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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 09:14 AM
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HELP installing rear 4" Superlift in '93 4runner!!!

Hey guys, I am in the process of installing a 4" superlift in my sis's '93 runner. Ive got the old rear stuff all pulled out and want to put in the 4link upper and lower relocation brackets but I cant exactly figure out which one forsure goes where and how it mounts!!

The instructions have diagrams for the front IFS install, but no pics or diagrams for the rear.

Anyone have any insight as to how the brackets mount, OR just a picture or two of your superlift installed on your runner?? Pics are always super helpful for me

Also, do both the upper and lower brackets mount to the diff, or does one of them go to the frame?



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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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bump... cant manage to find one single pic on the entire internet of a rear Superlift setup in a runner...



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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 04:15 PM
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You probably can't find a pic for a reason.

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Old Mar 20, 2010 | 04:39 PM
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what's the reason Wabbit? lol i'm kinda confused lol
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by waskillywabbit
You probably can't find a pic for a reason.


Ya, lets get some info behind that statement....?

Im a Jeep guy so I dont know a ton about these oddly built yota's and their aftermarket parts
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by DubbleJ's
Ya, lets get some info behind that statement....?

Im a Jeep guy so I dont know a ton about these oddly built yota's and their aftermarket parts
You mean like the 4 link rear suspensions that they put in Jeeps? It should be self explanatory.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 04:38 PM
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Bracket lifts are flimsy and not a good way to lift a truck IMO.
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 04:38 PM
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Same reason no one has ever killed Big Foot.

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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesD
You mean like the 4 link rear suspensions that they put in Jeeps? It should be self explanatory.

My Jeep has leafs in the rear.....

It was just the location of the upper and lower link brackets I was wondering about. With a fresh head the next morning it all came together and I got them bolted in.
Now the coils are just being a bitch and dont want to seat into the top mount..
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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i think wabbit is saying all the brackets are for the front, except the panhard drop bracket, and uses longer coils for the rear... i dont know, just a guess.
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by yotaman85
i think wabbit is saying all the brackets are for the front, except the panhard drop bracket, and uses longer coils for the rear... i dont know, just a guess.
Nope. The rear lower control arms have a drop bracket and the upper control arms have a lift bracket. The panhard also has a drop bracket. Superlift is the only one that does this I think. I know since I have a 4" Superlift on my 94 4Runner

James
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 12:09 PM
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The Procomp 4" lift is almost identical to the superlift and their instructions have diagrams.

How thick is the metal making up the rear drop brackets as I want to make some for my truck, just don't know how thick to go ?
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesD
Nope. The rear lower control arms have a drop bracket and the upper control arms have a lift bracket. The panhard also has a drop bracket. Superlift is the only one that does this I think. I know since I have a 4" Superlift on my 94 4Runner

James

How do you like it? had it in for a while?

The rear is done, just have to make some new swaybar links as the guy i bought it off lost them...

Just started the front, pulling the CA's and all that. Lift is goin slow but getting done bit by bit with the busy schedule...

I've never wrenched on IFS before so it'll be a learning curve I guess....any pre-tips?





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The Procomp 4" lift is almost identical to the superlift and their instructions have diagrams.

How thick is the metal making up the rear drop brackets as I want to make some for my truck, just don't know how thick to go ?

I'll have a look for ya.. prob about 3/16", we'll see.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by DubbleJ's
I'll have a look for ya.. prob about 3/16", we'll see.

Thanks. The Procomp instructions are here.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 01:35 AM
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Front-
install steering knuckle adapters
install left, right differential housing spacers
install left, right LCA drop brackets
install front differential support (carried over from OEM) to LCA drop brackets
install sway bar drop brackets

Rear-
R&R coil springs
Install panhard rod drop

ummm?
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by abecedarian
Front-
install steering knuckle adapters
install left, right differential housing spacers
install left, right LCA drop brackets
install front differential support (carried over from OEM) to LCA drop brackets
install sway bar drop brackets

Rear-
R&R coil springs
Install panhard rod drop

ummm?

So you wouldn't bother to install the 4 trailing arm relocation brackets or the longer shocks, bumpstops, lsv bracket etc ?
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by abecedarian
Front-
install steering knuckle adapters
install left, right differential housing spacers
install left, right LCA drop brackets
install front differential support (carried over from OEM) to LCA drop brackets
install sway bar drop brackets

Rear-
R&R coil springs
Install panhard rod drop

ummm?

Ha ha ha... Is there a question in there I missed? Or did you just post some bad directions for a 2" lift?





Originally Posted by bobuk
So you wouldn't bother to install the 4 trailing arm relocation brackets or the longer shocks, bumpstops, lsv bracket etc ?
Exactly....

I measured the trailing arms brackets they are all 3/16"

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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by DubbleJ's
I measured the trailing arms brackets they are all 3/16"

Thanks
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