Educate me on leveling lift kits

Bilstein 5100

If you want to do that just get these.

After talking to a mechanic whom I really trusted, I did a 2.5” leveling kit on my GMC Sierra. Put 33” bf goodrich tires. He said he’s never seen faster wear as long as the truck isn’t lifted super high with big heavy tires. Only have 10k miles on the lift and tires so far but no issues.

I put a 2 or 3" kit on my Sierra (can't remember specifically). No issues whatsoever.

For Fords atleast, anything over 2.5" is pushing it, and even with a 2.5" cheap style spacer kit the cv and joint angles up front are somewhat scary looking. Granted I've had one on a truck for a long time and never had issues, as well as knowing tons of people with the same but 2" is probably the sweet spot.

Not sure about Toyota specifically, but depends on what you want to spend, as there are leveling kits that can cost as much as a full lift. In my experience if you have larger tires or want them, and plan on leveling it, a 4" lift kit is the better option as it will bring your truck back to stock angles and relieve that strain on the angles. Tundras are fairly large to begin with though, but I know an F150 with 35's with a 2.5" level parked next to an f150 with 35's and a 4" lift is nearly the same exact height. Where the 4' lift version has stock angles for the tires. Leveling kit just pushed it up, where lift drops the parts down.

ETA: Finding a Tundra forum Is probably the best bet for getting knowledgable insight. I will add that many of the lift kit manufacturers (not necessarily bad or the "cheap ones") basically use the same size parts for the 4" and 6" lift, so the 6" is gonna end up with angles basically as if it had a 2" level. FWIW. An alignment after any sort of suspension work is absolutely NECESSARY though, and if you do get a level or lift make sure to get it aligned every other oil change or third one. If you get a lift definitely make sure they retorque all the bolts and parts to spec every 5k miles or so.

On very late model Tundras with Adaptive Cruise Control it can change what the sensors see; you could have cruise problems. The Toyota dealer can't fix it after lift kit. Call the Toyota dealer for more info.

you need a 2 1/2 ready lift spacer level. its cheap and solid