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Old May 19, 2009 | 06:49 PM
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orange lift kit?

I just bought a orange bracket lift for $100 for my yota and I was wondering what brand it is? All the lift parts are powder coated orange and the guy said thats what color they were when he bought the lift new, but he didnt know what brand it was. If any one knows it would be greatly appreciated.
By the way I know bracket lifts suck but I want to run 35's and my bj spacers only let me run 33's. I plan to sas in a couple years but this will get me by tell then and my ifs will need to be replaced after 2 years will 35's. I also have a 5.29 ifs diff that I have been wanting to use really bad so this is a good excuse.
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Old May 19, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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Bracket lifts work just fine with 35's.

A pic would help if you could. The trailmaster looks a little different than the procomp. Did you get all the rest of the pieces or just the "drop bracket?"
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Old May 19, 2009 | 06:58 PM
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the whole front end minus the diff. I can get a pic tomorow but your not sure which kit is orange?
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Old May 19, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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Are there any casting codes or anything similar on it? Any P/N's? That would help quite a bit.
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Old May 19, 2009 | 08:04 PM
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I don't think those kits came in a "color" persay...
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Old May 20, 2009 | 01:56 PM
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sorry to waste your guys time but I hadnt really looked over the lift before I posted this question. Te lift says trail master on the steering drop bracket. I am going to use the tuff country lift install instructions to help me with putting it on but it looks really easy.
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Old May 20, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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You can also use the trailmaster lift kit instructions.

They are all pretty much the same. AN extra set of hands helps a bit. It is a pretty straight forward install though.

Good luck
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Old May 20, 2009 | 02:26 PM
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When I put the used procompII lift I bought on my truck...

I laid out all the parts on the ground in an arrangement that mimicked where they would go when installed, based on where it appeared they fit. Was a little involved but I laid the stuff for the front / diff xmember down, the knuckle extensions to the sides, the rear xmember and kickers... and between the knuckles and kickers were the drop bushings / mounts for the differential housing. Might be hard to imagine, but if you've got the room, lay everything down so you can see how or where it should go.

Overall, it took me about 2 hours total of rolling around under my truck and such, holding up the parts from the kit to where they appeared to go, until I had a complete picture of what I had and what I might need to purchase above-and-beyond what I had, i.e. missing bolts, bushings, whatnots, etc.

After that, most of the time spent with the kit was removing the stuck parts from my truck- installing was pretty much a no-brainer. Only snags I ran in to were worn upper ball joints and tie-rod ends that wouldn't separate easily and got destroyed in the removal process... and consequently replaced with greasable ones I should add. Overall took me and my brother about 16 hours over 2 days to install it. (my bro is one of those that when you hand him an ink pen, it takes about 2 minutes for him to figure out how to make it work , but oddly, put him in front of a radar console and he can track 40 bogeys without a problem )

I'm sure you'll find a similar experience. (particularly if my bro is helping. )
And for the record, I did it without instructions 'cause the guy I bought the kit from wasn't sure who made it, so I was really winging it. Turned out okay though, if I do say so.
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