I just got quoted $1,000 out the door for an install in my 2018 AWD SE. Journeys off road authorized dealer here In California. parts and labor to install with alignment. About a day and a half turnaround time. Get it done , you’re already thinking about it 😉
So did they drop the transmission a bit and the rear differential to deal with the CV joint problems created by lifting the vehicle? If not, how did they deal with this issue?
Nope. Not any parts provided to address that if that poses a problem. There is very subtle drive line vibration probably due to the angle and pitch of the cv halfshafts or something. At least in mine. Not significant enough to sound an alarm. Im actually pretty picky about that stuff too. What do you know about this problem if i might ask? Just incase I may need to know
Minivans are one of the most versatile vehicles you can buy. Just people can't get by the soccer mom stigma so they by less versatile fake SUVs called crossovers.
Amen to that. And what they don't realize is that SUVs are the new soccer mom vehicles cause everyone is buying them, and the minivans are now the new luxury utility vehicles 😎
Toyota siennas are about the only minivans worth doing this too not too mention the only ones with the AWD option which only makes sense. They are fantastic in the snow. Coming from me ..And im a snow plow guy. I thought about putting a salt spreader on the back on mine. That utility
@@jonathanfreedom1st I have a similar lift on my Chrysler minivan and it was worth every dollar. Even without AWD it does great in snow. I live and work in a ski town and I'm often out before the roads are plowed.
If you think about it, the drop/spacer kit for the rear diff is genius. A lot of vehicles that get a/m lift kits have issues with the diff & transmission b/c of the new angle of the axle (to much stress) With the rear diff spacer kit the axles are still straight vs at an angle.
Average about 1100 bucks for install. Nationwide. And thats only if you find a place that will do it. Alot of places will not. You have to basically call places that specialize in offroad and 4x4. Im not sure exactly about dealers or their prices.
@@toyotabrony I think that is on the low side Its about 12 hours labor. No lie. The whole rear axle gear box has to be disconnected, and a extender applied to drop it down lower, axle bar extended lower, as well as exhaust pipe, brake hoses, shocks extenders, and coil spring spacers.
Having taken a Sienna on many camping trips, I wish I'd done this a long time ago. What was the final ground clearance? Were the springs upgraded? Any change of wheel or offset?
Since the content uploader wont answer you question. I believe about 10ish inches. A decent lift opposed to the 6 inch factory clearance it had....I havent measured mine yet. But not a dramatic or tacky lift. Subtle lift especially if you leave the original Tires. Which i will not.
No the springs remained, all you do is apply lift spacers to front strut and coil and lift spacers to real coil. As well as many other parts to extend down the rear axle and bar...shock extenders, exhaust cut and mod, longer brake hoses etc
This is not the first ever lifted Toyota Sienna, I lifted my 2011 XLE AWD Sienna, 3 1/2 inches as well. But beware, its not super significant but like some other lifted vehicles from 0 to say about 25 with accelerator punched hammer down, it will deliver drive line vibration, and also in install process, the Swaybar links provided by Journey's offroad, will seem as though the wrong swaybar links, they are smaller in length to the original ones and are required to install pointing the bolt stud toward the tire. Opposite of the original ones also the bolt diameter will appear slightly smaller than original so they just need to be torqued down tight. Keep in mind you can also upsize the tires after this custom lift, to 255/55/R18. Before the install it bottomed out everywhere. Terrible impractical Low. They need at least 2 additional inches to make sence to me. But obviously based on my Google profile pic, im a 4x4 lover.
Now this is the best thing to do. A lift kit spacers for 2000-2010 Toyota Sienna, and 2011-2019/2020 Toyota Sienna is awesome. I heard for the FWD is $710 and for AWD the lift kit spacers are $740. We got 07’ and 18’ siennas. And I’m gonna try to convince my mother to get herself some nice lift kit spacers. With AWD it’s even better. A little bit of rigged minivan if you will. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this isn't the first lifted Toyota Sienna. A good friend of ours has had his lifted with BFG K02s for a couple years now. PS: the Sienna needs an aftermarket trans cooler if it's going to be used as a light/moderate offroader
Does your vehicle have to be AWD to do this? I'm already looking to upgrade my minivan. Chevy. Cheaper than buying another one and I have at least 100k more miles to go.
