*NEW* Cognito 3-Inch Elite Leveling Lift Kit with King 2.5 Reservoir Shocks for 22-24 Toyota Tundra
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
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Words from Justin Lambert (Owner of Cognito Motorsports):
We have never made Toyota products, but when the new Tundra came out and I saw them with a little lift and some aggressive wheels and tires, I instantly thought it was the best-looking truck I had ever seen! I ordered a new 2023 Tundra Platinum 4x4 because I wanted the leather interior and no chrome trim on the exterior. I also opted for the package with electric steps and the Load-Leveling Rear Height Control Air Suspension. The truck arrived at the dealership after a few months, I picked the truck up and while heading home I was surprised that it didn’t ride very good. The rear bottoms out easily even just going in and out of the driveway. The front rides okay but is not impressive. Toyota does have a good amount of rebound control in the front shocks, which is good to avoid porpoising, but the ride quality was not that good partly because of the 20” wheels with tires that didn’t have a lot of profile.
We got to work measuring the truck! This included measuring how much droop travel the stock suspension had, and to my surprise, the stock Tundra only had 2-1/2” of droop travel up front. This is another reason the ride quality was not very good. With some more investigation, we determined there was a lot of potential in the suspension of these new Tundra’s and we built a strut spacer for the stock front shocks to get the ride height up 3” over stock, which also improved our droop travel to 2-3/4” (although still not enough to my standards) due to geometry changes since the stock amount of suspension travel is shifted downward. A strut spacer will not reduce the droop travel, but will increase ride height, while maintaining the stock amount of suspension travel. We avoided a preload spacer since that would have reduced droop travel. that is a no go when there is already less than optimal droop travel in stock form.
The rear bottomed out so easily in stock form. This is because there is not much bump travel available on the models that have the rear air ride as the ride height in the rear is just lower than the coil sprung models, therefore the bump stop was contacting the axle on even small to medium sized bumps and dips. The rear is easy to raise the ride height on these rear air ride trucks. We figured out what we could get away with in rear shock extended length without over stretching the air bag, and that led us to be able to offer up to 2.5” of lift in the rear while maintaining a minimum of 3” of droop travel, improving the amount of suspension travel by 30% in the rear, and that extra lift without the need of adding a bump stop spacer allowed us more bump travel. This greatly improved the rear ride quality as it did not hit the bump stop so easily anymore. The rear ride height is adjustable with the included sensor brackets, I set my truck up very level at approximately 2” of rear lift to go along with the 3” of front lift.
The wheel and tire I added to my truck (the pictured silver metallic Tundra), is the KMC Wheels KM541 in 18” x 8.5” with +18mm offset, along with the Toyo Open Country R/T Trail in size 285/75R18 (35”x11.5”). This setup gave me exactly what I wanted as far as poke out of the tire, and this size tire is slightly taller than a 35x12.5. There was only minimal trimming of the inner fender liner needed the tires do not rub whatsoever. This setup of 3” front/2” rear with these wheels and tires rode way better than stock and is now my favorite truck!
The next progression is the kit you are looking at above is adding King Shocks to the mix. King shocks came out with a spec for the new Tundra with their 2.5” remote reservoir shocks with compression adjusters and finned reservoirs. They did make the shocks longer than stock, front and rear, adding 30% more suspension travel. Wow, this truck now rides amazing! We did have to do some modifications to the front shocks to get the height and droop travel that we want. King was going for an improved ride with only about 1.5” of front lift, we worked with King to get a Cognito spec King shock that yields 3” of lift with 3-1/4” of droop travel, and it really makes the look and ride quality something to be proud of. This package requires and includes the Cognito upper control arm that has pre-installed maintenance free pivot bushings and high angle maintenance free ball joints with corrected ride height angle, improving the allowable droop travel for a better ride quality. The rear lift is achieved by manipulating the ride height control sensor mounts, which give you adjustable rear height options from 1” to 2.5” depending on your taste of stance. Even at 2.5” rear lift, the rear track bar only shifts the axle over about 1/8”, not even noticeable and does not require a longer track bar. If this kit is in your budget, you will not regret it!
What makes this worth $4700 for the parts when the Toyota 3” lift is $4k installed with factory warranty? Separately, Toyota doesn’t sell their lift kit with the air ride suspension. Why do you?
Good questions! The Toyota OEM lift is listed on Toyota's website at $4,345 msrp and that does not include installation according to Toyota's website, if purchased after the truck is built, and warranty period is 12 months. If added as an option at the time the truck is built, the option is $3,995 extra and carries 3yr 36k warranty. Just a note, Toyota website claims forged steel upper arms, they are actually forged aluminum, just a mistake on their copywriting. You also have to note that Toyota says their lift must be used with stock wheels and tires otherwise the vehicles warranty might be voided, although by law they can't simply void the vehicle warranty because you change wheels and tires or use a different lift than OEM (see Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act) I wont get into those details here, but by law they can't void your warranty if you don't use an OEM lift kit, wheels, and tires. Cognito warranty covers the product against defects for life and wearable items for 60k miles, and King warranties their product, and we don't see any normal wear items going out before 36k miles which is what the stock warranty covers so I don't see any warranty benefit on the OEM choice here.
The bulk of the cost on this Cognito package with King shocks, is the shocks. So why are the shocks so much more expensive? Clearly the features and looks are quite different, specifically the OEM does not have an external reservoir, no compression adjusters, no finned reservoirs for oil cooling, and the OEM version is a ~2" diameter shock vs the King which is 2.5" diameter. There are several things that perform better with a 2.5" shock over a 2" shock, but that's for a different conversation with a shock professional like King. Bilstein is very good at building and tuning shocks, but these are just not an apples to apples comparison between the OEM 3" lift Bilstein's vs the King 2.5" we have going on here. Just the difference in bad-assery of the looks is quite telling of the difference in price.
Now the ride, I have not driven a truck with the OEM lift, so I don't know personally how well it rides but I can tell you the ride with the Kings on my truck is impressive! At a desert race in August, I ran into a guy with a Tundra SR5 that had this dealer installed OEM lift option, and the owner was not impressed for the money he spent, his words not mine.
I am not sure why Toyota does not offer the OEM lift option on the rear air ride trucks. My assumption is they did not spend the time to come up with a way to increase the ride height in the rear. The coil sprung trucks are pretty simple to lift the rear, just a coil spacer or a new taller coil spring. Again, just my assumptions on Toyota's choice not to offer it on rear air ride. My team and I spent a lot of time on developing our kit for the Tundra, and a lot of time on the rear air ride model I have, and it works flawlessly so far. I am very pleased that i chose the rear air ride option for the reason that it is self leveling no matter what I am towing or have loaded in the bed.
FYI, we will have an option with 2" IFP (non reservoir) ELKA shocks soon, that will ride great also, look great but not have the extra features that the King's have, and will put a package in the range of roughly $2,800 with free shipping. We are testing in December with this, so availability to ship should be in January or February 2024.
Any update on the Elka setup? Not seeing it on the website.
@@JLCognito update on the Elka?
bitching? Hit me up up if you want to promote this lift better.
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