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so i have scavenged the forum and haven't full found what im looking for. I know i want a 3 inch lift and am going to get it from toyota tec the bilistien 5100 with a new leaf pack and dif drop. So my question is if a 3 inch lift put you maxed out for alignment what do i need to replace so that i can properly aign the wheels when need?

 

New upper control arms. Some say you need them, others say you don't. Cheaper would be Light Racing. More expensive would be a uniball type like Total Chaos.

 

ok thats what i thought but im not very mechanically inclined. Thanks

 

There is about a 50% chance you need them. Its just more labor and two alignments if you dont have them when you install the shock and you cant get a proper alignment.

Its kinda like gambling... I had a toytec 3 inch lift and was able to get decent alignment numbers with stock ucas. I was lucky.

 

superbumps are plush

 

I dont wheel hard, but its sooooo nice to know u got them under you......... 1 second, I remember an onroad vid of them being compressed.

 

cant find the onroad vid right now, but go feel the stockers, then look at this.............. which would u want under the rig?

I do have front and rear......... Ive bottomed out without them and its harsh.......... much better with them.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRmK_NkU8Rs

 

Hey no problem u here to learn I'm pretty much a noob hen it comes to this stuff. I mean I can change my oil and shit but start putting moving parts on and I'm lost lol

 

Leave the diff drop off your list.

 

why? i hear a lot of different things about this too.

 

From another thread I posted in today:

Doesn't really do much on second gens. I heard it rotates it at a specific angle that the appropriate parts don't get lubricated properly hence doing more harm then good.

Here is a good link on a story about a guy who installed the diff drop and jacked his truck:

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/118545-remove-differential-drop-your-05-tacoma.html