Anybody have a pickup truck?

[jclaiborne]

Thanks for the add on. I looked on Zone's site and they make a 5" suspension lift kit for tundra. I do know absolutely that BDS and Zone are renowned as the top of the line for Ram, Ford, Chevy and GMC. Maybe there's a technical issue with tundra that precludes Zone from having a good fitment?

It isn't so much the fitment as it is a clearance issue. With full sized trucks you have decent ground clearance as it is, so generally when you do a lift it is to increase space between the axle and body allowing bigger shocks and tires. However when you start dealing with non-full sized trucks, rangers, tacomas, FJs (SUV) your stock ground clearance is just not there (and it really is lacking with IFS in general). With lifts like BDS, Zone, Rough Country, etc if you look at the image they include a front member that goes between the tires, basically a "drop down" bracket, this allows you to put bigger shocks on because you are lifting the vehicle and frame up, bolting this "drop bracket" onto the bottom so you get increased shock length but you clearance (on the front end) is not changed from stock because of said bracket. So the best that you can do is avoid systems that utilize this bracket and basically go with better LCAs and UCAs that give you a greater angle to lift.

So if you look at this link: http://cdn.roughcountry.com/media/ca...nstalled-1.jpg This is an FJ with a 6 inch lift. You can see how tall the vehicle sits, but if you look at the front you see the big bracket sitting at stock height between the tires just asking to get hit. This kit allows you to run 35 inch tires.

Now if you look at this link and scroll down: http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118498 the drop box is gone, the angle on the control arms and the length are increased to allow for bigger shocks, more lift, stability, etc and you still get the clearance. This kit will give you around 4 inches of lift and with proper spacing and alignment will let you run 35s as well. (33s are recommended for high speed allowing full travel, but low speeds not so much), now this picture there is obviously more going on with the shocks, but what I am saying to focus on is the middle section comparing a bracket to non-bracket.