Oh, and the ticking is normal with the 3.0. I read somewhere that it is loud injectors. I've also heard other Toyota engines making the noise so turn up the stereo and don't worry about that one.
I had the Downey 1.5" HD springs. Good ride and I only needed to crank a little on the torsion bars to level it out. These are not soft springs so articulation suffered but it rode great on the streets with Edelbrock shocks.
I now have 80 series rear springs. It comes out to about 3.5" of...
Let me know if that first deal falls through. As long as 4 of them can be used now I think just about any good tire shop could get those inserts for the last 2.