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Offline smaug1911

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TJ lift advice?
« on: February 10, 2014, 02:59:57 PM »
Need some input on a lift for the TJ I am working on.
They owners would like a 3" lift. They want to clear 33's.
Do they need 3" or will less do it?
Also, they will NEVER wheel this thing. It is for looks only. So most economical is what I am looking for.
Any suggestions on what way to do this...coil spacers, etc?
97 V6 Tacoma TRD. 2.5" front coil spacers. 3.5' Downey leaf springs, 2" 4Crawler body Lift, rear Bilstein 5125's, 35" BFG KM2's, Skid row transfer skid, Ocean State Crawlers front winch bumper, custom rear bumper, Kajobuilt sliders, deckplate mod, grey wire mod, Smittybilt XRC8.

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Re: TJ lift advice?
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2014, 05:48:20 PM »
There are many spacer kits out there. Check out Tera Flex.
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Re: TJ lift advice?
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2014, 05:52:34 PM »
I had a 3.5" RE lift along with a 1" body lift and could have put 35s easy with no rubbing at all when wheeling. For 33s with no wheeling you could probably get by with 2" coil spacers. I'm just not sure if you'll throw something else off by using stock control arms and not being able to adjust things a little under there.
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Offline Bill3753

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Re: TJ lift advice?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2014, 09:45:44 PM »
TJ's can fit 33's on a 3" lift no problem.  Cheapest way would be to do a 2" spacer, 1" to 1-1/2" body lift, drop track bar brackets, and a motor mount lift to correct the drive line angle.

Stock arms would not be preferred, but its doable.  It will, all be it very slightly, shorten the wheel base a little with stock arms, but an alignment would still be possible.
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Re: TJ lift advice?
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2014, 07:06:08 AM »
For street use only, I would try just a 2" spacer lift.  I know a lot of people who run 31's with no lift and no problems on the street.  Since a 33"  tire only has a 1" radius height differnce from a 31" tire, a 2" lift shoud be enough.  Just get a kit with bump stop extensions. 
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Re: TJ lift advice?
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2014, 05:59:28 PM »
Thats what I was thinking. Plus, after looking at those body mounts, I am not going anywhere near a body lift. Too much rust to contend with.
Any helpful pointers about removal of the exhaust manifold? It looks like alot of other stuff has to come out too for that job....intake manifold, power steering pump, etc
97 V6 Tacoma TRD. 2.5" front coil spacers. 3.5' Downey leaf springs, 2" 4Crawler body Lift, rear Bilstein 5125's, 35" BFG KM2's, Skid row transfer skid, Ocean State Crawlers front winch bumper, custom rear bumper, Kajobuilt sliders, deckplate mod, grey wire mod, Smittybilt XRC8.