Any problems w/ 3" Front spacers and 2" AAL's?

Im looking to get a littl eheight out of my truck. i have a 2010 trd sport access cab. i was looking into 3" front spacers and 1" blocks or an add a leaf. what are some pros and cons to these and will i run into any problems... also my buddy says dont do anything because it screws things up.. what are some of your views on this and what i should do.. Oh yeah... im trying to keep this mod under sayyy $275??

 

Save up and do the whole tire upgrade as well. 3" front looks funny without some meat under it. I have 3" blocks up front, .25" AAL in the back. Rides stiff as shit, but does the job. Roughly 40k miles on it since I've been lifted and I've only had a U-joint go out, but thats less than likely related to lift and more to normal wear and tear.

 

Spacers and blocks are the two worst way to lift your truck. Spacers, depending on the type, can bind your ball joints, give you a very stiff ride, and can make your bump stops useless (the shock will bottom out before you hit the bump stops). Blocks promote axle wrap.

For $275 I'd go with bilstein 5100's up front and an AAL in the rear.

 

You mean spacers up front I assume, not blocks, right?

 

Sorry, yeah, same difference, do the same thing just look a little different. I concur about being the 'worst' way to lift your truck... but for as little as I manage to get out and wheel, its fine. Eventually I will get some lift coils/shocks instead, if I don't buy the 6" lift first.

 

so for 275 i can get shocks and AALs? and would i need that differential drop kit? where should i look to get them?

 

DownSouthMotorsports has the best prices. Diff drops don't really do much on 2nd gen Tacomas.

 

ok so i saw somewhere else in another one of these lift question threads that if you get the leaf spring TSB it lifts it 1"?? is this true.. and the 5100's raising the front end wont mess with the angles or anything like that??

 

That's true on the TSB height.

What angles exactly are you worried about messing up?

 

i thought i read somewhere that when you lift the front the cv angles or somethin gets screwed up.. and you mentioned ball joints.. not a mechanic.. im just a body man haha

 

The ball joints are only stressed when using top plate spacers. With the billys set at 2.5 your cv angles shouldn't be too bad.

 

ok. sounds good. thanks for your help.. i just checked out your build thread.. awesome.. love the white and black. i have a black access sport and im goin for pretty much the same look, height, black wheels, grille. i already have the black headlights and taillights, and have the 6000K hid fogs and headlights. it seems like your tires stick out a bit more than stock.. is that spacers or just your wheel backspacing? .. it has an Awesome stance!

 

Thanks man I appreciate it. My wheels have the same backspacing as stock, but they are 9" wide, while the stockers are 7". That's why they stick out more

 

nice. definately looks great. +1 for the Penn State.. even though im a Notre Dame fan.. im real close to Penn State.. Thanks for everything man.. im off to order the 5100's or a grille.. not sure yet but ill figure it out within an hour haha!