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Suspension & AxleTechnical discussions regarding alignment, stock and modified suspensions, lift kits, axles, hub conversions, gearing and steering.
This is a discussion thread titled "Lifted Trucks, Please Check In!", within the Suspension & Axle forum, part of the Technical & Vehicle Assistance Forums category.
If you like alot of hum and non-smooth tire and a little vibe when you come to a rolling stop-get them. On the plus side- seem to be indestructable, aggressive as hell, and long wear so far. I have 30,000 plus and I don't see me buying new shoes anytime soon, which sucks for me, cause I want to switch to a more civilized tire. Nitto AT, BFG AT, Pro comp AT's? Any suggestion?
What I have- look below. The only thing that has changed is I have lowered my front to about 7" and replaced my rear 3" blocks with 1.5" blocks
Right now I've got 305/70/16 Pro Comp X-terrains. There good besides lot's of humm and make the steering wheel wiggle a bit when under 30mph. They look cool but I think I want to go to a 315. At this point I will probably go t a A/T of some sort. I've had good luck with BFG's in the past.
On another note, I just did the mod for the CV boot. I used regular hose clamps and they didn't fit into the groove the old band sat in. Is this going to be a problem? What can I do to reduce the angle on the axle shaft. I have my sway aways cranked to 2-1/2"..would loering them to 2-1/4 or 2" make a difference? I'm just worried I'm going to start messing up my CV joints. Anybody got any background on this? I saw yours and yours look to fit into the old band groove. What kind did you use?
I thought I remembered seeing a bracket that would lift your axle to almost stock angle. Any help would be greatly appreciated! This forum is the best.
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2001 Tundra SR5 4x4
Mods: JBA Silver Ceramic Headers, Flowmaster 40 series single out, K&N FIPK, RAPS, ASP Underdrive pulley w/ gatorback belt, 3" Body Lift, 5" TC lift with Spindles, TW Extended Sway Away Race Runners to do away with the TC Spacer, Total Chaos Uppers, Bilstein 5100's, Deaver 11 stack, 4:56 gears with Detroit TrueTrac rear LSD, Line-X Spray In, Nitto Terra Grappler AT 315/75/16, Eagle 102's 16x10 Aluminum rims, True H.I.D. High-Low Beam, Phillips Crystal Vision 9005 Fogs, Altezza Tails, Clear Corners, Billet Grill And XM Satellite Roady 2
Future mods: STS Turbo w/FMU, Unichip, Trans shift mod and someother cool stuff.
What can I do to reduce the angle on the axle shaft. I have my sway aways cranked to 2-1/2"..would loering them to 2-1/4 or 2" make a difference? I'm just worried I'm going to start messing up my CV joints.
nah, you'll run out of angle on the cv joints before you lock them up. the half shaft will hit the outer lip (i think) of the inner cv and stop angling before it siezes...youre more likely to blow a cv or twist a halfshaft from too much torque while on the rocks in low range, as aj found out with his stock gears and 35s.
youll tear or abrade a cv boot before youll ever screw up the joints.
nah, you'll run out of angle on the cv joints before you lock them up. the half shaft will hit the outer lip (i think) of the inner cv and stop angling before it siezes...youre more likely to blow a cv or twist a halfshaft from too much torque while on the rocks in low range, as aj found out with his stock gears and 35s.
youll tear or abrade a cv boot before youll ever screw up the joints.
-sean
Thanks Sean..any problem with using the regular hose clamp? The same ones used for radiator hoses.
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2001 Tundra SR5 4x4
Mods: JBA Silver Ceramic Headers, Flowmaster 40 series single out, K&N FIPK, RAPS, ASP Underdrive pulley w/ gatorback belt, 3" Body Lift, 5" TC lift with Spindles, TW Extended Sway Away Race Runners to do away with the TC Spacer, Total Chaos Uppers, Bilstein 5100's, Deaver 11 stack, 4:56 gears with Detroit TrueTrac rear LSD, Line-X Spray In, Nitto Terra Grappler AT 315/75/16, Eagle 102's 16x10 Aluminum rims, True H.I.D. High-Low Beam, Phillips Crystal Vision 9005 Fogs, Altezza Tails, Clear Corners, Billet Grill And XM Satellite Roady 2
Future mods: STS Turbo w/FMU, Unichip, Trans shift mod and someother cool stuff.
