I recently joined yota tech in hopes of learning more about these trucks. My purchase was last year and i have loved the truck since the day i bought it. It is in mint condition for its age. When i purchased it the previous owner had 31x10.50 tires installed. I just recently bought yukon ring and pinion 4.56 and Truetracs front and rear. I really wish the truck was a little higher for performance and looks. I am not so sure about the torsion bar crank or the bj spacers that ya'll talk about on here. Sounds like wear and tear on stuff.
N eway Please come forward with any opinions. Thanks Clint

 

bj spacers wont, too many people have them to cause trouble. now other wise your sol, unless you get a 2in roger brown(4crawler) body lift, and you will like the 4.56s with 31s im gonna be running 4.88s for a little.

 

Your options are (roughly)
1) Body lift - you'll be able to fit larger tires, but no increase in suspension articulation.
2) Cranked bars / spacers - Little rougher ride, some lift, more travel in the up direction.
3) IFS lift - some give more articulation, but they're expensive and IFS isn't the strongest system out there, especially with lockers. Depends on how hard you're going to play with it.
4) SAS - solid axle swap. expensive, takes some fabrication/welding, good articulation and a bit stronger than stock IFS.

 

I have been working on a setup for awhilenow, heavily researchingit before I lay down a dollar for it.

In the front you can use some BJ spacers, this will provide the 1.5in lift and give you enough clearance to install at least 32x11.5x15 tires if you also put in a leaf pack for the rear to level out the truck. You could also get some longer shackles for your rear and possibly just keep your stock leafs too.

Its actually quite in expensive and simple to install really. Combinde it with a 1" bodylift and you have a nice stance and decent articulation.

 

I have some "recipes" for mild lifts on the IFS trucks on the web page below:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...it.shtml#FAQ10

 

Thats actually where I got the idea to come up with my system, mainly this don wests rig: http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/hottoy/west/

The whole setup will work gang, just a matter of getting it done.

 

Yep, Don's truck works quite well. If I were to build up a mild trail truck, I would do almost the same, except using ball joint spacers in front and keeping stock wheels and 33x10.50s for the tires. Maybe put some 2" OME leaves in back. Then put in dual TrueTracs and it would be a slick rig for all but the hardest core trails.

 

i think that i am gonna go with OME torsion bars then set them a tad lower than stock or right at stock and then some bj spacers.

 

u can fit like 33X10.5X15's on that thing stock. then for some more articulation loose the frnt swaybar and get some low pro bumps.

 

that is what i run with 33x10.50 mudders its works great