made a mistake.

[4Roller]

I got set of rear Superlift 6" rear leaf springs for a trade. My friend told me that over time the 6" has settled to about 4". I have a IFS 4" lift kit on my 87 pickup, so I thought it would go good together. Boy was I wrong. The rear springs still have the entire 6" left in them, the rear of my truck sits way to high now with the body lift. I am planing on doing a SAS, but not until I can afford it. I think I will just remove the bed for awhile, until I get the money for the SAS. I know, everyone says take the body lift off, but I was also planning on doing the 3.4 swap and I thought I read somewhere that the body lift on the cab will help for engine clearance. I was also considering cranking up the Torsion bars a bit, but have never done that. From what I have read, you can only go 1.5" safely. Has anyone done this with their IFS?

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

First, do you want to lower the rear or raise the front? Don't go taller just cause your rear springs are too tall.

 

[4Roller]

I would like to raise the front. The rear is high enough.

 

[4Roller]

looks better with no bed.

I decided to take the bed off and see how it looks. Maybe a flat bed or something like that in the future?

 

[SShea]

I decided to take the bed off and see how it looks. Maybe a flat bed or something like that in the future?

truggy it

man i wish i could have found a pickup instead of my 4runner.

 

[black95]

I think the truck looks much better with the bed, but the rear is definitely too high.

I would take that spring pack apart and remove the overload leaf (the straight leaf) and that bottom block (or whatever that is). That might lower you an inch or so. Might be able to remove one of the leaves too and get a better ride.

P.S. where the hell did you get that receiver hitch?! leave that off. Or at least cut it down to be closer to the body.

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

To lift the front, crank up the torsion bars, and if that's not enough, get some ball joint spacers.

 

[4Roller]

I think the truck looks much better with the bed, but the rear is definitely too high.

I would take that spring pack apart and remove the overload leaf (the straight leaf) and that bottom block (or whatever that is). That might lower you an inch or so. Might be able to remove one of the leaves too and get a better ride.

P.S. where the hell did you get that receiver hitch?! leave that off. Or at least cut it down to be closer to the body.

I got the receiver hitch off of a 4Runner, I traded a brake booster for it. I am planning on cutting down the receiver hitch, it was on there just to mock up. While the bed is off I am going to bob it. In the future I would like to make a removable flat bed (or whatever you call the back rack/bed i have seen people do).

I am going to look into removing that one straight block as you say, thank you!

 

[4Roller]

To lift the front, crank up the torsion bars, and if that's not enough, get some ball joint spacers.

Stupid question, but I have done a little bit of research on the Torsion bar thing and which way do I turn? What I mean is, Does turning it left go down, and turning it right go up? Or Vise Versa? I have never messed with the bars before.

 

[Mike C]

I think 4 inches is way to tall... I would take your old springs and the new spring pack and mix and match leaves until you get a lift that levels it out.

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

I think 4 inches is way to tall... I would take your old springs and the new spring pack and mix and match leaves until you get a lift that levels it out.

I like what he said, but if you wanna crank the bars, I think turning the bolts to the right (you will be on the ground looking up) IE: tighten them, will lift the front end.

 

[Devil's Slide Doug]

Throw in some ball joint spacers and low profile bumpstops and then loosen your torsion bars for no additional lift but improved articulation. Then mix and match the rear springs until they match the height of the front (+ a little extra for some load carrying capacity). It will all be lower but should work better.

 

[tlcruiser66]

Why don't you just remove one of the leaves out of the rear pack?

 

[4Roller]

I will probably just do what the last post said, and just remove one of the leaf sections out to make it level. First I need to get some SHOCKS! This thing bounces around like crazy! Anyone have any shocks for sale cheap? I am not even sure what length is needed?

 

[KLF]

Remember what I said in your bumper thread about that 150 lb front bumper?

 

[4Roller]

Remember what I said in your bumper thread about that 150 lb front bumper?

ok, but when I had the other setup it did not bounce around like this. New shocks and it will be fine. And like I said, in the near future i will SAS it. This will not be my daily driver soon. Picking up another toyota.

 

[Hilux]

I would just BJ spacer it, or lower the rear. IMO you need more angle on the shackle anyway.

I see that shackle angle on every Aussy 4WD but I've yet to know the reason for it. Seems like you'd get a terrible ride (b/c the shackle wouldn't know which way it wants to go), have very limited axle droop, and increased chances of shackle inversion to me.

Either way, if you keep going up you'll want to put bigger tires on it... And it seems you're already at the tire limit for that front axle.

 

[4Roller]

I went down to the local 4x4 shop today (Hard Core 4x4 in Visalia CA), and picked up a couple ProComp ES3000 shocks and that took care of the "bouncy" problem I was having!