Okay guys I didn't do my research before I got my readylift leveling kit, and am now regretting it. I am not to mechanically inclined so if i have something wrong please correct me. I've done lots of research on here and just need to yall to point me in the right direction and make sure i'm not messing something else up. I have a 2011 Tundra and only have 4000 miles on it, but 80% of my driving is on a caliche or dirt road where there are many potholes and bumps. My CV boots are currently leaking, so I have ordered a differential drop to help decrease the angle so it's not so hard on the joints. Can I stay with the leveling kit, and put a differential drop on it and eventually go with some Camburg Upper Control Arms and everything will be okay? Or am I going to need to go with some bilstein 5100's instead of the stupid leveling kit, when I get the money for it? Do you think these boots will still leak after the differential drop? What about after I take off the leveling kit and put on the bilsteins? I just wanna do things right after screwing up, and not get myself into a bigger mess and have to throw in alot more money into this thing than I really need to. Any help will be much appreciated!

Thanks, Adam

Your CV boots spewing grease are a result of the lift, doesn't matter which way you do it. The fix is the addition of hose clamps on the boots (search: "CV boot mod") & the differential drop kit (search: "diff drop").

And, yes... you will be far happier with the Bilstein 5100s for front levelling/lift rather than the ReadyLift spacer kit.

Your CV boots spewing grease are a result of the lift, doesn't matter which way you do it. The fix is the addition of hose clamps on the boots (search: "CV boot mod") & the differential drop kit (search: "diff drop").

And, yes... you will be far happier with the Bilstein 5100s for front levelling/lift rather than the ReadyLift spacer kit.

Okay after looking now, this boot isn't the cv boot, but it is leaking grease. What could it be? This boot connects to the upper control arm...any help would be appreciated as again i'm not much of an auto-mechanic. If a picture is needed to help verify I can get a picture up later...

Pics.....

Okay I've got it figured out, the grease is coming from a upper ball bearing.

I'd still go ahead and get the DD kit.

The differential drop is ordered and on its way! I am eventually going to get a camburg upper control arm, but if I run the old upper control arm, with that increased angle can it hurt anything else in the suspension?I don't want it to screw anything else up... When I get the camburg I am going to get a new upper ball joint as well as the arm...

You will be ok. Toyota ball joints and cv joints can manage pretty demanding angles. The reason you had grease squirt from your upper joint is due to the added angle forcing it out of a pocket it sat in with the stock angle. Very common.

You might want to check pricing between Camburg and Total Chaos. They're both exactly the same, just different stickers. I had Camburg on my 2000 Tundra and now Total Chaos on my 07. What ever you go with make sure they come with the zerk fittings.

...and definitely get the uniballs with the UCA's!

Good luck and keep us posted!

The differential drop is ordered and on its way!

Smart move. The DD kit is cheap insurance against an expensive repair.