2” Leveling spacers...

Ok well shit! Put the front spacers on today and the front is now definitely higher than the back!! Jimeny cricket it looks like I'm towing a boat! I hate that look! Why mine looks like this and my friends 08 came out level with the exact same spacers beats the hell outta me!! I am soon frustrated right now! Now I'll need to lift the back to get it level! The front is an inch higher than the back so if I raise the back an inch would that make it level? Unfortunately I didn't have a chance to get any pics today but I'm hoping tomorrow!

 

It would have been easy to figure this out BEFORE the lift by measuring.

 

Well I did do the measuring like you said and it looked like we we're going to be ok. It did look like it was going to be a 1/2" difference but in the end it some how ended up with an inch difference and it looks like a big difference. Lol

 

So you got more lift than expected? How did the alignment go?

I’d suggest a single leaf AAL to lift the rear slightly. Have you had the rear leaf TSB done? That *should* have brought your rear up slightly. Blocks aren’t the greatest way to lift the rear, but obviously work.

 

I'd recommend a 1.5" 3-leaf AAL like the ones from Icon or Wheelers. They're very similar, and should produce a better ride than a single leaf AAL with the same lift measurements.

 

I would too, but if she has to keep the overload in she will get a ~2” lift in the rear and be right back where she started(only 2” higher all around. Even without the overload *some* people get more than the advertised estimated 1.5” lift with the 3-leaf. It depends on the factory leafs though.

 

After lots of bad words and frustration the work is finally done and here is the results to my 2” front strut spacers and rear 1” blocks that were so called not needed!! Lol wasn’t sure if I should have gone with 1” or 1.5” for the rear but I was afraid that the 1.5” would bring the back higher then the front and I’d be right back where I started! Got the alignment done today and it’s all finally done! Next project is to put in the fog lights! Lol.. here are some pics, first pic is before the rear blocks went in, sorry that picture isn’t that great.

 

Looks perfect. You even got a damn good alignment and not just a toe&go.

 

Im sorry if you said this but which lift is this, and hows the ride. Also what fog lights are you going to add because I am thinking about adding fog lights to mine too.

 

Hi guys! I have a 2017 sr Access cab 4x2 that will probably will never see a dirt road here in Florida.. I say that because I would like to add a 1 inch lift block on the front only... I would love to see he front to sit just a little bit higher.. do someone with mechanical experience could tell me if I am going to hurt my suspension on the long run??
Thanks!!!

https://www.ebay.com/i/302194001055

 

Thank you, means a lot to me!

 

I went with the supreme suspension 2" front strut spacers and 1" blocks in the back. The ride feels the same to me if not a little lighter if that makes sense! Lol and no special kinda fog lights just the oem ones.

 

Alright Thanks. Your truck looks great.

 

Thank you

 

OP your truck still looks higher in front.

 

I had pretty much the same setup on mine..had a squeaking noise in front and found sway bar rubbing the spring... had to get a sway bar relocation kit and all is well. May want to take a look at that. Looks good tho.

 

Yes, it is a little higher in the front still but that's as close to level as Im going to get I think! If I put 2" blocks in the rear I think I'll be higher than the front.

 

I just noticed I have the infamous "taco lean" on the driver side rear! Lol Never noticed it before let alone when we first lifted it! Lol damn Toyota, they charge so much for their vehicles yet they give us a lean! Lol... Was also reading up on saggy springs that was supposed to be fixed by the 2013's yet my springs on my 13 only have 3 total leafs. Guess I know now why people were saying that the rear end is going to sag!

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-bruce-2013-dcsb-trd-or.338851/#post-16007600

Take a look here. AAL and a very small front lift gave me back some rake and it's now perfectly level when I load it up.