i have recently gotten a 95 4runner sr5 3.0 5speed 4wd

I want to keep the ifs because it is only going to be a light trail vehicle, used for camping and fishing and mudding. no rock climbing intented.

I am new to toyota trucks and dont really know much about ifs either. im looking to get about a 33 A/t of M/t so im thinking 3 inches of lift would be sufficeint.

if yall could point me in the right direction i would appreciate it

 

Before you get flamed look up some ideas. I wouldn't recommend a bolt on lift kit. I broke mine as have many other people here. Most folks say you can fit a 33x10.5 on a stock suspension w/ little to no rubbing. There are some other ways to do this as well by doing spacers and a torsion bar crank IIRC. Just research the threads here. Do a search, read the FAQ's, etc.
Oh and welcome to the forums and the Yota addictions.

 

33x10.50 will definitely fit with no lift and no rubbing

 

I had a 95 runner, and ran several different suspension setups on it...

The first suspension I ran was the 3" rancho lift... DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT, DONT PRICE IT, ETC...

The next was a 4" Procomp Stage II bracket lift. The front was great, I used and abused it, I even swaped it to another truck. The rear was another story. It actually ripped my axle housing. So I did a leaf swap, and that combo was great.. It performed very well, espically with the rear ARB..

So the question is do you need to run a 33x12.50 or is a 33x10.50 a good option. Now you can run a 33.x12.50 and not rub too bad, can be fixed with a little trimming and pinch weld trimming. I was actually able to fit a 35 with just the 4" lift...

If a 33x10.50 is a good option for you I would look at BJ spacer and rear OME springs.

 

Funny you mentioned that.....I did the same thing to my rear housing with a Superlift 4" kit. Although I did break some brackets and a few other things in the front. I ended up doing the rear leaf swap and SAS'd the front cause I do tend to abuse my truck when I wheel it.

 

OME Lift kit is pretty good. I have it and love it.

 

so would you guys recommend 2" spacers over 2" lift,

 

There are no 2" lift kits.... Its stock or 4".. .so the 1.5" BJ spacers will give you the 1.5" lift at a stock ride, and extra travel...

 

Could you use stock shocks with the BJS and the OME Coils??

 

No, you can't, specially in the front.

Anyways the stock shocks will be shot...

David

 

I've seen people on here that have used stock shocks with both springs and spacers.

 

And I've seen people with no clue as to how the parts of a suspension work together

If you don't change shocks, you'll loose downward droop equal to the amount of lift.
That is, if you install, say, 2" spring spacers in the rear and don't get longer shocks, you'll loose 2" of downward droop.




Fred

 

The right direction, for what you're describing would be simply a 1" or 2" (for a little more wheel travel if you disconnect) bl and be down with it.
Spend the rest of your money on armor (sliders, diff. protection, engine and tranny skid, etc.).
That'll give you everything that you need with no adverse change in on road manners.



Fred