty much the limit.

Bigkahuna808

I heard bad things about the rough cournty being fragile on the 4x4 wire board. I would recomend the Fabtech 6 inch tacoma lift and cutom rear coils and spacer. But to achive this lift your gonna have to spend alot of money just to get i all together. IM gonna be running the 3.5 fabtech coilovers in the front and the Downey 3.5 coils in the rear. You can see my sig for my current setup I second doing the 2.5 revtek, cornfeed, or OME lift. And if you want to do it the Tundra coil lift. Adn throw a body lift on that. Most of the people on this board, are running both. And the reson Im going with the fabtech is that I drive a street queen

jacksonpt

General consensus is going over 3" will overstress your CVs and cause premature wear/damage. IMO, the best way to fit 33s is to go wtih a 2.5-3" suspension lift and a 1-2" body lift, but that's just me. You could probably do a 4" kit, but a diff drop would probably be mandatory.

bamachem

Been there. Done that. You CAN get away w/ 2" total lift and run 285's. You'll probally end up wanting 3"-4" though, and to do that you'll need 2" of suspension lift and 1" or 2" Roger Brown Body Lift. You're not forging a new path, so don't make things difficult on yourself to end up as the same place as the rest of us.

Best thing out there since sliced bread is the Tundra Lift. Using TRD Tundra coil springs up front w/ a 3/8" thick spacer gives you 2" of lift. Best thing in the rear is debatable. OME890's or 891's are good if you have a lot of ectra weight. If you don't then OME 906 or Downey 3.5" coils are a good bet. With any of those, you'll want to run OME N91s up front and OME N86 in the rear for struts/shocks - NO EXCEPTIONS.

Here's some good reading material. Make sure to take the time to read the complete threads if you want to make sure you're doing the right thing....


https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...ght=trd+tundra

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...ght=trd+tundra

Front Suspension will run you about $400 or so with OME or Tundra Stuff.

Rear Suspension will run you about $300-$400 depending on which way you go.

Body Lift will be $110-$180 depending on which size and which options you get.

You'll still need to do some "pinch-weld pounding" to keep from rubbing w/ 285's at full compression.

jacksonpt

Those prices seem a bit high to me. It's been a while since I priced out OME gear, so I'm probably off the mark here, but my gear (OME 881s/891s and N91s/N86s) cost me about $500 total.

And for what it's worth, I run 33/12.5-15s - they measure as true 33s (not actually 32.x" like most 285s) and are 12.5" wide (where most 285s are closer to 11.5") and have no rubbing at all on the body, so no pounding was necessary. Do it right the first time and you won't have to redo anything or make-shift a solution for some problem that you run into 6 months from now.

bamachem

Here's a recent price breakdown: (from http://www.wheelersoffroad.com)
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OME front struts are $219 a pair + shipping.
OME front coils are $139 a pair + shipping.

That's about $375 with shipping - maybe a touch under. However, most have to run some sort of spacer w/ the OME's due to eventual sag, so when that happens, add at least $25 for some trimpackers and as much as $140 for cornfeds.

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Tundra Coils are ~$160 + shipping
OME struts are $219 + shipping
Top Plate Spacers are $37 shipped
Studs are $22 shipped from Wheelers

Total is about $450 or so, but there's no need for additonal spacers and they don't sag like OME's eventually will.

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Rear OME shocks are $153/pair + shipping
Rear OME coils are $139/pair + shipping

That's approaching $300 or so total with shipping.

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Rear OME shocks are $153/pair + shipping.
Rear Downey 3.5" Coils are $260/pair + shipping.

That's $430 or so with shipping.