1/2 Inch Spacer Lift

I have Streetrays 1” lift front spacers and 1” rear blocks. Couldn’t be happier with the setup.

 

Nothing wrong with that, nice looking ride!

 

Appreciate the response , is it okay to add the spacer on adjustable coils?

 

What kind of adjustable coils are you running?

 

Stage 1 Eibach

 

I believe the stage 1 will provide 2” of lift correct? If you added the top spacer, you would need upper control arms to get a proper alignment. Also, at 3” of lift your cv boot fins will rub each other and not last as long as it would at 2” of lift.

 

I do have aftermarket UCA's . I was only looking to raise the front a bit due to the rear sitting taller but not really tryna run into issues. In the future when I do get to 3 inch what would I need to avoid the cv boot fins from rubbing?

 

If you go up to 3” of lift there really isn’t anything you can do to prevent the CV fins from making contact with each other. It’s not an issue short term, but it will require you to replace the boots eventually do to the friction wearing holes in them. Also, with 3” of lift you will lose an additional 1” of down travel. I believe 2” to be the sweet spot of lifts on Tacomas (could be why the TRD lift is 2”). If you really want more lift there are several companies that sell 1/4” top spacers than provide about 1/2” of lift. So, that would put you around 2.5” up front.
I know that’s a lot of information, I just like to let people know some of the information I have learned over the years. I have had multiple lifted Toyotas over the years.

 

I'd rather be flooded with all the information I can get vs going into it and not knowing what went wrong

 

this makes me nervous…but I want to trust you. Just ordered some .5 spacers and really don’t want to disassemble the coilovers. Still no issues?

 

No issues whatsoever.

 

Those of you running the 1/2" thick and 1" rear spacers (1" lift total both front and rear) did you get an alignment? I figure it should be done as it would change a bit

I do plan to get a 2-2.5" suspension lift later in the next couple years when I have some other things squared away first, but would like to just get a quick small cheap spacer lift in the meantime.

 

The top hat top rubber bushings should be compressed down more than what is shown in the pics. I would make the rubber bushing about the same outside diameter as the top washer.