Needing help installing lift near Houston

I'm on the east side of Houston. Wanna learn how to wrench on my 2nd gen and willing to give a hand. I have everything we need as far as parts for my lift.

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If no one is willing to help (Free Beer and BBQ, and ofcourse some $$$). What's a shop for the broke man? Local 4x4 shop wants to charge me 550 and I gotta find a alignment place.

 

What kind of lift have you got?

 

Do you have a place in the shade? It’s low-mid 90’s here and just changing the oil was sweaty. Going to get a earlier start tomorrow.

 

It's a Wheelers AAL 1.5" and a 2" lift front over the top spacer (actually 1" in height). I know.......spacer lifts are junk, but it's what I can afford right now. Plus my prerunner will never see more offroad than my backyard.

Actually yes. I have all the tools, plenty of shade, nice smooth concrete, plenty of water, 3 big AC squirrel cages, air tools, jacks, stands, ect . Just never done a Toyota IFS lift. And never have done a leaf pack. Watched a few youtube videos and seems pretty simple. Just need another set of eyes that KNOW what to look for.

 

I'm not gonna knock your lift. I put spacer's on my two youngest son's trucks. It's not a hard job. Just watch some youtube and you will do fine.

 

I'm gonna tackle it in a couple weeks. Watched a bunch of Tacoma lift installs. I'm gonna give it a shot. Two days should be plenty of time.

 

Just remember that you may need longer tie bolts for your leaf packs when installing an add a leaf. My suggestion is to make sure you have plenty of jack stands for this project. Safety first. It would suck for the truck to fall on you while you are trying to get the springs in place. Good luck!

 

Wheelers sent some super long bolts for the leaf pack, and definitely wanna be safe.

 

Well never mind on the install, I did it myself. Not too hard. Took about 3 hours.