Daystar KT09134BK 2.5" Front and Rear Suspension Lift kit

This fit my 2011 Lexus GX460. I liked how the bolt pattern did not change so I didn't have to adjust the rotation of the lower strut arm. It was super easy to put in once I unbolted the the front KDSS sway bar, it's 2 bolts on both sides. Make sure you see how to release the KDSS system under the car near the driver's seat. Its impossible to do if you leave the sway bar on and after two hours of trying to get the longer strut back in I unbolted the sway bar. If not it's impossible to get the lower strut bolt back in - even with a huge pry bar and a 240lb guy standing on it to lower everything. Take off the upper control arm, two bolts at the very bottom not the nuckle, then the sway bar and that's it and the longer strut will go back in. Don't forget to tie up the axel system so it doesn't pop out. I used vice grips and a ratchet straps to get the KDSS sway bar back in place. At the top of the sway bar brackets are a hole and one on the arm it attaches to, that way you can use a screw driver to torque the bracket around to line up and put the bolt in. Needle nose vice grips help hold the top of the bracket together with a 1/2" gap to move it around to get that bolt in. It took about an hour for the second strut/spacer once I knew what to do and the sway bar was off. Watch a few YouTube videos. You do not need to take off everything like some people do. For the rear follow the YouTube video " ironman 4x4 foam cell pro suspension install Lexus gx460" when he Jack's up the rear right axel to lower the left to get it out. It took about 2 hours to do the rear. After attaching the right side of the rear sway bar I used a floor jack to get the left side back in place for the bolt.Would buy again

So my girlfriend has a 2021 4Runner Off Road Premium and she loves the car. She keeps seeing decently lifted ones and have been off and on about lifting it. She is not a car person but somehow likes lifted 4runners.We discuss about ups and downs of lifting, the possible ride quality changes, road noise with knobbier tires, and possible trimming and cutting of things. That kept her undecided.To try out the look and feel for her (without spending the big bucks yet), I decided to throw this kit on to be able to get 2.5" front and 2" rear lift and throw some wheels with 285 70 17s. She has KDSS on her truck so we wont be able to go more than 3" anyway without deleting it.So with these on, the ride quality suffered a little bit. A little stiffer in the front and a little more than that in the rear. Especially if you take a speed bump a little fast, you can definitely feel the rears being stiff. Other than that, I cant really complain much. She is happy with it too. The little harshness is worth it for us. We eventually plan to get an actual lift kit but for now, these are good. It may or may not prematurely wear out some bushings in the future but all those will be replaced when the real kit is installed.With all that being said, I give this product a 5 star rating. Again, not the best route to lift a vehicle, but for the money, you can't beat it.

I’m really disappointed with Daystar repacking the USED stud extenders and old instructions. I may give them a few more stars after install.Update. 11/29/20 4 stars. Came with used stud extenders. Rear install instructions is in the description.After install and alignment, it looks great and ride like stock ( not too stiff). Off to find 285/70/17.

The media could not be loaded. Installed on a 2021 4Runner SR5 2wd. Perfect fit. Quality is pretty good, material is polyurethane. It lifts the truck but it will maintain a little bit of the rake (which is good, because when a truck gets totally leveled, once is loaded with passengers then the front go higher making look your truck squatted).Also, I installed 2.5 - 4’ UCA’s which I highly recommend when leveling at 2.5’ or higher . Is possible to use the Factory UCA’s but they will be stretched out to max, plus making pretty difficult the alignment process (will barely align). Strong suggestion: REPLACE UCA’s when leveling to 2.5’ or higher. Thanks

I ordered the 2.5 front lift kit for a 5th Gen 4Runner; the instructions received were 3 different sheets, some referencing the Tacoma instead and others referenced KT09133 kit for a 10-12 model year 4R. Already hesitant, I measured the front spacers at exactly 1.5" which would produce 3" front lift (instead of 2.5) and checked other's reviews. Finding everyone else said it's closer to 3", I thought I might as well try to install this. It was an easy <1 hour job per front (loosening the LCA method) and about 30 minutes for the rear.I had only one (1) issue, one of the spacer' studs had a nick on the threads from shipping (bounced around in box) and it wont thread on properly (had to use a tap/dye set to fix it).In the end, the kit I received lift the front nearly 3" and removes all the factory rake, but I added some front weight and it's perfect for my use. I'm ridiculously happy with the product, even if the instructions received were concerning or more useless than anything but the parts worked: I'd buy it again if I had to re-do.

The good:Not too bad to installLooks way better, they way a 4Runner should look.Can clear 275 70 17 perfectly.Daystar is quality.The bad:I have a slight cv vibration at 40-50mph. I was hoping this would go away after alignment but did not. It is very slight. Would do the kit again!

It gave the perfect amount of lift I was looking for. Looks great and still practical. The install wasn’t as bad as expected even with the Xreas suspension. Was a 2 man job for the most part though.