Just installed my Old Man Emu coils with 2 inch spacers, and put 33x10.5x15 BFG Mud terrian tires. Here' s some pics.

 

That looks really good man! Why did you choose to go with 2" spacers on top of the OME springs? Why didn't you go with the OME lift springs instead? Just wondering.

Chris

 

How'd you lift the front?

 

I didnt realize stock rims could look so good!Did you regear for the 33's? Any loss in power? Hows the road noise with the M/T's?Congrats on the mods!

 

As far as the front suspension goes, I cut the upper bumpstops in half and cranked the torsion bars a little bit. The back is definitly higher than the front but I like it like that for when I load camping gear in the back or pull a 3500 pound boat. I really like the tires. Once I'm up to highway speeds (60 mph) you don't really notice the noise anymore. I'm not too fussy about the noise anyways, otherwise I would have bought street tires.
I didn't have an option with the Old man emu springs. They said this was the only kind. They're supposed to be 2.5 inches higher than stock, but after I installed them it was more like "stock" without the saggy rearend. So I went to the wreckers and got them to cut off two factory spring perches off another 4runner. Then I welded a 3" diameter x 2" inches tall pipe to the spring mounts. The whole unit then slips right over the spring mount on the truck. I works pretty good and look very stock. It's kind of like a frame extention of sorts.

I did not re gear yet. It is slower, but I can deal with it for now. The gas mileage didn't drop too much, but then again I'm not done my first tank yet.

Only problem I have now is it that I can't go wheeling right now cause of all the forest fires in British Colombia. All the backroads are closed and everything is very dry.


Mike.

 

Looking damn good! I'm guessing OME stuff in the back, and spacers in the front.

 

Looking good. I didn't think it was possible to get away with running 33's with only a torsion bar crank. Are you rubbing at all on the front?

 

It looks great and I love our choice of tire size.

 

That looks really nice, I like the 33 x 10.5 look. Are you getting any sense of wandering on rutted up roads?



Doug

 

Looks really good. There aren't any 4runners around my part that are lifted. I like seeing them lifted. Looks great.

Chris...VA

 

guess again.

2nd gen 4runner IFS uses torsion bars, not coils.

 

So I still want to know if your getting rubbing up front. Maybe not with the 10.5" wide tire? I gotta get mine lifted soon!

 

lookin good. you might wanna add manual hubs to your rig since you gave the torsion bars a bit of a crank. wouldnt want to wear out the cv joints

 

If you are only on the street with a swaybar connected, I would doubt they rub.

If you wheel it with the swaybar disconnected, that ought to rub like heck. My fender seam took some serious adjusting and a 1" bodylift to run 33x12.5's.

With manual hubs, my CV boot life has decreased compared with pre-manual hubs oddly enough.

 

And, as Ryan pointed out, the spacers were on top of the rear springs. There is no way to run spacers with torsion bars...

 

Yeah, didn't see the year of his rig until afterwards...

 

It doesn't rub on the street at all, but I have not taken it off road yet. The truck is very tippy on the street though with the swaybay disconnected. I've had the truck on 3 wheels while accelerating hard on a sharp slow speed turn.


Mike.

 

Except maybe upper ball joint spacers.

Haven't tried it myself, but I'm guessing 33X10.5's will rub less than the 33X12.5's. When I tuck my 31X10.5 tires, there is an ever so slight amount of clearance between the fenderwall and the tire. If my tires were 12.5"s wide, they would probably rub even with the 31" diameter. Of course, the 33's might still rub when turned.