@@toyotaofbend I have a 2016 FWD Sienna. My car is about 50,000 miles and is in excellent condition. Fitted this lift kit, changed wheel tires and cost a lot of money. However, my steering wheel wobbled so much that I couldn't shake it even though I took a lot of money to do the 2nd wheel balance for the 2nd alignment. I've been calling Journeys Offroad, but it's safe for 10 out of 100 to do this. They also say something that can be done if the mission is bad. That is not at all. I think I should sell the experiment. The kit is 700$ and the installation cost is also 300$ or more. I've spent over $2,000 now and have to pull the kit off again. For months I lived in pain and hell.
Ha I was thinking the same thing. I have a 1995 Land Cruiser. The Siennas have great mileage, reliable and I don't have plans to go any where extreme. Might have over done it buying a LC.
Speaking of which the defendants don’t want to pay for surgical procedure yet insist I stay on pills, with pain scale of 8, then go back to work despite disks are impeding on spinal nerves causing numbness but the Industrial Commission sides with the corporation thus shows who is really running the show....corruption at its finest.
This modification should be offered more often at Toyota dealerships as I have one and Love it but to go outside the city limits on non concrete roads 🤔 makes me think twice plus adding little RV...
I can't answer for Toyota vans. The price for my Chrysler van was $450 for the kit, $400 for installation and $90 for alignment. 245/65/17 Goodrich T/A tires were another thousand.
That's a pretty professional looking shop and mechanic!
I just got quoted $1,000 out the door for an install in my 2018 AWD SE. Journeys off road authorized dealer here In California. parts and labor to install with alignment. About a day and a half turnaround time. Get it done , you’re already thinking about it 😉
Did you have it done yet? Does it have any subtle vibration in the initial take off?
Where in California are they? I'm up at Lake Tahoe
Where are you getting it done. I'm in Los Angeles, near there?
How you going to give us all the details except the shop name 😫😫😫
Its been 3 years bro wya?
So did they drop the transmission a bit and the rear differential to deal with the CV joint problems created by lifting the vehicle? If not, how did they deal with this issue?
Nope. Not any parts provided to address that if that poses a problem. There is very subtle drive line vibration probably due to the angle and pitch of the cv halfshafts or something. At least in mine. Not significant enough to sound an alarm. Im actually pretty picky about that stuff too. What do you know about this problem if i might ask? Just incase I may need to know
Minivans are one of the most versatile vehicles you can buy. Just people can't get by the soccer mom stigma so they by less versatile fake SUVs called crossovers.
Amen to that. And what they don't realize is that SUVs are the new soccer mom vehicles cause everyone is buying them, and the minivans are now the new luxury utility vehicles 😎
I’ve always had terrible luck with sport utility vehicles especially the Hyundai Santa Fe
Toyota siennas are about the only minivans worth doing this too not too mention the only ones with the AWD option which only makes sense. They are fantastic in the snow. Coming from me
..And im a snow plow guy. I thought about putting a salt spreader on the back on mine. That utility
@@jonathanfreedom1st I have a similar lift on my Chrysler minivan and it was worth every dollar. Even without AWD it does great in snow. I live and work in a ski town and I'm often out before the roads are plowed.
If I was Lee Iacocca, this is how I would've created the minivan to begin with. This is so cool
I wish GM would bring back the AWD Astro and Safari.
If you think about it, the drop/spacer kit for the rear diff is genius. A lot of vehicles that get a/m lift kits have issues with the diff & transmission b/c of the new angle of the axle (to much stress) With the rear diff spacer kit the axles are still straight vs at an angle.
Wait a dealer was doing this install? Holy shit.
How much was the install cost?
Considering the customer bought the kit what would dealer labor be to install it ?
www.journeysoffroad.com/sienna-lift-kit-installation-instructions.html is the kit and its maybe a days a labor so 1k take or give
I heard for the FWD it’s $710 and for AWD it’s $740.
