Need help trying to find what lift kit is on my truck ?

Hello I recently bought a 96 toyota tacoma for 3k thinking I was getting a great deal with all new parts well now its sits in the garage . I hit a PA pothole yesterday and the shock absorber came right out of the mount they were both shotty to begin with . the mechanic tells me that its part of an upper ball joint . I thought it was just a shock absorber. Well the bottom of it is like sqaure and it seems to be attached to the hub underneat. The top it attached to a 3 bolt mount higher than the strut . it is a 6 inch lift . it does not look like a rough country or any I could find online . I really would appreciate any help cause I have no clue what to do . I will get more pics asap. Thanks

 

Need more pics of the front and rear suspension. Looks like a body lift.

 

I hope it’s not a dreaded trail master lift kit.

 

there's at least a bracket lift on it.

When I hear "unknown lift" + F'd up balljoint, that makes me think trailmaster or rough country... If that's the case: kill it with fire (the lift I mean, not the truck). It would take some work, but the truck is likely salvageable.

 

I couldn’t tell if that pic was taken from the front or the side. If that’s the front then it’s defintiely a drop bracket lift.

 

Yea Idk much about lifts . I'm wondering if I weld the shock absorber to the mount if it will hold up ?

 

I would ditch whatever lift that is altogether and go back to stock. Get a proper suspension lift.

Can you take more pics so we can ID it?

 

Take some pictures of the actual parts that are in question.

 

that's really a bad way to try and "fix" your issue. All that would be doing is making your issue permanent.

 

Ill try and get pics tomorrow I guess I should have waited to post . I was thinking about having someone weld a washer to the strut And bolt it on top . the mount is detachable so it wouldnt be permanent. My cousin said it looks like an old kit .

 

Uhhh....

What?

 

Jesus H. Christ. Put that truck out of its misery.

I have never seen a lift kit like that.

 

Oh man ... They removed the upper control arm and did this. I'm in the process of uploading more.

 

I’m so confused it looks like random parts kinda wedged between the frame and the tire

 

Yea thats why I posted it here to have someone try to help me figure out what the hell they did to this poor truck?