Maxtrac Spindle Lift for 2nd Gen Prerunners

I was at about 8" on my old truck with maxtracs with stock UCA's and the UCA's hit the coils almost immediately on down travel. I would suggest JBA UCA's as the ball joints run at a higher angle then any other UCA's on the market as well as allowing much more room between the UCA and to coil

 

Thanks man, i appreciate it

 

Thank you sir

 

What’s the better looking/fitting tire for a 4” spindle kit. 285/70/17 or 255/85/17?

 

Anyone in here have any experience with the maxtracs rear shocks?

 

Terrible. They come where you have to press that hard ass bushing in the eye then it wouldn’t fit in the shock mount without bending the tabs out a lot to fit.

 

That’s unfortunate. They are the only direct fit shocks I have found that are long enough.

 

5100s

 

The B110’s are too short for me.

 

Without sounding too dumb, what’s the advantage of going with a spindle lift over going with 5100s/coils/AAL?

 

Maintains factory ride & suspension geometry, provides 4" instead of 2.5 from 5100's or 3 from coils, can still use your existing shocks, if you want more than 4" you can add to it with coils or 5100's for up to 7". Also they are much beefier than stock.

 

Better ride, spindles ride just like stock. They also keep all the stock geometry so it’s like having stock suspension but you’re higher

 

I really didn’t want to go up 4” - was leaning more towards that 2.5”-3” level. With a Prerunner (without any added weight), should I look at my original plan of 5100s/Coils/AAL or suck it up and go a little higher than I wanted and just get a spindle lift? I love the way the truck rides stock, don’t want to make it a “harder” ride.

 

Well it kinda depends on what size tire you want to run & what your goal is, like do you want to lift for larger tires or just level to get rid of the rake. It will only take about 2" in the front to level it. I'd say 3" & up you'll need to lift the rear also to stay level.
If you want 285's I'd say suck it up & go 4", I had 3" with 285's & it rubbed in reverse with the wheel turned.
5100's with stock coils preloaded with stiffen the ride, I went that route for a while also. The 2.5 setting was pretty stiff.

 

Are the tires here 265s?

I’ve got the same wheels on mine, trying to see what it’d look like with my stock wheels while I save up for 285s. Want to get the lift bought and installed first. Would hate for it to look funny on 265s

 

Anyone needing a driveshaft spacer? I have one and am not using it since I changed my suspension up and no longer need it. It’s the double drilled think 1.25”

 

For me it’d be worth it to go higher just because it rides like stock. You will have to lift the rear to make it level. I had 4” spindles with 1.5” block in the rear and my front was still a bit higher than the back. I’d say 4” spindle and lift the rear 2” and you’ll be completely level, not too high and not too low.

 

Is there anyone in this thread running 9.5” lift? I just got new JBA UCAs and an planning to order the OME 887 coils.

 

Scrolled through far too many pages this morning haha.....who’s got pics of their DCSB with the 4” spindle lift?!