What mods would you recommend for one and a half to two inch leveling in the front and reducing body roll without breaking the bank?
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Dobinsons GS shocks with the lift height springs you’re trying to achieve, It will improve body roll slightly but the best way to reduce body roll is with a larger sway bar (reduces articulation though) and none available that are ready made.
Putting preload on the sway bar via a lift and maintaining end link lengths will act much like a stiffer sway bar too which is some of the reason the front roll is reduced when lifting.
Front coils: C59-882 - 2.0" lift with stock weight
Front shocks: GS59-660
Rear coils: C59-883V - Stock height, stock weight, Variable Rate - no lift, but more load support when loaded or towing
Rear shocks: GS59-441
I’d also get the rear spring spacers at .6” just in case you need them to achieve level or slight rake as they are inexpensive: PS59-4035.
That would run you around 1500-1600 with shipping and tax and put you to level stance.
Recommend you confirm with Crikey Mike (Exit Off-road) or Dobinsons first though as they also recommend new UCAs and diff drop since all their stuff is extended travel with the new shocks.
If you don’t care about loosing articulation you could run the springs on the OEM shocks but can’t promise you wouldn’t get coil bind at full compression.
You could always try this setup without UCAs first provided alignment is good and no UCA contact with the coils at full droop you’ll be good in that area and just need to see what they say about diff drop recommendation which is easy to do later as well and a few hundred bucks.
The Dobinsons arms are nice but I wouldn’t buy them again due to having to press the OEM ball joints out of the old and into the new arms. Probably go with camburg, total caos or OME arms instead.
Stepping up tire load rating will improve a slight amount of roll as well.
Just beware any body roll removed increases harness of ride with the stabilizer bar being the best to reduce body roll while affecting harshness the least and again no front option that I’m aware of even without SDM.
Putting preload on the sway bar via a lift and maintaining end link lengths will act much like a stiffer sway bar too which is some of the reason the front roll is reduced when lifting.
Front coils: C59-882 - 2.0" lift with stock weight
Front shocks: GS59-660
Rear coils: C59-883V - Stock height, stock weight, Variable Rate - no lift, but more load support when loaded or towing
Rear shocks: GS59-441
I’d also get the rear spring spacers at .6” just in case you need them to achieve level or slight rake as they are inexpensive: PS59-4035.
That would run you around 1500-1600 with shipping and tax and put you to level stance.
Recommend you confirm with Crikey Mike (Exit Off-road) or Dobinsons first though as they also recommend new UCAs and diff drop since all their stuff is extended travel with the new shocks.
If you don’t care about loosing articulation you could run the springs on the OEM shocks but can’t promise you wouldn’t get coil bind at full compression.
You could always try this setup without UCAs first provided alignment is good and no UCA contact with the coils at full droop you’ll be good in that area and just need to see what they say about diff drop recommendation which is easy to do later as well and a few hundred bucks.
The Dobinsons arms are nice but I wouldn’t buy them again due to having to press the OEM ball joints out of the old and into the new arms. Probably go with camburg, total caos or OME arms instead.
Stepping up tire load rating will improve a slight amount of roll as well.
Just beware any body roll removed increases harness of ride with the stabilizer bar being the best to reduce body roll while affecting harshness the least and again no front option that I’m aware of even without SDM.
Thanks so much! Would any spring shop be a good candidate to install? Would Toyota typically void warranty for this type of modification?
I’d find a good off-road shop, Toyota could try to deny suspension and drive train component warranties but there would need to be evidence that the aftermarket items caused the issue.
Has anyone tried the Tacoma TRD offroad front coilovers, or maybe the whole set up on the LC? There are mixed comments on the compatability. I also wonder if the 4runner TRD offroad (non PRO nor Trailhunter) gives any lift to the land cruiser?
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What size tire?...I have the same color and that is exactly the look I want!!!! It looks awesome with the stock rims!!
Can you show us a picture of the rear diff from the ground ?
This is a 275/70 I may go 285 next time but these don’t look too small imo.
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The 4runner version of the TRD Bilstein shocks will bolt right in.
I'm not sure if there is a different version for the hybrid model, but that would be the ones you would want. The hybrid version is 375lbs heavier and claims to be the same height as non-hybrid.
The TRD Pro Fox shocks gave me 1.5" in the front, I assume the TRD Bilstein shocks would give you 1".
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Looks great. Which Eibach shocks did you buy?
Definitely a lot to digest in this thread!
Just picked up my 2026 LC in December and have rock rails on order. I'll do a bumper and winch which will weight down the front of my LC, but don't particularly want to add much, if any, height in the rear so I'm thinking I'll end up replacing just the front coilovers for about a 2 inch lift, which will likely be 1.5 inches or less with the added weight. Right now I've got about a 2 inch rake so adjusting just the front ride height seems to be the right way to go.
I'll eventually replace current 18 inch Ridge Grapplers (265/70r18) with new wheels and tires (285/75r17). From what I've seen, the 34's will be fine in the rear and should be good in the front with 1.5 inches of extra space.
Anyone see any issues with the logic path I'm on?
Just picked up my 2026 LC in December and have rock rails on order. I'll do a bumper and winch which will weight down the front of my LC, but don't particularly want to add much, if any, height in the rear so I'm thinking I'll end up replacing just the front coilovers for about a 2 inch lift, which will likely be 1.5 inches or less with the added weight. Right now I've got about a 2 inch rake so adjusting just the front ride height seems to be the right way to go.
I'll eventually replace current 18 inch Ridge Grapplers (265/70r18) with new wheels and tires (285/75r17). From what I've seen, the 34's will be fine in the rear and should be good in the front with 1.5 inches of extra space.
Anyone see any issues with the logic path I'm on?
That looks fantastic. How do you like the Eibachs in terms of ride quality and how has it changed versus OEM?
This looks perfect! You did the peak level front and back? Are those 34” tires? I’m a week away from pulling the trigger on some new tires
That's a solid plan!
With this lift kit from ICON plus 74Weld portal axles, it looks like they leveled it out pretty well 
If you just wanted a level could probably get away with just doing the front at 1.5”? Can’t wait for people to try this setup. Had it on my 4runner and was great. Better than spacer levels
