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Spacer lift alignment issues?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Tuckaseetacoma, May 20, 2012.

  1. May 20, 2012 at 11:42 AM
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    Tuckaseetacoma

    Tuckaseetacoma [OP] My toy taco

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    Im about to put a 2.5 inch lift on a 2011 taco . Will this seriously affect my truck having proper allignment
     
  2. May 20, 2012 at 11:56 AM
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    Maticuno

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    Yes. You will need an alignment after the install.
     
  3. May 20, 2012 at 11:56 AM
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    You will need an alignment, but at 2.5", you should be okay with your stock UCAs.
     
  4. May 20, 2012 at 11:57 AM
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    Why spacers, they are junk
     
  5. May 20, 2012 at 12:00 PM
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    At first I wasn't going to say anything about this, but since you brought it up....

    X2
     
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  6. May 20, 2012 at 12:15 PM
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    I would not do spacers. I have them and hope to get rid of them SOON. I also have stock UCA's and my alignment is not right. If you do choose to go with a spacer you may want to look into UCA's for it as well. (you'll need them anyway when you decide to upgrade from the spacers :cool:)
     
  7. May 20, 2012 at 6:11 PM
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    Tuckaseetacoma [OP] My toy taco

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    Well I am getting free tires that are too big with out a little lift. Money isn't right, right now so they are a quick fix for a tire replacement that is free! Once I sell the stock tires I'll start upgrading it the right way. What do y'all think about the old man emu settup
     
  8. May 20, 2012 at 7:11 PM
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    OME is top notch stuff.
     
  9. May 21, 2012 at 2:06 AM
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    Thats what i'm planning on going with myself.
     
  10. May 22, 2012 at 11:36 AM
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    Tuckaseetacoma [OP] My toy taco

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    What are you using now?
     
  11. May 22, 2012 at 11:49 AM
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    I had no issue after using the revtek kit, got it aligned right after and no issues since.
     

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