1985 4runner build question

[coloradoghettorig]

about two months ago i got a 1985 4runner, decent interior but rusty as heck. Snapped timing chain, 334000 miles, and in need of love. Just got the motor rebuilt with a new head with valve work done by local shop, and engnblder rebuild kit. Shes been running great for about 300 miles, and its about time for mods. Bought sky's complete rear chevy kit new locally with the 2+1 leaf spring from a 99+ chevy, which i don't mind i think they will be flexy enough for 200 dollars. Tires were shot so i went ahead and bought some brand new 35x12.5r15 cooper stt pro tires from discount tire to be mounted onto 10 inch wide steelies. Thinking about the front lift, i said wth go all out once or buy it twice, so i went ahead and ordered a trail gear high steer kit with sky's ifs box mounting, standard drop pitman arm in order to do RUF. Now, my goals are to keep the rig low as possible, since im going to have to cut the fenders anyways because of rust, but still need to clear highsteer. Im trying to keep RUF to 3 inches, or less if possible, and keep a good pinion angle so i can have good solid days of wheeling. Most people use 6 inch shackles to accomadate the 2 inch longer 85 toyota rears, and down the road will have to do a drop hanger to correct pinion angle. My question is, can i do away with the longer shackles and drop hanger, in order to reduce lift, and have a better pinion angle, simply by using stock length shackles and relocating the front hanger two inches forward. In my head it will work, but do not understand why people don't do this more often, so im wondering if problems can arise. I will be using 85 4runner rears from the junkyard and my original rears to make the pack. Im thinking about running 3 junkyard rears+my own 3 rears+ 1 front to stiffen a bit, considering these leafsprings are pretty worn and soft. I have found 4 inch boomerang shackles to use in order clear the body mount, and keep stockish length shackles. Any advice on what i should do with my ruf setup and if my idea will work?

[ChadStich]

I used second gen rears with 5 or 6 leaves, a hanger I built with as little drop as possible, and 5in boomerangs I built myself. for the rear I'm running 63s with 5in shackles. I daily drive my rig and wheel it as often as I can and haven't had any problems with it. It sits fairly low as well (23in to the bottom of the frame) My truck started out as a 2wd so I'm not sure how much lift I have over a stock 4wd but I wouldn't guess to much. You can look at my build thread if you want and kinda see how it ended up as far as height. It has also settled a little bit since the last picture of it on flat ground. http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=99269.0

[coloradoghettorig]

wow that is exactly what i was looking for thank you, looks great!

[ChadStich]

No problem! Glad I could help! If you have anymore questions just ask away!