Hi All,
I've been snooping on these forums for quite some time but have yet to post! I just finished getting my Rav4 into shape for this coming winter. I ended up lifting by Rav as well as installing a LSD from a 4.1.
Here's what I did so far:
Lift:
-40mm Tema spacers front and rear
-OME Front Springs 1.5" (ARB 2793)
-OME Rear Springs 1.5" (ARB 2795)
-OME Rear Struts (OME031)
-Monroe Front Struts (71454 and 71453)
-Monroe Front Strut Mounts (903995)
-x2 KYB Front Strut Bellows (SB102)
-x2 Master Pro Coil Spring Seat Rubber Lower (FM1918]
-OEM Toyota Dust Cover (goes in between front strut coil spring seat and mount) (oem part number 90303-22049)
-Reused the stock dust covers that include the upper spring seat rubber
Drivetrain:
-Sourced LSD from 1999 Rav with 80k miles (have a second I sourced from another 4.1 rav as a spare or to part out.)
Lights and Rack:
-Cheapo 42" Light Bar from amazon with and prefabbed harness
-Modded cheapo light bar mounts from amazon
-Cheapo roof rack from amazon. Tacked m8 nuts on and painted with two cans of truck liner as well as used silicon on all the joints. Has held up very well.
-Cheapo hi-lift jack and shovel mount from ebay. Modified the shovel holder to fit. Welded m8 coupler nut into shovel so that an m8 bolt threads into shovel to hold it in place. Didn't need to mod the hi-lift jack mount. After mounting, tacked nuts on and painted with truck bed liner.
Tires:
-General Grabber AT/X tires 225/75/16
Future Plans:
-Rear light bar/led lights for reversing in the dead of night.
-Universal front camber bolt kit to dial in the front alignment. (Anyone have any tips on this one?)
-Deep cycle battery
-2.4 Swap
-Ripping hard in the desert and mountains, snow or shine... ¯\(ツ)/¯
I don't have too many pictures of the install or process, but you can tell the big difference in before and after the lift. It seriously doesn't even look like a Rav4 anymore up close. Kinda like a 4x4 Hotwheels toy. But it rips so hard on the trails, I have no complaints!!! I did 80+ miles this last weekend on forest and 4x4 roads! I know many people that have come before have used many of the same lift parts, but hopefully, others out there won't have as tough a time finding all the necessary part numbers!
Thanks to all the helpful posts and people on this forum!!! I wouldn't have been able to do it with you!!!
Before lift:
After Lift:
I've been snooping on these forums for quite some time but have yet to post! I just finished getting my Rav4 into shape for this coming winter. I ended up lifting by Rav as well as installing a LSD from a 4.1.
Here's what I did so far:
Lift:
-40mm Tema spacers front and rear
-OME Front Springs 1.5" (ARB 2793)
-OME Rear Springs 1.5" (ARB 2795)
-OME Rear Struts (OME031)
-Monroe Front Struts (71454 and 71453)
-Monroe Front Strut Mounts (903995)
-x2 KYB Front Strut Bellows (SB102)
-x2 Master Pro Coil Spring Seat Rubber Lower (FM1918]
-OEM Toyota Dust Cover (goes in between front strut coil spring seat and mount) (oem part number 90303-22049)
-Reused the stock dust covers that include the upper spring seat rubber
Drivetrain:
-Sourced LSD from 1999 Rav with 80k miles (have a second I sourced from another 4.1 rav as a spare or to part out.)
Lights and Rack:
-Cheapo 42" Light Bar from amazon with and prefabbed harness
-Modded cheapo light bar mounts from amazon
-Cheapo roof rack from amazon. Tacked m8 nuts on and painted with two cans of truck liner as well as used silicon on all the joints. Has held up very well.
-Cheapo hi-lift jack and shovel mount from ebay. Modified the shovel holder to fit. Welded m8 coupler nut into shovel so that an m8 bolt threads into shovel to hold it in place. Didn't need to mod the hi-lift jack mount. After mounting, tacked nuts on and painted with truck bed liner.
Tires:
-General Grabber AT/X tires 225/75/16
Future Plans:
-Rear light bar/led lights for reversing in the dead of night.
-Universal front camber bolt kit to dial in the front alignment. (Anyone have any tips on this one?)
-Deep cycle battery
-2.4 Swap
-Ripping hard in the desert and mountains, snow or shine... ¯\(ツ)/¯
I don't have too many pictures of the install or process, but you can tell the big difference in before and after the lift. It seriously doesn't even look like a Rav4 anymore up close. Kinda like a 4x4 Hotwheels toy. But it rips so hard on the trails, I have no complaints!!! I did 80+ miles this last weekend on forest and 4x4 roads! I know many people that have come before have used many of the same lift parts, but hopefully, others out there won't have as tough a time finding all the necessary part numbers!
Thanks to all the helpful posts and people on this forum!!! I wouldn't have been able to do it with you!!!
Before lift:
After Lift: