is it really worth lifting a 5 lug?

So much fail. I kept reading hoping it was going to get better.

 

X2! My truck sits low, With front and rear longtravel. Simple is better to me.

 

It's 2012. The 2013 models are not out yet.
Your truck is only 1 model-year old... you've had it for 2 years.
I'd hardly call that "used" when you got it!

Do you want 4x4 because you NEED 4x4, or simply because you want the "Brodozer" look?

If you just want the look, it'll pass when you realize that gas isn't cheap and everything you want to do to make the truck look badass is going to knock your fuel economy down bigtime.

I bought a '94 5-lug. Traded it in November 2002 on an '03 Tundra.
I put over 220k on that 5-lug.

 

Leave it stock, buy an older 4x4 22r/re Toyota pickup and beat that thing up and not your clean newer truck.

 

the level of derp has increased significantly in this thread since the last time i visited.

 

I'd just like to say when I said a little lift and locked rear could keep up with a 2wd v6 I was talking about a stock prerunner not a xrunner ..

 

While everyone is here, I have a question. Is there ANY other way to lift the front end of a 1st gen 5 lug other than a body or spindle lift?

 

Spacer lift, Fabtech Uca with coils, I think doetsch tech makes an upper arm as well to give you lift

 

Spacer lift, v6 coil, spindle, fabtech coil, jd or tc long travel, full custom lt.

 

33" tires in the front and 31" tires in the back

 

Lol.

 

And you get to make a 10pt turn radius to save the tread!

 

all those lift coils ride like shit from what ive heard. spindles are your best bet. unless you wanna convert the front to coiovers but thats a waste of money might as well go lt

 

Your parents bought you a (nearly) new truck. Drive it and be happy.
You don't want to cause any tension in the house by selling a gift.

 

Thought about it for a while.

 

i decided on a 3 inch spindle lift, and add a leafs for my 96 5-lug. Selling it wouldn't give me enough money for a equally reliable 4x4, and i plan on lighter off-roading such as trails, cross a few streams, not quite rock crawling or mud-bogging. This whole decision to me would depend on what kind of off-roading you plan on doing. Another differences is if your parents would let you sell your truck you could get a nice 4x4, as your truck has a lot of value in its factory condition.

 

x2....

make due with what you got. Look at my truck for example.

 

What's wrong with your truck... other than a little bro-lean?

 

It can hit a wall of sand get some pretty good air and some what survive