Post-lift Knock!!!

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Need some help. I had my 08 Sequoia Limited (55k miles), lifted yesterday. I went with the 5100 Bilstein's and spacer for the rear, like many of you have done. I picked it up last night and it drove fine until I noticed it wandering a bit, I thought it was just me getting used to the lift. I then moved the steering wheel back and forth (picture going through cones or swerving to avoid something) and noticed a loud clunk coming from the front end. I called the shop this morning and they told me to bring it back in and while I was on the highway the car felt like it was going all over the road, front and rear end felt out of sync with one another. Got to the shop and they said everything looked tight (he just got under it in the parking lot to see if something jumped out) and doesn't believe it was anything they messed with (did not mean this in a "its not our problem way" more of we will look into it but there may have been an underlying issue prior to the lift and the lift just made it worse). I wanted to see if anyone has had this happen and what was the solution. Sway bar, ball joints, tie rods....? Any help is much appreciated.
Pic is pre-lift

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Did they do an alignment, did they do upper lower ball joints? Did they do sway bar end links? Did they do a diff drop kit? Throwing a lift on a vehicle, it's not the end-all, it's usually the begin all. Keep an eye on your axles if you have 4 wheel drive
 
Wondering if they tightened the lower control arm bolts (they are spec'd at 207ft lbs) and all the others with the weight of the vehicle on them?? When I got my truck back from an alignment from the dealer after I installed my lift, I found one lower control arm bolt was loose! :oops: I could here some noise up front at times and noticed a slight wobble/vibration when I used my brakes. Tightened it up and it's all good. How do you miss that?!?! Everything else was tight but it made me leery. :confused:
 

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