3" lift kit suggestions

Planning on doing a 3” lift on my truck. And recommendation’s on what is available. I am waiting on readylift’s 3” kit but are there any other same quality and around the same price

 

Honestly anyone thinking about 3" and is willing to wait a little longer is probably best going with he TRD lift. Full warranty, designed by Toyota so geometry, etc will be superior to anything a third party can offer...


Just my .02.

I'm happy with my level kit for the time being but if I decide to lift, the TRD kit will be what I do. Kind of a no brainer.

 

it is a good idea but aftermarket kits have very good kits as well and are alot cheaper than what toyota are talking about with their lift kits.

 

Eh, you get what you pay for.

Judging from the parts list, the TRD kit looks extremely well thought out and isn't a basic 3" lift like many of the third party offerings are.

 

This thread might help you out a bit when it comes to true (non-spacer) lifts on or hitting the market and depending on what you want to do.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/3rd-gen-suspension-lift-mega-thread.108483/

 

First off, I'm not poopooing the Toyota TRD Lift kit. I just want to play devil's advocate on 2 points:

#1 Quality Comparison of Kits (Toyota TRD Kit vs most 3rd Party Kits):
That being said, I think some folks would make a case about the quality comparison of the Toyota kit vs the big 3rd Parties.

I.E. Toyota outsourced their front & rear shocks to Bilstein for the TRD kit. Bilstein is great and I've run their 5100 series before. Bilstein makes a reliable product, but would I choose them over the big 3 (King, Icon, or Fox)? No.

#2 The "Completeness" of the TRD Kit vs 3rd Party Kits:
3rd Party kits are usually not full/complete kits for a reason. They give you the flexibility that the OE kit does not. I'll use the Icon kit that I purchased as an example. It's a huge upgrade to the front suspension but only provides extended length shocks in the rear, thus not really lifting the rear at all. This is intentional.

Most 3rd party kits leave "flexibility" like that because they're selling to a different off road enthusiast. Meaning Icon doesn't know if I want run a full blown, 1,000lb AluCab expedition setup or just a lightweight bed-top tent with simple stand-offs that'll weigh only 200lbs. The rear suspension solution for those two setups are very different. One is a simple spacer at the top of the coil and the other replaces the rear coils with heavy duty springs.

Overall:
The Toyota kit is indeed a full blown kit...but it's cookie cutter. It assumes everyone is doing similar things with their truck. Their kit uses the "spacer" lift for the rear. That's great for most folks, but if you want to run a heavy overlanding setup then you'll still need to invest in some rear suspension upgrades in addition to the price of the Toyota TRD Kit.

It's a great "all-in-one" kit and will serve most folks well, but not everyone. I would say that the target audience for the TRD Lift Kit and the audience for the King/Icon/Fox kits (or most other 3rd party kits) are different beasts.

My 2 cents.

 

By no means am I disputing anything written above, I'm speaking from my own personal experience.

I installed the Westcott designs lift and drove it on the stock wheels and tires. I can honestly say that I don't fell any ride degradation and am still very impressed with the trucks handling. I'll be putting the new 35" MT Baja Boss on later today and having an alignment done, so I'll report back here on what my thoughts are with the new wheels and tires.

Here's a pic of it lifted with the Westcott designs lift on stock wheels/tires

 

i went ahead and did the 2” leveling kit from ready lift for now. But im confused in getting the tires. I bought the 17” rims but should i get tires 34’s or 35’s

 

Might as well round it out to 35

 

I did some research and didnt want to risk it. Ended up getting the 315/70r17 ko2. Just a hair smaller than the 35 and a hair bigger than the 34

 

What would you be “risking”?
You could go up to 37’s with no problems.

 

well im only getting a 2” lift and i dont want tires rubbing my truck people have complains about 35s rubbing thier truck. So they needed trimming. I dont want to trim my metal parts in my truck. 37s will need a lot of work to fit in unless u get a bigger lift

 

Lol. That’s like saying I’m a hair shorter than 6 feet tall and a hair taller than 5 feet tall.

 

ya the tire size is 34.4 so im in between 34s and 35s but I hope they fit well cause according to the leveling kit 34 is the largest size that will fit.

 

37’s will fit with a simple 1.5” level.

 

Is a lift needed to run 285 65 R20?

 

thats great. I was looking at the leveling kits specs and it says 34s will fit without any trouble. Plus the store putting is on wants to put in 35s as well but he has his doubts as well.

 

It should just fit in. I saw some posts where they had stock suspension with that size tires