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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 05:47 PM
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Toyota newb OEM body lift?

Hello everyone,
I recently got into the 4x world and fell in love with my 88 toyota 4x4 22re I just bought it last december. The previous owner put a bodylift on it, and I would like to put it back to stock height, I know the process is pretty simple, but my question is where do I get stock spacers? I saw poly body mounts, but no spacers. I went to the dealer, and they wanted about 600 for everything. Can I get away with just the spacer or does the whole bushing need to be replaced? how about the bolt? Can I use whats there or does OEM have other stuff?
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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do you have a buddy that wants a body lift? with same style yota?
proly not that would be to convenient!
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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Unfortunately no buddies with a similar truck ...
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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go to a junk yard
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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Thanks for the replies, I guess its time to find a junkyard out in LA. I have never messed with this type of stuff, is there any where signs on the junkyard parts that I should worry about? I looked for after market new parts, but it seems like all they make are the bushings and not the spacers.
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 10:27 PM
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Check out 4crawler.com You want a urethane body mount kit with bolts. Far better than old used rubber mounts, around $100. I just put a prothane set on my 87 yesterday. He even tells you how to do it. Good luck.
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 05:07 AM
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A body lift just adds in a spacer. It doesn't remove anything OEM other than using longer bolts. Take out the spacers and use XX" shorter bolts of the same diameter.

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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 05:27 AM
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Ya what waskilly said.
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 05:44 AM
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See the links below for some information on removing a body lift:
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...it.shtml#FAQ11
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...Kit.shtml#Body

As noted above, all you want to do is remove the "Lift Block" and use a shorter bolt, the body mount bushings stay the same, or the rubber OEM bushings can be replaced with polyurethane bushings if desired:
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 07:53 AM
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While Jped is in there he may want to replace those rubber body mounts I know those things wear out. Is the dealer the only place to get those? is that the consensus here?
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 07:58 AM
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Its 9Am here in Cali, and I just saw that my post has alot of replies!! thanks everyone!! I guess ill go to 4crawler.com to get the parts thanks again!!
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