Average about 1100 bucks for install. Nationwide. And thats only if you find a place that will do it. Alot of places will not. You have to basically call places that specialize in offroad and 4x4. Im not sure exactly about dealers or their prices.
@@toyotabrony I think that is on the low side
Its about 12 hours labor. No lie. The whole rear axle gear box has to be disconnected, and a extender applied to drop it down lower, axle bar extended lower, as well as exhaust pipe, brake hoses, shocks extenders, and coil spring spacers.
Can the tires also be changed into off road? That would be cool 😳
Yep. Can upsize the tires as well. Also have more aggressive tires that will then fit
Having taken a Sienna on many camping trips, I wish I'd done this a long time ago.
What was the final ground clearance?
Were the springs upgraded?
Any change of wheel or offset?
Since the content uploader wont answer you question. I believe about 10ish inches. A decent lift opposed to the 6 inch factory clearance it had....I havent measured mine yet. But not a dramatic or tacky lift. Subtle lift especially if you leave the original Tires. Which i will not.
No the springs remained, all you do is apply lift spacers to front strut and coil and lift spacers to real coil. As well as many other parts to extend down the rear axle and bar...shock extenders, exhaust cut and mod, longer brake hoses etc
This is not the first ever lifted Toyota Sienna, I lifted my 2011 XLE AWD Sienna, 3 1/2 inches as well. But beware, its not super significant but like some other lifted vehicles from 0 to say about 25 with accelerator punched hammer down, it will deliver drive line vibration, and also in install process, the Swaybar links provided by Journey's offroad, will seem as though the wrong swaybar links, they are smaller in length to the original ones and are required to install pointing the bolt stud toward the tire. Opposite of the original ones also the bolt diameter will appear slightly smaller than original so they just need to be torqued down tight. Keep in mind you can also upsize the tires after this custom lift, to 255/55/R18.
Before the install it bottomed out everywhere. Terrible impractical Low. They need at least 2 additional inches to make sence to me. But obviously based on my Google profile pic, im a 4x4 lover.
Now this is the best thing to do. A lift kit spacers for 2000-2010 Toyota Sienna, and 2011-2019/2020 Toyota Sienna is awesome. I heard for the FWD is $710 and for AWD the lift kit spacers are $740. We got 07’ and 18’ siennas. And I’m gonna try to convince my mother to get herself some nice lift kit spacers. With AWD it’s even better. A little bit of rigged minivan if you will. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this isn't the first lifted Toyota Sienna. A good friend of ours has had his lifted with BFG K02s for a couple years now. PS: the Sienna needs an aftermarket trans cooler if it's going to be used as a light/moderate offroader
Was gonna say, isn't this just the journeys offroad 3.5" kit?
Does he have any videos posted? Would love to see it
Maybe the poster means first lifted sienna ....(Done at a toyota dealer) ....😀 I dont know...just my thoughts
Leatherkid01 I was thinking First lifted Toyota......today .
@@greatdaneacdc ah ok 😁
Man they even dropped the diff to save the CV axles, quality build!!
I was wondering why they did that.
Welp... I need this! Any idea what the customers plans were? Bigger, beefier tires?
Yes! Long overdue. I'm on board. Toyota take note.
How does the lift kit effecy handling and gas milleage ? Anything negative that you can think of ?
Which dealer in California works with lifting the Sienna without voiding warranty ?
Now THAT's a great question!
Can you kindly tell me the part number for the lift kit. Thanks
Journeys off road makes the lift kit
@Virginia Spartan how much?
@@smallnuts2 $700.00
Where can I buy spacer for front struts, toyota sienna 2011?
Can a Honda Odyssey 2003 be lifted ??
I would also like to know how much cost would be for that job The rear looks the most Cost in labor
Please call our Service Department at 541-382-4040 for more information on pricing.
It averages about $1100 in any shops that will do it. Many shops will not.
I really love this
After all that, we only get to see the finished product for 1/2 second 😫
Good mechanic, just raps the bolts out without supporting the weight of the axle. Goodbye threads
Did the warranty stay intact?
