Kuntryboy

that sounds perfect with the kit you got. and do you have any pics of it with the lift and what it looks like with the coil spacers in. thanks!

WILLTHISIFSGOHIGHER

Hey Blrider2001 can you talk more about how you eleminated the brake equalizer. I was curious about it, it looks like alot of junk under there.

blrider2001

on the left frame rail in the front wheel well is the spliter. remove the line coming out of the rear of the block and plug it, you can cut the line close to the fitting and weld it shut and reinstall it. in the rear disconnect the other end of that line and remove the three way. inatall a 90degree elbow in between the other two lines. one is the feed and the other is the line going down to the axle it is rubber flex. you can leave the other line in the frame or remove it. bleed brakes and go. works great and has more pedal in my opion

topher.91

i have a question on mounting new shocks on my runner. i was going to get some procomp es9000s but would i have to put shock hoops to mount those on my runner? or are there any other shocks i could put on where i wouldnt neeed shock hoops? ohh i am looking at new shocks cuz i want to put some crusier coils and BJ spacers for a cheap lift. help greatly apprciated.=]]

WILLTHISIFSGOHIGHER

Shock hoops? As far as I know they dont make hoops for our Runners I wish they did. You can fit those shocks now, you dont need any hoops or anything

Kuntryboy

hoops are only for sas kits

tc

There are plenty of shocks out there with the right mounting configuration to not need hoops.

There's a HUUUGE thread on shocks for the BJ Spacer/Cruiser coil lift.

topher.91

thank you very much guys

toral789

this is what i have been looking for!!! where can i get ball joint spacers

Lumpy

Here: http://www.wabfab.org/

or here: http://4crawler.com/

Kuntryboy

or toytechlifts.com

bandit92

how far cant the rear trac arms go? like a 4in ifs kit in front and lc coils in rear. do i need drop brackets longer arms, and what about the panhard bar?

tc

On my SAS'd rig, the rear used stock lowers, remade uppers to adjust the pinion angle, and a drop for the panhard bar. It worked, but looking back, it would have been SOOOO easy to lengthen the lowers to put the wheelbase back where it belonged (or longer) and IMHO that would have tamed a lot of the complaints I had about that setup.

Would have been MUCH easier than doing a leaf spring conversion, which was wasted $ IMHO.

Psilosin

So my LC coil + BJ spacer lift is underway on my Surf. I'll throw it out there that this is the first time I have done anything with suspension so what would take many of you a day will likely take me a week or longer as I overthink each step lol.

Anyway I started on the rear and I got as far yesterday as removing the shocks, panhard rod, rear brake line and swaybar links and jacked the Surf up as high as I could go. I was surprised how easily everything came apart...yay for no rust!. On a few 'how-tos' I've looked at it indicated that there should be enough droop in doing this that the original springs should pretty much fall out on their own and not require a spring compressor. However with my suspension drooped as far as it will the springs are still very much in place and won't budge. Am I missing something?

It appears that the limiting factor in how far the axle can droop is the 2 horizontal bars that attach teh axle to the chassis (not sure what they are called...guessing upper track bars??)...the one on the passenger side is contacting the gas tank. Should I have disconected these as well? Pic below (not mine but it shows the bar in contact with the gas tank).

Lumpy

When I did mine I used strut sprint compressors to get the old ones out and I used the same compressors and ratchet straps to get the LC's in.

Psilosin

Any verification of these Procomp ES90000 shock part numbers?

I ordered a set of Procomp ES9000 922506 and they are unfortunately eyelet top and bottom...the factory shocks were eyelet bottom and stud top so sol on that internet order... Just wondering if the part number given by SR5 is incorrect or if by fluke I just got sent the wrong shocks.

UPDATE EDIT: Found that ProComp makes an eyelet to stud adapter so I guess that was the missing piece of the equation...so don't forget to order that along with the 922506's for the rear if going the ProComp route.

bucketofsoupyum

Hey guys, well this is my 4th toyota truck, and first one that was built in the 90's

Anyways I have a 93 4runner with some awful rear sag/and/lean I was thinking of lifting it anyways, (I miss my 85 runner on 33's with 3" susp lift) but I have never worked with coils, all my other trucks were leafs.

So I started reading through this thread and came across this quote:

As most of you probably know, rough country now offers a kit WITH the coils for around $800, (A little steep for my wallet according to the boss lady ) So I checked ebay, and and craigslist and came across someone selling and I figure 4" suspension lift for $250 will cover the front but if memory serves me right my 89 pickup had leafs in the rear, so still need to lift the rear 4" to match the front.

So What I am getting at is with a 4" lift kit that has blocks, what do you use from the kit / combine with new coils to get the 4" of lift to match the front, I am under the impression that the 80 LC springs give you 2-3" of lift and you add spacers to top to coils to get 4" is this correct?

Sorry if I sound confused. These fancy coils and IFS lifting is all new to me, I am used to solid axles and leafs with shackles

Thanks in Advance

bucketofsoupyum

just an update on my last post, got an email from the guy about the lift saying So I think it will work good for me, I have been scouring the search on here and the other 10 or so yota sites I follow about the spring conversion and it looks like I can get anywhere from 4-6 inches of lift from the landcruiser coils. The only thing I am still unsure about is some people are talking about using the front or rear coils, and then there are different heights any where I seen some 19" and 21" I was reading so I have to figure out which size will give me about a 5 inch lift in the rear, anyone know?>

Thanks from an oldschool leaf pack guy!

4Yoter

sorry if i missed it but wut year runner? I got a 91 and i used the coils from 1999 LC and got about 5 inches I used the rears. The rears are the same length the fronts aren't. the longer one in the front holds more weight or something like that. hope this helps

bucketofsoupyum

its a 93, and yes that helps a ton, I keep reading about the different lengths, but if all the rears are the same length that makes it alot easier. Did you hvae to make any other modifications with the coils? Or was it just a quick and easy coil swap and extend some brake lines?