4x4 question

Does anyone know if the leafs from another vehicle will fit on our trucks? Like is a toyota's leafs the same as mazdas or any other comapny? I wanna lift my 4x4 and but the lack of aftermarket parts has leftme to make my own lifting comonents. SO any help will be greatly appriciated.

Also does anyone know how i can lift my front besides cranking torsion bars. I want more lift then just that. Can I Do anythign else??? Please I need HELP!

up front you wont have leafs so your left with a little lift from the torsions.....or i guess u could make drop brackets for all of the suspension components......

Out back, do a spring over axle (SPOA) lift...once you do that you can use extended shackles and perches (i think thats the right word.....the fornt leaf mount on the frame) to lift it even more if you want even more lift.....but just the SPOA should give u about 4 inches of lift.......






OR........i guess up front you could do a solid axle swap and use everything from an 80's yota....

axle, leafs, perches, shackles....all of it....

but then your left trying to get the rearend gears matched up unless you got the rearend from the same yota and moved the leaf mounts on the axle......

What do you mean drop the suspension points in the front?? Like put spacers at each spot it is sonnected to the frame??

And thanks for the SPOA idea!!!

yah fab up drop brackets so that it moves ALL the front suspension points down the amount you want the lift.......if im not mistaken, i think thats how the BIG lift kits for 4x4 s10's are designed.....

how high are you wanting to go?

o yah and PLEASE dont use a body lift.....UGLY UGLY UGLY!!!!!!

So if I just want 3 inches in the front I just make a 3 inche spacer for where the suspesnion is mounted to the frame?? Do I have to mmove upper and lower control arms??

yes you will have to move EVERYTHING......well, maybe not the upper control arms.....but they would have to be extended and you would have a lot of camber change with suspension movement.....

are you sure you couldn't get 3 inches just my adjusting the torsions though?

o yah you would have to drop the differential too....

how high u wanting to go?

3-4 inches, what do i use to make brackets? Like steel plate to make new bracket, or box steel to "shim" it down?

not really sure, but i would say you would have to do some welding......

not sure how to go about doing it, i just know how they do it....on every IFS lift kit i have seen they use drop brackets......on everything from geo trackers to fullsize chevys......

like i said though, are you sure you cant get 3 inches out of the torsions? might have to reindex them, but i would think u could get 3 inches from them.....