Mods after adding a lift?

Hello all, Ive lifted my 2nd gen about 2.5" in the front at 2" in the rear, ive put on some 33s, and I dont know if I should be doing anything after the fact since the geo is all different.
It is a spacer lift, and Ive heard of a lot of different things people say you need to do.
(like, New UCA's, carrier bearing drop, axle shim, front diff drop, ecgs bushing etc.)


Just wanted to know what you guys recommend doing and what doesn't necessarily need to be done. I just dont want my truck to break!

Ive attached a photo of my front suspension, you guys think anything is too out of wack? Like is that UCA joint pulled too much? And the CV joint angles? Im new to this and need some words of wisdom haha

(ps. I know that my CV joint is leaking in the photo, it has since been fixed.)

thanks!

 

In addition to these considerations:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/stuff-that-breaks-after-installing-a-lift.667252/

You might run into issues stemming from your tires. How much do they weigh, each? Did you stick with stock wheels or go aftermarket? Are there any wheel spacers on them?

Heavy tires murder acceleration, braking performance, gas mileage and brake pad life. Large wheel offsets eat wheel bearings.

 

thanks! nice job with the thread dude.

I bought the truck with these wheels and tires and im thinking of changing them out, I do not know if they are heavy in comparison to other wheels/tires or not.

These are the wheels: https://www.helowheels.com/product/wheels/he879/?attribute_pa_finish=gloss-black-machined

And the tires are Falken Wildpeaks, LT285/70R17

 

I'm not too familiar with them, but at least they appear to be pretty lightweight. Around 28 lbs versus the OEM alloys at about 25 lbs.

63 lbs per tire. For comparison, the standard OEM tires are around 38 lbs. Not a huge deal unless this truck is your daily driver, in which case you'd be well advised to start correcting issues ASAP. Namely, yanking out the spacer lift and replacing the tires with something a little less harmful to your gas mileage and wheel bearings.

 

Dang that’s a bigger difference than I thought thanks for the advice man

 

No problem. I'm super inexperienced, but I've talked to some highly qualified folks who walked me through getting my truck build set up. I'm happy to pass along any helpful info that I can.