Tuff Country 85250 AAL

Installed this 2" lift AAL on an '06 4X4 Tacoma.

The springs are about 26" long so they easily fit in the (pathetic) TSB spring pack. Actually could have been 8" longer and still fit.
The kit came with very long quality looking center bolts. They had to be cut off about 4" when installed. I used the new nuts as they were SS.
The ends of the new springs had some rust so that was taken care of before the install with a shot of paint.
The springs came with plastic push in bushings on each end for metal to metal squeak I assume.
The lift results were actually 3.5" which I hope will settle down with time. I lost 1.5" when the TSB springs were installed.
I reused the original U bolts as they were plenty long for the added height.

My Airlift bags went back to 5-8 PSI normal setting (from 20-22 PSI after TSB spring upgrade) and the rear Timbren bump stops now have adequate clearance.

Note:
Due to the amount of lift in the back it looks like some Bilstein 5100's in the front set on .85" will be most likely needed. Was trying to avoid this but WTH, comes with the territory.

 

How’s the ride?

 

Thanks for the review.