3rd gen 4runner Shock Tower Reinforcements

If you wheel your 3rd gen 4runner the way it was meant to be wheeled, your front shock towers are taking more abuse than Toyota ever planned for. Bigger tires, long travel, aggressive driving, hard landings — it all transfers load straight into thin factory sheet metal.

Our Shock Tower Reinforcements are built to eliminate that weak point before it becomes a crack, a bend, or a failure. These plates spread suspension load across a larger area of the tower, dramatically reducing flex and stress concentration around the upper shock mount.

Why you need them: 

The factory towers were never designed for

• Extended travel coilovers
• Increased spring rates
• Hard desert driving
• Repeated high-speed compression hits

Without reinforcement, the tower can:

• Crack around the upper mount
• Oval the mounting holes
• Separate at factory seams
• Eventually fail under heavy abuse

Reinforcing now is far cheaper than repairing torn sheet metal later.

What’s Included: 

(2) Shock Tower Reinforcements Item #STR1