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I have a 50mm spring lift in my surf that actually lifted if 75mm over the old tired factory springs. Now the CV's are at a crazy angle. Can anyone recommend a nz supplier of a diff lowering kit as this sounds like the best way to try get back to a safe cv angle.

there was a guy on trademe selling the kit. i got one for my old lux takes bout 10 mins to install.

jono

Any idea what his trader name was? I have done a search on TM and can't seem to find anything. Cheers

I doubt you will be able to as the input shaft sits right above a cross member for ya lower A arms. Hard to describe but if ya hop under the passenger side and have a quick look you will see what I mean.

Chops4wd wrote:Any idea what his trader name was? I have done a search on TM and can't seem to find anything. Cheers

no sorry mate i did a search but cant find either.

bump, anybody know if it is possible on my model surf? and or where to buy the bits to make it happen?

Looks like lots of pros and cons. Might help tho...

http://www.yotatech.com/f2/diff-drop-3r ... er-242134/

http://forum.ih8mud.com/95-gen-toyota-t ... unner.html

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t ... hotos.html

http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com/index.ph ... undra.html


http://www.ebay.com/itm/85-98-Toyota-IF ... 1364891%26

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=98+4r ... 80&bih=661

This is all stuff from the U.S, Im sure aussie will have some ideas too.

The kits of trademe were pretty pointless as they only dropped the pinion end that had a minimal effect on the axle position , A freind that installed them ripped the bolts out of the mounting plates on the first trip ,
Fitting manual hubs will increase your cv boots life for road use ,
Doing a propper diff drop with lowering the subframe stuffs your ground clearance so its a hard one ,
IMO i would just leave it and if you start breaking axles , BEAM AXLE !!!

Trundle wrote:The kits of trademe were pretty pointless as they only dropped the pinion end that had a minimal effect on the axle position , A freind that installed them ripped the bolts out of the mounting plates on the first trip ,
Fitting manual hubs will increase your cv boots life for road use ,
Doing a propper diff drop with lowering the subframe stuffs your ground clearance so its a hard one ,
IMO i would just leave it and if you start breaking axles , BEAM AXLE !!!

2nd that on the beam! Look at my post for a before and after and if you want ill put together a parts list.