DAYSTAR KU09014BK: These bump stops and adapters are a perfect solution to the rear aluminum 4Runner Cornbred Spacers.  The beefy spacers do not allow you to install the center isolator cones the factor started including in the 1999 model year.   These Daystar bump stops and adapters replace the very small and stout frame mounted bump stop on 1999+ 4Runners.  This would also be an upgrade over the factory bump stop on 1996-1998 4Runners.  The Daystar Competition Bump Stop absorbs a great deal of force and greatly lessens rear axle bottom outs.  The adapter and the Daystar bump stops are the same dimensions as a stock 1996-1998 4Runner factory bump stop.  The adapters are made entirely out of 1/4" hot rolled steel and welded together and are spray painted black.  New metric grade 10.9 bolts are included as well as a pair of Daystar Competition Bump stops and all the hardware needed to fasten them on as well.  They are not lower or limiting at all and are 100% bolt on.  Adapters painted if you purchase the bumpstops and unpainted if you purchase only the adapters

Why would I need these and are then going to make my suspension flex more on the RTI ramp?  The aftermarket bump stops will not make you a ramp champ. What they achieve is 2 fold. First they obviously lower the bump stops down to match your lift, so they actually work. The stock cones and bump stops with a 2.5” or 3” lift spring are more or less useless. Sure if you hit it hard enough or beat on it enough, you’ll bottom it out, but they are not working as Toyota designed them to with the suspension. The bump stops are designed to start early in the process to absorb the force that is projected into them. The stock bump stops are also the cheapest thing they could find and are of an inexpensive very hard material. So yes with a stock suspension cutting the cones down would be an improvement. On a lifted suspension they are too high up to work properly.

While these will NOT make you a ramp champ, they will however do the following.

1. Contact the axle sooner when one side is stuffed and actually push the opposite tire that will have less vehicle weight on it down harder gaining more surface contact. No travel is lost or gained due to the lower stop or the fact that they are polyurethane. Your truck will ramp stuff and droop exactly the same either way, stock or custom. But the vehicle with the custom stops will have a firmer foot print out on the trails, which the RTI ramp is not.

2. The bump stops being Competition Polyurethane will absorb a much greater amount of force than the very hard stock frame stops and cones. This comes into play in 2 areas, on the street over large potholes and dips you will bottom out very softly, not harsh like a stock 3rd Gen 4Runner. Secondly give you a huge advantage when employing the “Farmington Roll” or also known as Bumping It. When you approach an obstacle and your tires spin due to Moab slick rock, mud, moss, etc. and it is determined that a “Bump” is in order to clear the obstacle, the dropped poly stops clearly excel. When the 4Runner hits the obstacle with the small amount of momentum and the rear axle contacts the obstacle, the suspension cycles up due to the abrupt hit it just took and the rear axle heads into the bump stops. With the custom poly stops the force is completely absorbed and the vehicle rolls up the challenge. With the very hard stock stops the axle has a tendency to bounce back with the same amount of force that it was driven upward with, resulting in the 4Runner bouncing back and falling to the bottom of the obstacle, failing to climb it. Once again, nothing here for the RTI ramp.

ENERGY SUSPENSION & DAYSTAR KU09009BK: Basically the same as the Daystar setup but these are not 100% bolt-on.  You must knock out the factory spot welded metric bolt and insert a 3/8" nut inside the frame bracket to compete the install.  You can knock out the nut with an air chisel or screw a bolt in part way and whack on it with a hammer until you break the spot welds loose.  Adapters shipped unpainted.

Applications:

These bump stops will fit:

1996-2002 Toyota 4Runners