Right now I've got 305/70/16 Pro Comp X-terrains. There good besides lot's of humm and make the steering wheel wiggle a bit when under 30mph. They look cool but I think I want to go to a 315. At this point I will probably go t a A/T of some sort. I've had good luck with BFG's in the past.
On another note, I just did the mod for the CV boot. I used regular hose clamps and they didn't fit into the groove the old band sat in. Is this going to be a problem? What can I do to reduce the angle on the axle shaft. I have my sway aways cranked to 2-1/2"..would loering them to 2-1/4 or 2" make a difference? I'm just worried I'm going to start messing up my CV joints. Anybody got any background on this? I saw yours and yours look to fit into the old band groove. What kind did you use?
I thought I remembered seeing a bracket that would lift your axle to almost stock angle. Any help would be greatly appreciated! This forum is the best.
First thing i would like to point out is your steering shimmy. I lived with it for a year untill one day I realized that the drivers side steering rack was loose. Tightened and viola! Perfect- yeah for a little while. I think the stock rack is just to wimpy for the larger tires and especially if you offroad, because after about a month and a trip on some trails it was back. I looked underneath and someone wiggle the steering wheel and sure enough- the whole rack had movement again. But guess what, the bolts were tight and still are, however the rubber bushing at the driver side bolt and center ar completely worn out. The D-bushing ( passenger side is fine. Better yet, that is the only one (d-bushing) that is replaceble from Toyota. There is no replacement part for the other two!!! So I called around about having some custom poly one made and finally spoke with daystar. They said they just have not gotten around to it- so hopefully soon. FYI, the kit for the Tacoma is only $12.
As for CV boots, I bought actual CV boot bands at Carquest Autoparts when I lived in TN- this is a universal band that comes in small and large size. About a $1.50 or so each made by Band-It brand. The tool is about $12.00. But this is the right way and no problems. The boots tore before they leaked! Thats when I had my coilovers cranked to 8" plus. I didn't know-LOL
Of course the less angle on the your CV's the better. I " heard" 30 degrees is max, but I don't know for sure. Thats pretty sharp. I really don't know. I would just stick with the good ole 2" rule for now untill you get some better info.
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7"Front lift 315/75-16 BFGoodrich AT's on 16x8 MB Motoring with TC lift, Team West Coilovers, Deaver 3 leaf spring pack on 4" block with Bilstein 5100's in rear; Volant Intake; Spin-Tech Muff
Thundernuts........must give my respects........NICE A$$ TRUCK!!!
Not sure if thats for me or Tundra Thunder? But thanks WE have identical lifts anyways other then the NWOR springs.
(Thundernuts has a nice ring to it )
Thanks again
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7"Front lift 315/75-16 BFGoodrich AT's on 16x8 MB Motoring with TC lift, Team West Coilovers, Deaver 3 leaf spring pack on 4" block with Bilstein 5100's in rear; Volant Intake; Spin-Tech Muff
I looked at your profile- Chief Huh? What grade is that- E7? I did 7 years in the Corps! I'm sure you made the connection now between that fact and my user name. When I said identical, I was refering to Tundra Thunder, but holy shiester!!! yours and mine are really close! How do you like the body lift? Shoot, If I did a body lift, I 'd be able to run 38's minimum! Actually, I had purchased the body lift by Performance and was all set to do it the next day and then changed my mind at the last minute.
Hopefully, we'll get some type of event going here in the future where we can check out other lifted Tundras
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7"Front lift 315/75-16 BFGoodrich AT's on 16x8 MB Motoring with TC lift, Team West Coilovers, Deaver 3 leaf spring pack on 4" block with Bilstein 5100's in rear; Volant Intake; Spin-Tech Muff
I looked at your profile- Chief Huh? What grade is that- E7? I did 7 years in the Corps! I'm sure you made the connection now between that fact and my user name. When I said identical, I was refering to Tundra Thunder, but holy shiester!!! yours and mine are really close! How do you like the body lift? Shoot, If I did a body lift, I 'd be able to run 38's minimum! Actually, I had purchased the body lift by Performance and was all set to do it the next day and then changed my mind at the last minute.
