lift ?s

That's a pretty decent lift. Might be cheaper to add the UCA's too since there's an option to. If you do then that will leave you with around $1500 for wheels and tires.

 

yea i was gonna add the ucas while i was there. any other things i should get or do during the lift?

 

You planning on installing it yourself? If so, I'd take the aftermarket front shocks and coils to a goodyear or some place and have them use there wall mount compressor to put them together. I tried using a friends compressor, the kind with clamps and you use a ratchet to compress them and assemble and the aftermarket coils were too beefy and wouldn't compress all the way. I took them to the goodyear up the road and they did it off the books for $20. Also, for the AAL, get some beefed up C-clamps, 2 per leaf pack, tighten them down, undo the U bolts and slowly loosen the C-clamps to where you have enough room to slide the AAL in and tighten the C-clamps back down. I did that on one side and it took like 10 minutes. Before that though, I took out the other sides leaf pack and it took about 2 hours of non-stop pushing with my legs to get the leaf pack back in line to bolt back up. Another tip, about an hour before install (again, if you do it yourself) spray all the bolts and nuts and other attach points with WD40 to help loosen them up for easier removal.

 

For a cheaper tire option you can look at treadwright.com. Yes, they are retread tires but there are a ton of members on here who run them with nothing but good things to say about them. I've had their 33" all terrain tires for over 12k miles now and not a single problem on or off road. I got all 4 tires shipped to my door for under $600. I was a little skeptical at first cause they are retreads but after having these, once they wear out I'll most likely get another set. Can't beat the cost. They have the same tread pattern as the bfg all terrains and are retreaded on a bfg all terrain carcass.

 

Here's the link to the treadwright thread if you wanna browse through it. Definitely worth looking into in my opinion. I had actual BFG all terrains on my Frontier and now these on the Tacoma and I honestly can't tell the difference between the two outside of price.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/wheels-tires/124288-treadwright-com-looks-like-cheap-bfg-kos.html

 

im a mechanic for a living so ill be doing the install myself at work
i was thinking bout getting the treadwrights as i just installed them on my buddys tundra. my truck only has 9555 miles and it was a garage kept so everything will come apart super easy. i think im gonna get the toytec kit with uca
no need to do anything with the brake lines or ebrake?

 

I didn't have to alter brake lines at 2.5" lift.

 

No.They'll still be good. It's usually when you go 4" or higher that you need extended brake lines. Actually maybe 3.5". Mine is 3" and the brake lines have just enough slack to where I don't have to extend them.

 

I did mine front and rear for peace of mind. 3" OME kit here.

 

Same here. Billstein 5100's with Eibach coils and LR UCA's. No need for extended brake lines. Not sure if you know this yet or not but to run 33's you will need to do a cab mount chop and some trimming in the wheel wells and front bumper.

 

LR UCAs here too. Love 'em

CMC already done and I am prepared to cut/heat and bend if needed. My plan is to upgrade to a steel bumper soon so if I can avoid MAJOR trimming of the front bumper, I will in order to resell.

 

what a good tire size that wont rub? i think im gonna stick with 16inch wheels

 

With no trimming, 32's will fit. I think 32's actually fit with stock suspension as well

 

That is the identical lift I purchased. I bought the Light Racing UCAs to go with it. They also did not have in the regular rear shocks when I ordered, so I upgraded to the Icon rears with remote resevoir. My only beef is the add a leaf. I haul stuff on occasion and in my opinion, it doesn't cut it. I will be grabbing the All Pro Expedition Leaf Pack (Dakars). Other than that, fantastic lift.

 

Just a few other things after reading the rest of the posts:
1) You don't need a spring compressor. The coilovers come assembled.
2) You should do your brake lines. I haven't done mine yet and they are at their limit. If I did some major flexing, I'd probably have an issue.
3) I am running 285/70s and I had to trim and cab mount chop to get full turn radius back. I still bump when stuffing my tires. I think anything bigger than stock and you will need to trim and chop if you're planning to do any decent amount of playing. Anyone who says otherwise likely hasn't wheeled their truck too hard (or done much curb hopping for the mall crawlers).

 

when you say chop the cab mount what does that all entail

 

Check my build at the bottom of the page. It seems like a daunting thing at first, if you know someone decent with a welder, it's really quite easy.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-builds/267679-grakyns-build.html

 

how much did you have to cut out all together? both sides?

 

Both sides. Tried to illustrate it better. It's probably 3 - 3 1/2"? The best way to visualize it is the bolt that comes down for the cab mount. On the front, we cut it just past this bolt. And we only went about half way back on the outer end, anymore than this and it'll be a pain to get in to perform the top weld.

 

gotcha i would prefer not to cut the cab mount if i dont have to