afgman786
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What about the RW doesn't work anymore? Do you need a rim with a lower offset to clear some of the new components?
Freaking awesome work!
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Freaking awesome work!
Atwalz
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I swapped out the upper control arms yesterday. Top long bolts are PITA to remove and torque. I had a camburg engineering control arm when I did tundra conversion a while ago. With the BDS lift installed, the camber was negative as the arms were designed for 1" to 3" lift. I picked up a pair of stock tundra arms and installed them. I hope to get alignment issues worked out tomorrow. I will be selling camburg UCAs, Icon coilovers with 700#/1" spring rate- remote resi with CDCV valve (rebuilt in April 2020 by Rock and road performance), and 5 rock warrior wheels (wheels available after methods are installed). I will post these items in the classified section.
For Sale - Icon Coilovers and Camburg UCAs for Tundra, sequoia, or LC200 tundra conversion (Sacramento, California)
Sold For Sale - 5 Rock warriors wheel 5x150 bolt pattern (Sacramento, California)
For Sale - Icon Coilovers and Camburg UCAs for Tundra, sequoia, or LC200 tundra conversion (Sacramento, California)
Sold For Sale - 5 Rock warriors wheel 5x150 bolt pattern (Sacramento, California)
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nice work!
TLC2013
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very cool, good looking numbers, who did you use for the alignment ?
Atwalz
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I have put about 300 miles since the lift but only less than 5 miles after alignment. I like this lift for clearance purposes and alignment specs are within factory range. CV angles are approximately 5 degrees. The steering feels good too. I don't remember how stock steering felt. It drives straight after alignment and comfortable at highway speed at 80+mph. Also did some back road driving on curves, I like it. I keep in mind that the center of gravity is higher so I adjusted my driving behavior accordingly. Up travel and down travel for front suspension is closer to stock now, this is a huge difference compared to my old setup. There is definitely pro and cons of drop bracket and Coilover lift. Here is my feedback summarized below. I will update is as I put miles on the kit.
| Description | BDS 4.5" tundra drop bracket/Steering knuckle (1.5" front fender cut) | Coilover lift tundra/camburg UCA | Stock |
| Center of Gravity | higher | less than bds but greater than stock | - |
| Front CV Angles | 5 degrees | +20 degree (depending on Coilover height) | - |
| Steering | + Good feels solid with upgrade knuckle | Good | Perfect |
| Wheels | 17" with 0 offset | 17" RW 50mm offset | 60 mm offset |
| Front Suspension travel (up and down) | ++ | + | ++ |
| Clearance | ++++ | ++ | + |
| Tire Size | 35 | 34 | 33 |
| Rear tire Rub | Yes on full stuff | Yes on full stuff | no |
| Front tire Rub | not known yet | no | no |
| Rake or lean | Yes, less 1 degree | forward lean (not known) | forward lean (not known) |
| Under 7 feet | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mpg (w/o regear) | <11 (regear will improve) | <12 | 13-18 |
| MPG (w/ regear) | TBD | no data | no data |
| Reversed back to Stock | No | Yes | Yes |
| Body Mount Chop | No | No | No |
| Rear Springs | Tour flex heavy (3" lift) & 30mm spacer | Tour flex heavy (3" lift) | stock |
| Front KDSS links Stressed | No | Yes | No |
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afgman786
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Do you plan on lifting the rear via taller springs/shocks, or spacers to level the ride out?
Damn those look really good!!!
afgman786
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