I purchased what I thought was a front leveling kit from another forum member with no brand name marked in the instructions or on the plates. It looks identical to what Truxxx sells pictured below (just the fronts):
Now my FJ sits slightly higher in the front then it does in the rear. Does anyone know of any other manufacture that sells the plates pictured above as just a leveling kit or are they all associated with a front and rear lift kit? The adapter plate I installed turns the stock strut/spring assembly 180 degrees during reinstallation. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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97 Jewel Green Supra 6MT - 835RWHP
07 Voodoo Blue FJC 6MT - Tow Vehicle
Modifications: Everything MakeJason has.
The picture I posted is from the Truxxx website but may or may not be the exact spacer I have. Thats the problem, I have no idea if it is or not. Thanks for the info on the ready lift. That looks exactly like what I have and it does seem like it's just a front level kit rather than a front and rear lift kit. I'll have to post pictures tonight. Thanks!
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97 Jewel Green Supra 6MT - 835RWHP
07 Voodoo Blue FJC 6MT - Tow Vehicle
Modifications: Everything MakeJason has.
Spacers are spacers. If you bought spacers to put in the front in order to level the nose-low stance, then you can call it a levelling kit. You could also call it a front end lift. They're spacers. The rest is semantics.
I don't quite understand this "leveling" thing. Having the from end slightly lower enables me to see the trail obsticles better, plus it looks better, im my opinion.
I'm not a big fan of the bunny look. Another thing it does is allow for larger tire size in the front. But if you like it, your lucky... you get to save some cash.
Nothing about changing the position of the suspension relative to the frame and body will change the size of wheel that will fit in the wheel well.
This is a common fallacy.
The control arms still go up and down through the same arc. The placement of lift components only changes the place in that arc where the suspension sits when it's at rest.
Since the control arms go to the same top point and bottom point, the size of tire that would rub inside the wheel well is the same with or without a lift kit. The only effect that a lift would have on tire rubbing is that it might cause it to happen less frequently because the wheel spends more of its time lower in the arc of travel.
People who don't actually use their suspensions may be of the incorrect belief that their tires don't rub because they never actually get the suspension to cycle fully.
One advantage of having the suspension come to rest at a position farther from the wheel well is of increased up-travel.
As a wheel is forced upward against it's spring, the total pressure being applied to that wheel on the ground is increased. Traction is a function of contact pressure. Wheels that are cycling upward are generally increasingly effective. Wheels that travel downward are less effective because the pressure decreases as the spring is allowed to relax.
I'm not a big fan of the bunny look. Another thing it does is allow for larger tire size in the front. But if you like it, your lucky... you get to save some cash.
ASSUMING, it doesn't flex and you just drive on the street, then yes a leveling kit will allow bigger tires. I believe Jon covers this in the post above mine.
You should have little spacers for the rear as well that sit on top of the springs. Pretty easy to install.
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