Yes.

You may only be able to get the right top spacers from toytec but I'm not positive. After the discount (PM toytec on here to get it), it's hard to beat their prices, but TRDparts4U is also very good and reasonable so you may want to give them a call and ask if they have spacers for the 881s too.

 

 

hey brian i know u put that Toytec sells the 883 as mediums and im wondering if the 882 or 883 is the medium... when i bought my coils it said the 882 was medium and i checked like a month ago and now it says the 882 is heavy and 883 is medium.

 

The 883s are medium and 882s are heavy. But the 883s are a little shorter and have a higher spring rate so that's where the debate comes in. From people's experience they don't seem to ride all that much different from eachother. The 882s start out taller, but with weight they tend to sag more over time and in many cases, end up actually riding lower than the 883s when holding the same weight. My 883s haven't sagged at all even with the ARB. In your case, without much extra weight I don't think you'd feel that much of a difference between the 2. They're probably both on the heavy side for your truck.

The bottom line from my own research is that the 882s start out heavier, but over time they tend to sag more and the 883s will end up being heavier in the end.

 

I want to switch my N86C's out for the new Nitro Sport firm shocks. My rear end moves around a lot in the dirt when loaded up.

 

Did not get the front done, finals week so I need to focus. I'll have to buy a floor jack to get it done now since I no longer have access to school lifts etc. I also need an upper rear control arm since that is bent.

 

Question for you guys: I wrote to Toytec asking about purchasing the complete set (springs & shocks) 881s w/top plate and 890s rear. I'm 2wd, with stock bumper and on-road use 95% and I don't haul or tow anymore. I want a pretty smooth ride. They suggest the 883s up front w/o top plate. I thought the 883s were for heavier front ends...ie: 4wd or aftermarket bumper/winch.....I want a level 3" lift. Thoughts about this (883 over the 881)??

 

883s are way too stiff w/o a off road bumper. I have them on my truck and they're stiff even with an ARB up front. I don't have anything against Toytec, but it seems like they really need to train their staff better - I got bad info from them at first too. You definitely should get 881s w/ the top spacers and 890s for a level 3" lift that will ride very nice.

 

Very cool. Thanks. I was thinking the same. I'll place my order. I have had my Daystar lift on for about 8 years and it's has sagged a bit. I still may add a 1" BL. I'll see how the spring lift looks.

Edit: Just placed my order. $37.95 discount with code. Still hard to hit that confirm payment button when I looked at the final with shipping....

 

Here's a couple shots of mine with a 3" OME lift and 1" BL:

 

881 w/ top out spacer & 891's out back ordered from toytech. Also got the diff drop for cheap insurance. Installing the front 881's/OME shocks combo on the front can be a bitch - you will want to have the springs partially compressed while installing - I didn't compress while installing and tore my CV boots trying to get the damn bottom spring bolt in - however, when I originally installed the springs on the stock shock this was not a problem (because the stock shocks does not extend as far and effectively compresses the spring).
BEFORE LIFT:


AFTER LIFT & 285/75


I can't remember the measurements but little or no rake with this combination.

 

My entire kit will be delivered this Friday. Install shouldn't be a problem. One of the places I work has a lift and 2 spring compressor machines. So....having the Runner up in the air should be nice to do the install

 

This statement sparked my curiosity so I had to check it out for myself...

I installed my 882's (6) years ago to the month, and I found that my front end has dropped about 1/2" since the initial installation and measurement. I now have 3.25" of lift in the rear and roughly 2.5" in the front. You can tell by the pic that I have a pretty decent rake now- but no rubbing or fitments issues, though.

 

I recently installed the OME 9602-4R kit, I went for the 883 coils up front, and the 891 coils in back. other than the TRD supercharger, the truck has nothing else done to it. this is the 'low rider' factory springs.

the pics displayed are with 265/75-16 nitto terra grapplers, before and after, sorry for the less than stellar pics, and the dirty truck.

before






right front fender before


grill emblem before


left rear door/wheel well before


And now for the after pics, overall I am very happy with the lift, its a little bouncier, but I kind of expected it.







right front fender


front grill emblem


and left rear door/fender well

 

Yay for search!
Got most of my questions answered before asking them.

Just one more though:
I do not have the tools or car lift to install this myself..
So I was wondering what would be a good way of finding an auto club or something along those lines to assist me with the install to avoid tossing out 700 bucks for a shop to install it?

Thanks in advance for the advice!

 

It's about a 4 hour job (shocks and coils all around) for a shop so it should be more around $350 if their labor rate is on the high side at $85/hr. It's not very difficult to do yourself and it will get you more acquainted with your truck so I highly recommend DIY. The worst part is compressing the front coils to assemble the front struts so you may want to get a shop to just do that part and do the rest yourself.

 

It was not tough, I ended up going to the college auto club because they have lifts and a fully outfitted shop. 4 hours sounds about right, less if you have done it before and don't run into seized bolts etc (which I did).

The rear axle seems to stick out the right side now about 1/2 an inch though, perhaps I need to do something with the pan-hard bar or is that completely unnecessary for a 2.5" lift? I still need to fix a badly bent control arm on the axle tho so maybe that's part of the problem.

 

Well I ended up getting it done with just regular floor jacks and 7 hours of work with my 2 friends, but it's in. Also ordered the front pre-assembled.

Thanks for the DIY advice, glad I did.

 

Back on topic though.
I got the 883/891 and I could not agree more that it is super bouncy. my dirt road is killing me. I think I may need to move that armorology bumper higher up on my list.

The install took 7 hours for me and 2 friends. We also had to use a sawzall on the rear passenger side shock. There was no way that thing was gonna come out with being cut out.

 

The passenger side shock was seized for me too, had to cut it also. Mine rode real rough at first over the washboards on my road and now is a lot lot better after settling down. I broke an end link though and I drove down once with no sway bar on the rear and its crazy bad, so maybe a set of $16 sway bar bushings will help it out a lot, I just did my front with energy and it made a difference I can feel so I will be getting a set for the back.