Tips for anyone attempting to to this yourself: 1. Take your time. Unless you have access to a shop and lift, it's going to take time to lift the truck, secure it and take the wheels off. Use wheel blocks to prevent the truck from rolling. Don't rush and make sure you secure everything as you go. 2. Have your tools close by you as you start. 3. I found success jacking up the truck using the front crossmember and used a piece of 2x4 to get it to a good position for my jack stands (6 tons). 4. I took out both sway bar end link bolts at the same time. 5. Have a cord or strap to keep your hub and knuckle from moving too much after you take off the upper control arm bolt. You don't want to have it moving too much and damage your brake lines or your front CV axle (if you have 4x4). 6. If you have problems with the upper control arm not falling, keep whacking it with a hammer. If it has been on for a long time, it will take more than a few hits. With me, one came off with 3 hits and the other side took 25+ hits). 7. A long pry bar is your friend. Need to line up bolt holes, find where you can position your pry bar to get some leverage to move the part where you need to go. 8. Get a torque wrench and be sure to torque everything to spec. 8. When putting everything back together, don't put in your sway bar end links. Wait until the very end after you have placed the tires back on the vehicle and the truck is on the ground, off the jack stands. It's WAY easier to put these last two bolts in when it is on the ground. Again, take your time and good luck! It took me about 5-6 hours the first time I attempted to do this years ago.
I used this leveling kit and was able to put 35” tires (+20mm offset) on my 2020 Tundra. I had to remove those small mud flaps in the front part of my front wheel wells due to rubbing.
I believe so. I took the advice of the business who did it for me. So far there have been no problems. Tires have been on 2+ years. Reason I did it…did not like that raked look. Supposedly Toyota did that to make the truck more aerodynamic and to get better gas mileage. If I was worried about gas mileage I would have bought a Prius😂
I installed a 2-inch lift kit and 285/70/18 tires on my 2022 Toyota Tundra SR5, and when I started it, many warning lights came on the dashboard with disabled functions like ABS, brake... What could be the issue?
You will definitely see increased wear on your factory upper control arms when installing a leveling kit like this. If you have room in your budget, a pair of aftermarket upper control arms would do wonders! -Zach
Nowhere in this video did you tell the viewers that you have to rotate your struts after adding the spacers cause the struts will be about 25 degrees off. Without a spring compressor it can be a bitch to rotate the struts to line it up with the new holes on the spacer. That's kind of important information
I was wondering that exact thing when I saw that the original studs up top and the new spacer bolts were in separate places,...but in the video they make it seem like the bottom strut holes magically align when the whole strut has been rotated.
@@duwayne9393 yep and then people try this and get stuck. If you are going to make a video on how to do something, you have a responsibility to the viewers to make sure you are very clear and don't leave information out. Being vague or lazy can have deadly consequences depending on what it is.
Great videos, however-however, every time you encounter difficulty (i.e. bolt not going in smoothly or skid plate snagging), you do a cut scene and not show how you resolved the issue. Those little details are very helpful to us, your viewers. Please leave the difficult parts in the video. Thank you!
The spacers are never true to the lift size on independent front suspension systems. The spring compression and the suspension geometry paired with the spacer will bring the nose of the truck up to that full 2 inches.
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Tips for anyone attempting to to this yourself:
1. Take your time. Unless you have access to a shop and lift, it's going to take time to lift the truck, secure it and take the wheels off. Use wheel blocks to prevent the truck from rolling. Don't rush and make sure you secure everything as you go.
2. Have your tools close by you as you start.
3. I found success jacking up the truck using the front crossmember and used a piece of 2x4 to get it to a good position for my jack stands (6 tons).
4. I took out both sway bar end link bolts at the same time.
5. Have a cord or strap to keep your hub and knuckle from moving too much after you take off the upper control arm bolt. You don't want to have it moving too much and damage your brake lines or your front CV axle (if you have 4x4).
6. If you have problems with the upper control arm not falling, keep whacking it with a hammer. If it has been on for a long time, it will take more than a few hits. With me, one came off with 3 hits and the other side took 25+ hits).
7. A long pry bar is your friend. Need to line up bolt holes, find where you can position your pry bar to get some leverage to move the part where you need to go.
8. Get a torque wrench and be sure to torque everything to spec.
8. When putting everything back together, don't put in your sway bar end links. Wait until the very end after you have placed the tires back on the vehicle and the truck is on the ground, off the jack stands. It's WAY easier to put these last two bolts in when it is on the ground.
Again, take your time and good luck! It took me about 5-6 hours the first time I attempted to do this years ago.
I used this leveling kit and was able to put 35” tires (+20mm offset) on my 2020 Tundra. I had to remove those small mud flaps in the front part of my front wheel wells due to rubbing.
Your factory wheels are a +20 offset?
I believe so. I took the advice of the business who did it for me. So far there have been no problems. Tires have been on 2+ years. Reason I did it…did not like that raked look. Supposedly Toyota did that to make the truck more aerodynamic and to get better gas mileage. If I was worried about gas mileage I would have bought a Prius😂
@@ConservativeVet84how much did your gas mileage drop
Not really that noticeable. I get 12 around town and 15 on the highway. Some of us sacrifice a little gas mileage to look cool🤣🤣🤣
@@ConservativeVet84are you running 35/12.50 ?
I installed a 2-inch lift kit and 285/70/18 tires on my 2022 Toyota Tundra SR5, and when I started it, many warning lights came on the dashboard with disabled functions like ABS, brake... What could be the issue?
Prolly solved by now, but for others it was likely one or both of the wheel speed sensor wires got pulled / damaged during the install.
These trouble free videos remind me of Walmart training videos lol
With a 2 inch is the any need to worry about control arms being damaged over time
You will definitely see increased wear on your factory upper control arms when installing a leveling kit like this. If you have room in your budget, a pair of aftermarket upper control arms would do wonders! -Zach
Why do some of the spacers have studs like the original strut and others like yours have threads you bolt into ?
All brands are different!
Nowhere in this video did you tell the viewers that you have to rotate your struts after adding the spacers cause the struts will be about 25 degrees off. Without a spring compressor it can be a bitch to rotate the struts to line it up with the new holes on the spacer. That's kind of important information
I was wondering that exact thing when I saw that the original studs up top and the new spacer bolts were in separate places,...but in the video they make it seem like the bottom strut holes magically align when the whole strut has been rotated.
@@duwayne9393 yep and then people try this and get stuck. If you are going to make a video on how to do something, you have a responsibility to the viewers to make sure you are very clear and don't leave information out. Being vague or lazy can have deadly consequences depending on what it is.
Great videos, however-however, every time you encounter difficulty (i.e. bolt not going in smoothly or skid plate snagging), you do a cut scene and not show how you resolved the issue. Those little details are very helpful to us, your viewers. Please leave the difficult parts in the video. Thank you!
Thank you for your feedback and thanks for watching!!
What tire sizes were shown on the two aftermarket options at the beginning of the video?
285/55R20 are our 32s and 275/60R20 are our 33s! -Zach
Im looking for some and i want to buy some that will be durable and be able to take abuse for daily driving
Does this 2 inch make the truck completely level?
anything for sequoia?
This says 2” lift but spacers are only an 1.25. ?
The spacers are never true to the lift size on independent front suspension systems. The spring compression and the suspension geometry paired with the spacer will bring the nose of the truck up to that full 2 inches.
Names of the wheels please
They're 20x9 Fuel Hammer Wheels! -Zach
Do one frontiers too, lol. All tacomas has the same build nothing new, same stuffs they put when I see them on road.