1st gen tundra coil overs for 3 inch lift on 3rd gen runner

I personally have installed the whole strut assembly from a tundra in my runner and it ended up being more like 3.5-4 inches of lift stock bilstien coil overs. Bolted right up. No prying on control arms or anything. I’ve been reading a lot of conflicting data which is not true. And the ride is great. Fits 35x12.5 tires. Hope this saves someone some money and headaches.

 

I would love to see some pictures of your 4runner. I just got a 3" rough country lift last week and haven't put it on yet because I was wanting to put new struts on it when I did it. I found a set of 1st gen tundra struts with hardly any miles on them and can have them shipped to me all for about $125 and I have $200 in the new shocks and springs for the rear and a new set of 265\70r17 Goodyear duratrac all terrains to put on when I get the lift out on. So I would like to see how yours look and hope mine will go in as easily as yours did.

 

I would spend the 125 and get em. They have to be the bilstien coil overs for the v8. They instal very easy no prying the control arm down and I clear 35s. I’ll have to send you pics when it’s daylight. My phones on the fritz so I offloaded all my pics.

 

I found a great deal on some used loaded struts (5,000 miles) from Rough Country . They are not TRD but they are 2.5 inch lift . I wonder if they will give me the same lift as the factory TRD bilstiens ? Has anyone tried them before pulling the trigger on them

 

Hello. I did the same mod as Uprednick on my sons 2000 3rd Gen 4Runner with Tundra springs up front along with new toyota balls joints upper and lower on the basis that the UCA's would not rub and would be fine. Since then i've has horrible vibration under downhill braking either side of two alignments. After the second alignment last week the tech told me (and showed me) that the caster bolts were at the limit of their adjustment and that they were worn. The car is rust free from texas so i think the issue is more related to the lift than anything being worn out.
So my question to the group - is there an UCA option from another truck Tundra or Lexus etc that will bolt on without having to cut out $120 worth of new Toyota upper ball joints ? Another option is to revert back to stock or maybe 4thGen 4600s' if i an find them. Hate to throw out the Tundra parts as the ride is good enough for the school truck. TIA