Gents.....as the title says....1989 First Gen 4runner, recently installed a 4" TG SAS kit. The truck has Chevy 63's with 2" blocks, that was pretty level with a 4" bracket IFS front end. Now the truck is pretty tall in the front...the back is sitting relatively low, I'm guessing its 2-3 inches higher in the front. Since I already have the 63s in the back with 2" blocks, I am thinking about some Chevy 63 lift springs (Procomp offers 3.5 and 5.5 inch lift springs / Tough Country offers 5.5 inch). Maybe going 5.5 lets me eliminate the blocks altogether.. Does anyone have any experience with either of these? Or have any other advice for getting the truck level?

 

 

that is part of the problem of the design of the T-G front hanger, it basically adds 1.5-2" of lift to a 4" lift

it looks like your front hanger was mounted pretty far forward based on your shackle angle
when was the SAS done?
Your springs will settle somewhat over the next month or so. I would give it a few weeks before you start messing with the rear springs to bring it up...

 

 

Go bounce it around, the springs will settle.

 

Thanks for the comments....the SAS has only been done for about a week and I've only driven it about 100 miles and took it out to flex and play around once (front-end flex is incredible).....I'll go drive it in the rocks and on the trail a little more and see if the springs settle an inch or two as most say. Even if it settles and inch or two, the front will still be a little higher than the rear...so I guess I can level it then...

 

That seems pretty low in the back for chevy's. How many leafs is it? Maybe you can upgrade to a heavier spring and bigger shackle. It looks as low as mine does with OME Mediums.

 

4 leafs..I removed the overload leaf. The overload looks to be about an inch thick, it would probably add some arch to the leafpack and net me a little more than an inch of lift.