Hey guys, I have an 87 4Runner and after reading these threads for hours I'm kind of beating myself up for buying the four and a half inch superlift kit. I already know what all of you were going to say no lift necessary just do a 2 inch body lift just do the 2 inch ball joint spacers and an infinite variation of combinations such as those, however the superlift kit is already bought and I cannot afford any more modifications at this point. I fully intend to ditch the blocks at my earliest convenience. That being said I am placing them on brand new rear springs with brand new shocks my differentials have both been reworked to 529 and yes I know that's a little excessive and slow but I'd rather have a tractor than something with less power than I want. I'm going to run 33x10.50's because my rock crawling will be at a minimum. Mostly level forest trail riding however a lot of mud and rocks in side of trails that I will be going over slowly and require a little bit more clearance than a stock ride. I know that the 63 Chevy Springs or a zuk mod will fix my rear end problems my question is how bad is the superlift kit in the front? I'm installing all new bushings in my upper and lower control arms I have all new ball joints and new rims with only a one inch backspace because I need to stay skinny for the trails. Is this lift going to be okay in the front and exactly how hard do I have to wheel to mess up the rear blocks? Also the superlift kit came with Bilstein shocks for the rear however they are the exact same size as the original shocks 21 and a half inch fully extended. What shocks do I need to achieve 26in fully extended? I bought the kit almost a year ago so I'm unable to return the wrong components I can't even find record of the transaction in my eBay

 

Are you going to replace the bushings in the upper and lower control arms? I can't tell where you are. I am in the Rust Belt and I am getting ready to swap out those parts for some much less rusty ones and I would like to do the bushings too. I'm still kind of puzzled by the upper bushing. I'm not sure exactly how those get pressed out. The factory service manual shows a special service tool and makes a brief description of the procedure, but it is pretty vague to me. I think there's a solution that involves a "C" frame type of press. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

 

I live in Central Arizona so rust is a minor issue here, however most of the components weren't easy. I actually left for two days and when I made it back to the shop my friends dad who happens to be a mechanic and has it on a lift had already installed the new upper bushings for me, and rear springs, front lift, new axles, control arms, diff, etc. I know he had to mess with the torsion bars but beyond that I'm not really sure how hard it was I was afraid to ask.