Missing some A/T's
That front bumper needs to slope inward at the bottom to increase approach angle now instead of skirt out even further out like it does
Can anyone direct me for a 2021 lift kit for sienna ? I really need to find out when our sienna arrives
It's necessary to be all wheel drive, do you think can be install on front wheel drive too???
Journeys website lists the fwd for a few dollys less.
Yep they have kits for both front and and AWD
where is your business? I want to lifted my honda odessy. how much is it gonna be?
The installation was done at a Toyota dealership.
Where can I buy this kit?
Went to my dealership here in Delaware and they're telling me this doesn't exist. WTF??
What size are those yakima cargo boxes? This looks sweet.
Hello! This was the Carbonite 16 cargo box. You can check out our website www.toyotaofbend.com/ for more info. Thanks!
I wish this was mine
Is there a part number for that kit and where can I order it from ?
Journey's OffRoad. 3.5 inch lift for sienna. I think they are in Las Vegas. If im not mistaken
How much did the kit and install cost?
The kits is $750 from Journeys Off Road. The labor is probably $1500ish. It take at least 12 hours.
Does your vehicle have to be AWD to do this? I'm already looking to upgrade my minivan. Chevy. Cheaper than buying another one and I have at least 100k more miles to go.
It does not have to be AWD or 4WD, in fact, it's usually easier on a 2WD.
@@toyotaofbend I have a 2016 FWD Sienna. My car is about 50,000 miles and is in excellent condition. Fitted this lift kit, changed wheel tires and cost a lot of money. However, my steering wheel wobbled so much that I couldn't shake it even though I took a lot of money to do the 2nd wheel balance for the 2nd alignment. I've been calling Journeys Offroad, but it's safe for 10 out of 100 to do this. They also say something that can be done if the mission is bad. That is not at all. I think I should sell the experiment. The kit is 700$ and the installation cost is also 300$ or more. I've spent over $2,000 now and have to pull the kit off again. For months I lived in pain and hell.
How would I add front and rear tow points to an off road Sienna?
Hitch in rear would he easiest. Havent looked the front over too much yet
Toyota should do this standard.
So sick👍, 💖! How much(Turnkey)?
I just installed a 2" metal coil spring spacers for rear coil springs on my 08 and new strut plus in front . no more dragging it's butt
I love it, up for sale my 96 land cruiser fj80.
Ha I was thinking the same thing. I have a 1995 Land Cruiser. The Siennas have great mileage, reliable and I don't have plans to go any where extreme. Might have over done it buying a LC.
1:09 do you really need a tire lift?
Probably not but considering back injuries are the #1 Work Comp claim, I think it's a good idea.
Speaking of which the defendants don’t want to pay for surgical procedure yet insist I stay on pills, with pain scale of 8, then go back to work despite disks are impeding on spinal nerves causing numbness but the Industrial Commission sides with the corporation thus shows who is really running the show....corruption at its finest.
Considering the awd has run flats which weigh more than standard tires, probabaly good practice.
Was that a 3 inch lift?
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
3 1/2 inch
I want to know where to buy that kit
Look up Journeys offroad.
Can you lower your voice i can"t hear the hammering in the back ground very well!!
Hahaha
plug your ear
Yes.
This modification should be offered more often at Toyota dealerships as I have one and Love it but to go outside the city limits on non concrete roads 🤔 makes me think twice plus adding little RV...
So how much would this cost to do?
I can't answer for Toyota vans. The price for my Chrysler van was $450 for the kit, $400 for installation and $90 for alignment. 245/65/17 Goodrich T/A tires were another thousand.
Can you do on a 2010 town & country touring. That would be sick
The installation was done at a Toyota dealership.
Its a kit specifically for Toyota sienna, front wheel and AWD. Made by Journey's offroad. Dealer is just installing it for a customer.
So now, install the wheelchair access ramp at the back and you've got yourself an excellent platform for uber, lyft or traditional taxi.
Looks Great, but Scotty Kilmer does Not approve, as it Fs w everything else.
Smh...
I wouldn't do this to my worst enemy