Looking for good 3" lift

I have just bought a 2004 prerunner and was wanting to add 3 inches under it. I was looking for some advice on which direction i should go under 300 dollars. I will not be offroading in it. I want it just for looks.

 

www.toytech.com has a ton of different lift options. I'm in the same boat as you, mainly want a lift for looks and on a budget. I believe there's one there that has spacers or coils up front and an AAL in the back in your price range.

 

+2
I want to add a few inches, and on a major budget. Still saving for my tires which should be just around the first of the year. Going to get 32", so I "may" need to do the lift.

 

spacer lift. The best spacer lift is the type of spacer that goes on top of the stock coilover. Dont use a spacer that goes between the spring and top plate. PITA to install. Ive got the procomp spacers and i maintained stock ride. Procomp spacer and readylift are exactly the same and are good choices for a tight budget.

 

when adjusting the billies to 2.5" do you lose any down travel? with a top plate spacer you still maintain 4up 4down stock travel.

 

Chris, would the stock springs be okay with billies on all four corners at 2.5"? Would there be a need for uca's?

 

So with the billies or SAWs or king shock, the shock limits the down travel rather than the balljoints?

EDIT: I have to respectfully disagree. I have a 2.25" spacer and when installing it i had to jack up the lca to get the top nuts on the co started. once the co with spacer was in place i had no problem pulling the uca down and tightening nut on the bottom and the joint had room for more down travel but i believe the shock limited down travel. The SAWs are about 2.5" longer than stock shocks (overall) and do not require ucas from what i can remember

 

Ok that make sense. I was under the impression that the 5100s were extended travel shocks...making them no different than cos or top spacer

 

I really appreciate the info and im sure this can deff help the OP.

I will be swapping the spacer out for either billies or maybe spend the money to upgrade to SAW COs and Total Chaos UCAs to do a mid travel but more for offroading flex (rock crawling) rather than hauling across the desert

 

I think u give me the wrong web page?

 

When u add the shocks does that give you your height or do u have to put the spacers and AAL on there also?

 

toyteclifts.com

 

Im guessing this option would give me a better ride vs putting spacers in the front and blocks or shackles in the back?