i have just bought a 1982 sr5 long bed pickup with 371,000 miles on it, the only thing i have done is a 34/34 carb which has helped drasticly but also runs to rich, and sense it has that many miles i am looking for a suspension lift 3-4 inch at the most, is there any that are strongly recomended ? and sorry about the simple thread header ill know better for next time. thanks for yalls help and input.

 

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ok i have looked and the info is overwelming and yet vage, i am looking for a suspension that will work well on road and very well off road, about 40-60 if that helps, i was looking atthe pinicle engenering on jt outfiters but cant find any info, i would like some sugestions and quality of lifts from the experts of this site. there is so much info it would take me for ever to get what i need so plese help thanks

 

toyteclifts.com have helped me out quite a bit with information, I'm not sure if they offer a lift for your specific truck but its worth a try.

 

welcome... and I recommend pro comp it handles good rode nice and flexed awesome and its some what cheap I used there 3" front springs, downey 1" shackle with my stock rear springs with a 2" shackle and 1.5" block sat a total of 3.5" lift total front/rear!!

 

or look for a stock Mojave edition 83 pick-up in a junk yard. it came factory with a 3" lift from Toyota.

 

oh ya i forgot those are super easy to find plus 25 year old springs are totally what you want, because there already broken in for you, nice and soft.

 

Ya man!
just spray some WD40 on everything and your set!
lol

 

but if you dont have any wd40 you could use some old burnt engine oil right?lol

 

depends where you live. in the states sure it might be hard, i dont live there so i dont know. but where i came from in Alberta Canada, they are super easy to find. i wish i bought one instead of my 91 4Runner but i didnt. thanks for the sarcasim, thats what i really needed.

 

That is all......

 

Sorry I wasn't trying to offend anybody, just havin a little chuckle.
I don't know a whole lot about the Toyota lifts yet, I just got my 4runner, but I think I'm going to get my SAS kit from AllPro Offroad or maybe Marlin Crawler. I'd suggest checking out their websites for yourself.

 

Dont go with a Procomp lift. I have their 4" set up, front is more like 3.5" and the rear is over 4". They ride horrible especially at low speed/trails, gravel roads are ridiculous. I can clear 35x13.5 tires with room to spare, although at full lock they rub on the front spring clamps. The shocks aren't anything to talk about either but atleast those work.



Thats after removed sway bar, removed torque arm, cross over steering and relocated shocks in the rear.


I hear good things about Downey, Alcan and Old man emu. Marlin, Trail gear and Allpro are good aswell.

 

did you run a shackle with the spring cuz that will make a world of difference and my truck still had the sway bar on it

 

I want to but the front drive shaft is too short.

 

are you using degree shims at all?

my front drive shaft vibrated alot in 4x4 but never came apart then I went to a IFS front shaft cuz they are longer

 

Did you run into any problems running the IFS cv on a SA setup? Just heard something about the IFS CV wont handle the angles as well as a stock SA double-cardon joint

 

it worked fine but it would prolly be cheaper to build a square shaft