Show your Lifted 3rd Gens
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Tonka
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Cool! That color is sick too!
zorobabel
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How did you secure the 1x2s to the body?
How did you address the rattling of the cover?
Speedboosted
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Seems pretty tall, what parts did you use to lift it?
sleghamma
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Supreme suspensions 3/2 lift. It was to much in the front. Ended up jacking it almost 4+ inches in the front with KYB quick struts. I even drove on them a few weeks. My front CVs started throwing grease from the extreme pitch on them. I had limited turning radius. Just to much lift. Front suspension had zZERO down/return travel available. It rode like a brick on steroids. I removed the supposed 3+ lift pucks today and threw in a 2”. It made the world of difference to drive. Also leveled her out and gave it a better looking stance. IMO. Also removed the s**t Sensen struts and matched the back with KYB as well. Now she rides the way I want her to.
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Speedboosted
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New wheels/tires look good on there, nice call on going lower up front. Crazy how much bigger it is compared to the 4Runner behind.
Speedboosted
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Finally get to contribute pictures to this thread after staring at it for over a year. Just a baby 1.25" lift all around since my stock sized tires are still in excellent shape and I like how the perform on every surface, so no desire to swap just yet. And I wanted to keep the rake.
Fronts: Eibach E60-35-037-06-10 on the 3rd highest setting
Rears: Bilstein 24-285063 on the 3rd highest setting
How's the ride quality? I haven't driven it more than a couple miles, but so far it's everything I hoped for. Front is buttery smooth and the rear is *slightly* firmer, which will be great when we're loaded up for camping trips or hauling my car to racetracks. I pretty much only use this for adventures (or Costco runs) so it has the back full of stuff 90% of the time. While the valving is slightly different between the two shocks, they are the same internal design so everything still works together seamlessly. 100% recommend this combo for most applications.
My 2017 4wd EL with standard shocks did not have any problems removing the spring perches nor compressing the springs with a basic rental one from O'Reillys. The rear shock bolt broke my 1/2" breaker bar, but aside from that everything was smooth sailing.
Future plans include replacing the tires (probably next spring/summer) with 275/70-18 Falken's new AT4W and Method 318 wheels. Will likely up the fronts and rears to the highest c clip setting at that time, which will give another 1/2" lift or so, and replace the front UCA's to avoid contact at full droop. Right now they still clear, but it's very tight.
Fronts: Eibach E60-35-037-06-10 on the 3rd highest setting
Rears: Bilstein 24-285063 on the 3rd highest setting
How's the ride quality? I haven't driven it more than a couple miles, but so far it's everything I hoped for. Front is buttery smooth and the rear is *slightly* firmer, which will be great when we're loaded up for camping trips or hauling my car to racetracks. I pretty much only use this for adventures (or Costco runs) so it has the back full of stuff 90% of the time. While the valving is slightly different between the two shocks, they are the same internal design so everything still works together seamlessly. 100% recommend this combo for most applications.
My 2017 4wd EL with standard shocks did not have any problems removing the spring perches nor compressing the springs with a basic rental one from O'Reillys. The rear shock bolt broke my 1/2" breaker bar, but aside from that everything was smooth sailing.
Future plans include replacing the tires (probably next spring/summer) with 275/70-18 Falken's new AT4W and Method 318 wheels. Will likely up the fronts and rears to the highest c clip setting at that time, which will give another 1/2" lift or so, and replace the front UCA's to avoid contact at full droop. Right now they still clear, but it's very tight.
ThwopKing
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Supreme is what's on my truck... was like that when I got it. Lots of these spacers are the same just look for quality strong hardware and thick material.
laketrash
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Updated wheels and tires, 20x9 +12 offset, 295/55/20 ridge grapplers, zero rub and no cutting but my sides steps were broken when I bought the truck (one was sheared off and gone) so I removed the other.
STINNETT
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Nice! What grille guard is that?
laketrash
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Thanks, brand sticker says frontier but I don’t know much other than that, it was on the truck when purchased and the previous owner modified by welding on the brackets for the light bar.
STINNETT
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Back from the body shop to repair deer damage. Took the opportunity to black out some things (still more to do). Still waiting for the lower grille to come in.
Speedboosted
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I really like the paint matched front grille.
Noticed in your sig you made some ditch light brackets, any more info on those? I did the same since I couldn't find anything available for these, but they're kinda thin and wobble at times. Can PM me if you want.
Seconded on the ditch light brackets. @STINNETT
STINNETT
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@Speedboosted and @Langer I found the ditch light brackets finally. I got them from a guy by the name of Justin Hilliard on one of the Expedition pages/groups on Facebook. I was banned and deleted from all Meta platforms last year (Facebook and Instagram) so I can't go back and find him or the posts. It was a white 3rd gen if I remember correctly. I'll post pic's of the brackets in a few minutes.
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mygsris2slo4u
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Did you have the body shop do the grille paint match or is it wrapped? I love the look, but don't know that I can justify the cost of having a body shop do it.
STINNETT
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I had the body shop paint the replacement grille when they painted the replacement bumper cover. That and the black trimmed SSV/XLT headlights really changed the look. I have black background Ford emblems going on next. Then all that's left is the roof rack and side trim to black out.
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