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Goin' up! (pics)

Old May 28, 2004 | 09:41 AM
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Goin' up! (pics)

Thanks for all your guys/gals help last night. Burned the midnight oil and got the lift done at 8AM

Added: Revtek 3" lift kit & Bilsteins all around.

Here are some quick pics:

Before:


After:


Before:


After:




I must not have tightened the anti-sway bars enough, so it was scary as heck driving to work today. Plus it started vibrating at around 60MPH so I had to exit and take inside roads. Still need to get an alignment.

But DAMN it feels good to sit up so high!

Hmm... those wheel wells look so empty now... time for some new meats!

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Old May 28, 2004 | 09:43 AM
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Looking GOOD! Very clean.
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Old May 28, 2004 | 09:44 AM
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nice man, love the look. what kind of lift did you do?

thats what im afraid off too in lifting.. that my tires will look puny!
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Old May 28, 2004 | 09:44 AM
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What kind of lift did you use? It looks nice. :thumb. Makes me want one. I can afford a lift, it's just that my truck has a problem which would get worse with bigger tires.
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Old May 28, 2004 | 01:34 PM
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Thumbs up

Thanks for all the positive words!

I did a Revtek 3" lift and Bilsteins all around.

Man, those rear shocks are a PITA to get out. At least the 2nd one came out easier.

Actually during lunch today I got more used to sitting up even higher. Still need to tighten up the sway bars tho; otherwise the truck feels like this:
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Old May 28, 2004 | 01:38 PM
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very nice my man!
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Old May 28, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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Congrats man, I got the same lift on. Did you notice the sag in the rear yet? I got basicly 3 inches in front and 2 1/2 in the baclk.
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Old May 28, 2004 | 02:37 PM
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These picture thread just aint the same no more
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Old May 28, 2004 | 02:51 PM
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Lokks good! I like that green!
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Old May 28, 2004 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 4RUNR
These picture thread just aint the same no more
Yeah, after I get some new tires I want to take more of these kinds of pics:



Originally Posted by KevyWevy
very nice my man!
Originally Posted by 914runner
Lokks good! I like that green!
Thanks!

Originally Posted by Bigkahuna808
Congrats man, I got the same lift on. Did you notice the sag in the rear yet? I got basicly 3 inches in front and 2 1/2 in the baclk.
I took measurements but was too tired to do the math (dem fractions man...) but I did notice slightly less lift in the rear. I'll dbl-check later.
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Old May 28, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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wow! For some reason that looks extremely high. Can we see a pic of your cv angles?
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Old May 28, 2004 | 04:57 PM
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CV angle pics

Originally Posted by Toyo_Runner96
wow! For some reason that looks extremely high. Can we see a pic of your cv angles?
Driver side:


Pass. side:


Here are the (very quick, so they may not be accurate) measurements, before and after:

Wheel/fender-to-floor/center-cap-to-fender
FL 35" 20 1/8"
FR 35 5/16" 20 5/8"
RL 35 3/8" 20 1/2"
RR 35 3/4" 21"

FL 38 1/8" 23 5/8"
FR 38 1/2" 24 1/8"
RL 37 7/8" 23 5/8"
RR 38 1/8" 23 7/8"

Hmm.. looks like a little over 3" for the fronts, a little under 3" for the rears.

Also, can anybody recommend some good swaybar bushings? Might as well replace those as well
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Old May 28, 2004 | 05:11 PM
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What I meant was, pictures got disabled. Have to click to see. Before and after just aint the same
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Old May 28, 2004 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Ken
Yeah, after I get some new tires I want to take more of these kinds of pics:

That looks suspiciously like the old Shaw Lake trail. Where was it?
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Old May 28, 2004 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigkahuna808
Congrats man, I got the same lift on. Did you notice the sag in the rear yet? I got basicly 3 inches in front and 2 1/2 in the baclk.
Yeah I also did this lift a little over a year ago, and started to notice the rear being a little lower on my 96, so after about a month I replaced the rears with some OEM springs that made it all level out to teh rear a little higher I think. I will say had to replace both axles since due to torn cv boots but think that had alot to do with older boots and then stretching the angles of them afterwards. All has been well since. Also learned that replacing them is fairly easy job.
Ken looking good Hmmm wish I had a scoped hood...
May want to keep a eye on them clamps around the boots they have been know to start to burp out a little greese after the lift.

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Old May 28, 2004 | 10:17 PM
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What I meant was, pictures got disabled. Have to click to see. Before and after just aint the same
Doh! :pat: Maybe save it to the hard drive and see them side-by-side

Originally Posted by WATRD
That looks suspiciously like the old Shaw Lake trail. Where was it?
Yeah that was from Shaw Lake in Feb 2001.

I'll keep an eye on the CV's.
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Old May 29, 2004 | 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Ken
Yeah that was from Shaw Lake in Feb 2001.
I miss that trail
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Old May 29, 2004 | 05:43 AM
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Here's my before and after;

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Old May 29, 2004 | 08:13 AM
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hmm ... be careful with those CVs. the truck looks great though!!
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Old May 29, 2004 | 09:20 PM
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4Runner looks good.
is that your WRX in the garage?
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