3.12 - Suspension/Body Lift Kits (All)
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This article is from the Toyota Tundra FAQ, by Steve Yee with numerous contributions by others.
3.12 - Suspension/Body Lift Kits (All)
There are two main ways of suspension lifting the Tundra. One utilizes a
spacer from a company called Cornbred. They produce 1.5 and 2 inch spacers.
These fit between the suspension arm and the shock/coil combination. Cornbred
spacers can be purchased from this web page:
http://members.aol.com/cornbredsspacers/CornbredsSpacers.html. Daystar has
released a Cornbred spacer clone which is in production right now in the
Phoenix area.
The other method utilizes a replacement of the major suspension components.
Fabtech and other manufacturers provide various lift kits for the Tundra,
however, not too many people have lifted their trucks yet due to the fact that
they are waiting for someone else to do it first (lab experiment ?). Some
people have reported problems with early generations of the Fabtech lift kit,
which had parts rubbing against each other to the point where pieces fell off.
Fabtech has fixed some problems and replaced their design with more composite
based parts, but are still reported to have some problems.
Fabtech can be found at www.fabtechmotorsports.com
Downey Suspension has issued a new coil over kit that includes Bilstein shocks.
Since they have no website, you can contact them directly at (562)949-9494
4wheelparts.com offers a body lift kit. The URL for the lift kit can be found
at http://www.4wheelparts.com/product2.asp?imseqn=304&occlass=P%2FA&cat=BOD.
There is a general worry that suspension lifting the Tundra may not be problem
free. This is in part to the design of the Tundra's drivetrain components,
which do not have the latitude that the Tacoma has in lifting the suspension
and body.
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