Bodylift question

[AIstyle]

Hi,

just completed my 2" bodylift. Went really well and alot less time then i expected.

Was wondering if anyone that has done a 2" bodylift on a 4runner (1993) V6, if they did anything towards the steering.......reason im asking is because its a little tighter then usual but im not too fussed.

But....want to know if something has to be done also if i run like this will i break anything.

thanks

[Rascal]

Check the steering shaft where it goes thru the firewall. The seal will proably need to be relocated up a bit.

RB

[kinglakekustoms]

i notched a bit out under the steering shaft where it go`s through the firewall
and lossend the nuts on the spline on bothe end under the hood neer steering box and up under dash.

[AIstyle]

excellent....ill get on it asap.

running as is at the moment would i damage/break anything?

thanks

[kinglakekustoms]

i cant imagine it doing a heap of damge but it wouldnt be too good nor bad so when ya get the time id be fixing it ,hav a good one

[Struth]

Bugger me, just finished 2" body lift on 94 V6 4Runner this afternoon.
Guess what? The steering has stiffened up and I was wondering exactly what the fix might be. Now I know.

Biggest hassle was extending the bullbar mounts and rooting around with extending the gear stick and freeing up the low range stick.

Went absolutely quicker and easier than I thought, but I've had enough of the garage for a month at least.

Tommorow it gets fitted with some loan 33" rims and tyres. Hope they fit

Are you going for bigger rubber

Cheers Struth.

[kinglakekustoms]

when i did mine i never extended the sticks just pulled the boot of and cut the metal bracket between the two sticks
and a bit of fileing at the back of the hole so it could go into 5th properly without popping out and thats all

[Struth]

I left the boots on but gave them a bit of surgery with a stanley knife, especially the low range boot. I was worried about eventually damaging the console if things were working too hard so I extended the gear stick which only took about one hour, after about two hours working out how to get the gear knob off. still havent worked it out so I cut the stitching on the vinyl console cover and sewed it back together afterwards as well as slitting all the boots so I could take the stick out with knob attached.

Overall though I am very pleased with the result.

Cheers.

[kinglakekustoms]

yeah thats good.
are you gona post some pics up

[AIstyle]

Bugger me, just finished 2" body lift on 94 V6 4Runner this afternoon.
Guess what? The steering has stiffened up and I was wondering exactly what the fix might be. Now I know.

Biggest hassle was extending the bullbar mounts and rooting around with extending the gear stick and freeing up the low range stick.

Went absolutely quicker and easier than I thought, but I've had enough of the garage for a month at least.

Tommorow it gets fitted with some loan 33" rims and tyres. Hope they fit

Are you going for bigger rubber

Cheers Struth.

yeap....just threw on my 33 Baja Claws I got from someone on this forum about 2 months ago.

as soon as i find out how, i will put up some pics.

thanks for all the help!!!!

[Struth]

If my loan 33s work I will also be bunging on 33" claws.
Need to fit the loaners to establish what the best offset for the rims will be.

Pics will follow after my tires are fitted.

Cheers.

[AIstyle]

this is how I bought my 4by:




And this is at toolangi with my 32" Mongrels



And now with a few mods (Bodylift, lights, basket, towbar, 33" claws, etc)




the Mongrels and Claws both run 15x8 Landcruiser offset rims. Need to remove the front mud flaps because they are rubbing on full lock but besides that very happy as it only took a few hours.

[Struth]

Looks very nice mate.

has it really got a 2" sus lift.

I just lifted mines body by 2" and fitted borrowed 33" claws this afternoon and it looks the same height as yours. maybe my suspension has already been tweaked

I will shoot off a photo to your post tonight.

Doesn't it make the runners look tuuf compared to standard ones

Cheers

[AIstyle]

Looks very nice mate.

has it really got a 2" sus lift.

I just lifted mines body by 2" and fitted borrowed 33" claws this afternoon and it looks the same height as yours. maybe my suspension has already been tweaked

I will shoot off a photo to your post tonight.

Doesn't it make the runners look tuuf compared to standard ones

Cheers

mine had a 2" suspension lift before I bought it. the brand is OME and because it hadnt a towbar it has never towed so there was no sag in the back.

so in total: 2" suspension + 2" Bodylift + 33s = 6" higher then stock :-)

Personally I think it looks alot tougher now.

[Struth]

Thanks mate, I have another question.

HOW THE BLOODY HELL DO I POST A PICTURE

I AM A 4B DRIVER NOT A F------N IT WANKER.

any clues please [/u][/b]

[AIstyle]

i tried "photobucket". just google it.

[Struth]

Preety poor quality picture but the missus has the camera, this is off the phone.

[Struth]

Try again[http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j192/ ... edia=image#][/url]

[Struth]

SHIT

[AIstyle]

here you go!!!



what size rims are they?

[Struth]

Thanks bloke.

17" x 8" I believe. Mine will be 15 x 8 1/2 when I get them because 15" tyres are cheaper than 16 or 17s.

Have only had them on for a few hours but I tested full lock and they don't come within cooee of the mudflaps.

they have the same offset as the original 4runner alloys (as in the distance from the inside wall of the trye to the hub flange is the same).

Do you suspect it has also been sus lifted at some stage

ps; you will have to send me some destructions for posting pics please

[AIstyle]

hard to judge from pics mate.

[FourSpin]

15 x 8.5 rims are illegal are they not? (pretty sure they are in WA)

just got 15 x 8 or 15 x 10

[Sparkboy]

I left the boots on but gave them a bit of surgery with a stanley knife, especially the low range boot. I was worried about eventually damaging the console if things were working too hard so I extended the gear stick which only took about one hour, after about two hours working out how to get the gear knob off. still havent worked it out so I cut the stitching on the vinyl console cover and sewed it back together afterwards as well as slitting all the boots so I could take the stick out with knob attached.

Overall though I am very pleased with the result.

Cheers.

I did my 95 4runner about 2 years ago, fits the 32' real well
I found turning the boot around and sticking the lowrange through the the other one worked well.
Did you also find the spline on the steering shaft a bit short. wondering how you over come the problem?

[Struth]

I loosened up the spline above the steering coupling and allowed it to move while I jacked the body up.

The workshop manual I have states that there should be 15mm of spline exposed normally and mine now has about 10mm exposed. It doesn't add up I know. I reckon I better check it out to make sure I don't suddenly lose steering.

I also noticed a ticking sound from under the truck that increases in frequency with the drive train speed. I reckon I have stretched the speedo cable and caused this noise. I will investigate tommorow.

It is all still behaving well and I will take it offroad this weekend and trial it out.

Cheers.

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