Let’s start off by saying the RAV4 fought me the whole way. Partly my fault and partly rusted parts on the car despite being a 2014. I initially installed a ready lift kit. The hardware was not the right thread and could not bolt it in to the subframe. So I contacted the company. Ready lift is a great company and has amazing customer service. I would have kept the lift kit however the kit was not designed correctly. The front spacer did not have a good offset. And rear kit did not feel safe. (See picture). I spent a lot of time installing it. The process was not to tough. However the rear headwear did not match up with factory bolt thread pattern (see picture). Anyways I removed the ready lift kit and set it back. After much research I decided on the Eibach lift kit. This kit is much better in my opinion. It uses springs that are stronger and stiffer to achieve a lift also so far the ride seems more smooth and stable around corners. See picture.
Lift kit trial and error
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The following reason
1. Did not like the idea of having spacers between the rear subframe and car's body. Looks like it might cause pressure point on the cars body. I feel that LP adventure has a better approach to this problem, however that comes with a crazy price point.
2. After driving around on the spacers the car seemed to drive differently more wavy in the turns
The ebiach lift springs are very good so far car seems very planted and fun to drive. The lift it give the car looks very nice
I will post new pic sometime this week
1. Did not like the idea of having spacers between the rear subframe and car's body. Looks like it might cause pressure point on the cars body. I feel that LP adventure has a better approach to this problem, however that comes with a crazy price point.
2. After driving around on the spacers the car seemed to drive differently more wavy in the turns
The ebiach lift springs are very good so far car seems very planted and fun to drive. The lift it give the car looks very nice
I will post new pic sometime this week
So today I decided to measure the car and compare to stock height. One of my coworkers has a beautiful Rav4 and she is always kind enough to let me check the car out ( Thank you DB). The Stock height on rav4 is good for normal and moderate driving. However I am not a moderate driver. Below you find the picture comparing ride height. More to come on my experice with the Eibach Lift kit
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