Hopefully, we'll get some type of event going here in the future where we can check out other lifted Tundras
Yep Chief is E-7 paygrade. Got 18 years and still having fun. Alot of that fun is what I'm doing currently....Naval Special Warfare. The 15 years before sucked because of lack of funding but ever since George Jr took over things have been great! It has it's up and downs like every job.
I think I have my tundra right where I want it for hieght. Just going to put on 35's next time.
Thanks for your service as a marine...those are some hard core bubbas..and bubbettes.. Served with a whole bunch of Marines during OIF and they are great troops!
Don
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2001 Tundra SR5 4x4
Mods: JBA Silver Ceramic Headers, Flowmaster 40 series single out, K&N FIPK, RAPS, ASP Underdrive pulley w/ gatorback belt, 3" Body Lift, 5" TC lift with Spindles, TW Extended Sway Away Race Runners to do away with the TC Spacer, Total Chaos Uppers, Bilstein 5100's, Deaver 11 stack, 4:56 gears with Detroit TrueTrac rear LSD, Line-X Spray In, Nitto Terra Grappler AT 315/75/16, Eagle 102's 16x10 Aluminum rims, True H.I.D. High-Low Beam, Phillips Crystal Vision 9005 Fogs, Altezza Tails, Clear Corners, Billet Grill And XM Satellite Roady 2
Future mods: STS Turbo w/FMU, Unichip, Trans shift mod and someother cool stuff.
hey guys, i got a limited 4x4 tundra with 9.5 inch lift, and lots of other goodies, i read a post about pics of lifted trucks and i agree lets get some pics of tundras on 35's and bigger in here. after all we all love em right.my tundras on 35s now and im workin on gettin the pics on here. and at the moment im workin on designin an acctual lift for mine, and my buddy will build it, im also talkin to a few other companies about it, and right now im lookin at any wear from a ten to a fifteen inch lift. so if you got pics, put em up and if you got ideas share em. later.
Hey guys-I am checking back in.Thunder Gray Tundra back in da house with some new mods.Rear tail lamps,front clears,new headers,and some new rims.I am still sittin in the 285 club but when my BFG's wear down I will move into the 315 club.Still not as good looking as Big Green or someother trucks but I am getting there.Well here are some pics (click on the image below or look at my gallery)and I hope you all like them.
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2000 SR5 4.7L 4x4 Tundra w/daystar level kit and add a leaf rear,Three inch body lift,Eagle Alloy 16x10 wheels,315/75/16,Pioneer dvd gps system,Front clear corner lamps,rear Altezza tail lamps,40s flowmaster mufflers single in dual out,Stone mountain headers,Helix thottle body spacer,K&N cool air intake system,Dyno-214 hp at rear wheels,Viper alarm W/remote start,Cobra radar detector,And to top it off,my Tundra has a B!tchin driver. My website www.truckinutz.com
that's limited, there's 1/2" to 1" beyond but gets close to the uniball's max angle. shoulda got a pic with the truck sitting level (!) when we let it down...nice to get a glimpse of the way it'll sit once the lift is turned up to 4" on the coils. fulla moxie, some 4.56 and i'll stick low profile 35s on and hit the terrain.
just put the wheelers on. about 2.75 from them. the front is sitting high. which i like. its prob like an inch high synce the back has settled. iam lovin them so far. i think its like a bug, now i want more lift, i wanna go like 5 inches with like 33's now hehe. i thought the wheelers was all i was ever gonna need. guess i need to get another job now.
So I called around about having some custom poly one made and finally spoke with daystar. They said they just have not gotten around to it- so hopefully soon. FYI, the kit for the Tacoma is only $12.
I didn't know-LOL
WE have identical lifts anyways other then the NWOR springs.
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Served with a whole bunch of Marines during OIF and they are great troops! 
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