What is the best way to go for my Tundra's suspension and exhaust systems?

Question

I have a 2003 Toyota Tundra (2X4), and I want to lift it 3" and improve the exhaust system for horse power and sound. What are the best products to go with? Also, with that type of lift, how big or a tire can I go with?

Answer 1

Well first of all I would suggest a flowmaster exhaust, sounds real aggressive. The lift kit answer well that is a tough one, because it mostly depends on what you want to do with your truck. Like some lift kits come with blocks for the rear springs, they are okay if you do mostly street driving, if you do jumping and a lot of offroading the axle could rotate under power which twists the springs (called spring warp) and spits out the block. I have also seen blocks break under a stressful load. Yes, they are plenty of guys out there with blocks under their trucks and seem to do just fine, but if you do any serious offroading this might happen. The other option for the rear axle is add-a-leafs. Which you actually add an extra leaf spring to the leaf spring packs. Causes a stiff ride, but you can get the harshness out of the leaf pack by removing the overload spring (the straight, thick leaf spring at the bottom of the pack) But this means that you can't load the truck as heavy as you once could because the leaf springs can't handle too much weight, unless the overload spring is in the pack. On to the front of the truck, this is kind of hairy, for only a 3 inch lift, you probably will be stuck with front spacers which fit in between the front spring and the spring mount. They are okay, most people use these to help level out their truck, and the spacers don't have the problem that is associated with the rear block, like spitting out or breaking. The best I have found so far is the Skyjacker 2.5 inch platinum series lift kit, it comes with coil over front shocks and complete rear leaf spring packs. Honestly that is the best and toughest lift kit for anything you can throw at that truck. But it will cost you about $1,000. Then I would say that the next best ones would be the Revtek or the Rough Country lift, both run front spacers and rear blocks. I have had experience running Skyjacker and Rough Country lifts on a Jeep Wrangler and they are awesome, most important is the support that you get from the companies if you run into trouble. Tires will depend on which lift kit you decided on some say there lift is 2.5 but it might run the same size tire as a 3 inch will, just depend on the weight of you vehicle and the lift kit manufacture. Same with rims some say you will need new rims some don't. But don't forget that by putting on bigger tires that your speedometer will be off ( you still will get a speeding ticket even if you do tell the cop that is what was wrong). And sometimes depending on how big you go you need to re-gear your axles, but going up one or two sizes with the exhaust system upgrades I think you will be okay. I would dome some research on the lift kits and find out what people have said about them. Hope I helped you out, was the best I could do one the little information that I know about Tundra.

Answer 2

best place for your question is tundra forum.

eg.: http://www.tundrasolutions.com/