So, I bought spacers on eBay. Looked reputable. They had an 87-96 listing and a 97-04 listing.

I accidentally got the the 97+ spacer, but when I contacted the seller they said it was all the same. Is this true?

The Inside Diameter of my coil is 3.6875, outside is 5.25 and it is clearly too small for the spacer. Sigh.

If this can't be solves with a spacer, I was wondering if anyone knows where to get a 2.5" lift coil or if anyone has had luck getting custom springs from eibach.

Thanks, this is frustrating.

 

If it is the rubber spacers they can bend to fit different size coils. Stretch it out to fit. Use electrical tape to hold it on the coil until it is installed.

Most of ebay stuff is universal so don't worry about the year difference. They only put years so people can get suckered in to buy it thinking it is a direct fit. Also most people will never see it if it is not listed for their vehicle.

 

Here is what I got:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SIL-F...item27ba0a48a7

Are these supposed to just sit in there or do they need to be pressed on. I'm afraid to crack the aluminum.


Here is my coil up against the spacer:

 

Would these fit in the event that these spacers are wrong?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-04...item3369c89eb1

 

It looks like it almost can fit, like you said just a little more pressure but it might brake. I suggest to send it back. And say it is to big and you didn't install it. If the same seller has the 1st gen coil springs get the correct ones. As for the other coil no I don't think it will work.

I say get your money back. I suggest to get 2 of these, one on top one on the bottom. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GLS-2011/

 

I spoke with the ebay seller and he said to press it in. He says the oem coils aren't exactly circular but will fit right when pressed. I instructed my mechanic to so so and will report back with my findings.

These appear to be a quality product....hopefully it fits.

 

Update:

I returned the coil spacers. I went to my mechanic who helped to build my 4Runner and I put him to work.

He determined that the stock coil is enough trouble to get in as is. So, he created a custom coil compressor to fit inside the coil and scrunch it up to squeeze in a spacer. Sounds like it wouldn't have been easy otherwise.

He noticed that the stock coil on it's own has a tendency to bow out and gets close to the shock, so he devised a spacer to fix this.

The spacer is bigger on one side than the other and provides about 2"-2.5" of lift and actually keeps the coil straighter than stock. My truck now sits dead level with the 1.5" lifted rear. Looks good.

The ride is a little firmer, but I assume that is just what happened when you add spacers.

Looks like custom was the only way to get it done for me.

 

Cool. Post up pics!

 

It's currently getting painted. So I can't take pictures.

The spacer fits into the lower arm coil bucket, so there isn't much to see. But, I'll post some pics when I get it back.