2.5in leveling kit and 33s

[dustin Keeler]

I see. I guess Iam an idiot for not understanding. If my coils are longer with top plate spacers and that causes damage to my ball joints wouldn't lifted coil overs cause the same kind of damage? I understand the stress on CV's and stuff, but the ball joint thing freaks me out cause 98% of my driving is on street and I often have my family with me. I don't want to take make my risks rise. Is it because the coil overs don't let the droop be so bad?

 

[TegoXR]

What if you don't have front CV's? Front spacers ok?

 

[dustin Keeler]

What if you don't have front CV's? Front spacers ok?

Only a 2wd?

 

[TegoXR]

LOL, ya unfortunately.

 

[bluecollarjock]

I would also consider if some of you have not already, that slapping 33s on the truck might make it seem like a dog power wise and kill mpg....so if you are 99% highway driving and just going for looks, might think about being creative other than going with the cheapest lift kit you can find and stuffing big rubber under the fenders.

I love love lifting everything I own, but as I keep getting older I do not like lifting and going bigger rubber without re-gearing, which is expensive on top of a lift and tires/rims/wheel spacers.

 

[Brian757]

Are you folks running the Daystar 2.5" Leveling Kit?
I first installed this on my truck when I was on a budget, and it came out well. It absorbed some road shock and overall felt better than before the lift. Also, the front spacer will be approx. 1/2 inch longer, this is to counter the rake that we get factory. I would recommend the Daystar to anyone trying to lift up a little higher. They hold up really well too. It is better to get the Daystars than a steel kit, because they tend to stiffen the ride. I believe the Daystars even advertise comfort with their kit.

 

[dustin Keeler]

Unfortunately, My lift is a ebay cheapy. It was the alluminum one and not the metal.

 

[Dezert4Runner]

I see. I guess Iam an idiot for not understanding. If my coils are longer with top plate spacers and that causes damage to my ball joints wouldn't lifted coil overs cause the same kind of damage? I understand the stress on CV's and stuff, but the ball joint thing freaks me out cause 98% of my driving is on street and I often have my family with me. I don't want to take make my risks rise. Is it because the coil overs don't let the droop be so bad?

What needs to be mentioned here, is that there's 2 different kinds of spacers for the front of our runners.

One is a top plate spacer. These effectively extends the length of your entire coilover, which makes you use your lower ball joint as a bumpstop because now your stock bumpstop isn't beign engaged.

The other type is a coil spacer (basically compresses the coil and uses more of your stock down travel to achieve the lift), and this uses the same principal to lift the vehicle as a Toytec coilover, bilstein 5100, etc.

A lot of people use a 1/2" top plate spacer to add to the Tundra TRD coil setup for instance, and people will argue that a small top plate spacer has minimal effects on ball joint stresses.

After experiencing a very lucky LBJ failure, I am now a believer in replacing your LBJ's when lifting because they get stressed more by the lift and bigger tires, plus the fact that they're usually 100-200k+ miles old and/or 11+ years old.

There is a big difference between the two types of spacers, so choose wisely.