What have you done to your 2.5 gen Tundra today?

How many inches above stock did you go with the Alcan springs? Looks like 2” over stock high….

Also how any lbs over stock did you go with for the Alcan spring? 1000lbs…

looks good I would expect them to settle 1/4” to 1/2”.

I got a PRO and I am thinking of getting a set made @ 2” over stock and 1000lbs over stock.

 

Registration renewal In Arkansas is around $38 a year. No inspection or smog required. I pay $56 a year for having a specialized plate. They do get us with personal property tax on all owned property like cars, boats, atv’s etc. but with 5 cars, a travel trailer and a boat, my tax bill is less than $1000 annually.

 

But then you have to live in Arkansas......I'd rather pay the man lol jk........ kinda

 

It's only going to get worse. You know Tampa was identified as having the highest inflation rate in the country?

 

You are correct. It’s nearly insufferable here. I recommend everyone stay in their expensive, overpopulated and overregulated states. It’s also a very ugly state, you wouldn’t want to see it anyway.

 

Not as ugly as Tennessee!!

 

I beg to differ, although they do share their ugliest parts at the border between the two. (Bumping uglies?)

 

Thanks… Yeah I think they will settle some too after a few trips with the trailer… I went with 2” of lift with a 1” Alcan shackles and 800#’s over stock..I suggest you get your loaded truck Wt at the scales before you order… My estimation of my crap was way off!…LOL…. I stayed with Alcan shackles for two reasons: first, fit.. some members have had noise issues and movement with other brands…IDK if it makes a diff.. so far so good.. And 2nd, space.. I have a 35” spare under there and its tight… pretty sure CB wouldn’t fit…. I think the one thing I’m most impressed with is the solid feel from the backend … gone is the mushy(axle wrap?) feeling I got on acceleration… Feels like I can chirp it now.. if I could afford the gas…

 

I am truly just kidding , I've been there before , love the ozarks, but not for me. As long as you're happy there , cheers. I will say the ASP is the most YOLO dept I've ever seen in my life. I think real world police gets like 90% of their content from them lol if I ever visit again I'm using turn signals, speed limit , complete stops. Hell I may even throw in a bat signal and a bicycle hand signs just to be safe.

You know you're on the doodoo train when your dashcam more closely resembles HUD video from a fighter jet .

 

Picked up a shell for my truck for 1200 bucks!
Going to paint it when I paint my camaro

 

Gooood mouuurning….

 

This looks cool! Can you please post pics of the entire truck (from further back) so we can see how it looks with the truck color.

 

Well guys , made my first unforced error of the bumper build today , and it's a big one. I was trying to get the winch mounted today and subsequently the bumper as well. I did not have help today. So I moved the bum0er last night to the front of the truck with help from my son. I put down a drop cloth set it down gently, went inside went to bed. Got up today and started man handling the bumper on to the floor jack so I could in theory raise it on my own , position it to some waiting jack stands and mount the bumper..... great plan right ????? Once I got it on the floor jack it slid. I had a drop cloth between jack and bumper, didn't matter. Huge gash in the paint. I lost it said some curse words and should have stopped. I didn't. It was like a bird flailing in tar. Tried to reposition it , slid again, same result. One more time so it wouldn't just be laying crazy in my driveway , and again.....gash. so now I have a great looking bumper, with some pretty nasty paint gashes and need some ideas on how to fix them. I should have known the decision to paint was going to come back and get me ..... it always does.......

 

Post some pics of the damage so that we can see what we're looking at.

 

Ugh, that sucks man. If I were you I’d get it mounted, then repaint on the truck, just mask off and cover the surrounding panels to prevent overspray. Those bumpers can be heavy as hell and the last thing you wanna do is have repeat damage during install

 

Thanks for all the info, it really helps me out.

So you ended up lifting the back end up a total of 3” by the sounds of it…

Out of curiosity why did you decide to get longer shackles if you where already getting a set of custom leaf springs made? Could you not just have gotten Alcan to make a set of spring that are 3” over stock height and stick with OEM size shackles?

Not that it really matters, but when you mentioned your estimated weight (for your stuff) was way off did you over or under estimate?

 

I was thinking of doing just that. It may be the only way that makes a whole lot of sense.

 

These are the only two I could get without moving it more. There's also gouges in the front section I highlighted. They look the same as far as depth

 

Totally underestimated…. Originally was thinking 250lb’s would be enough.. didn’t want to screw up the ride and over do it kind of thinking …. Alcan shackles are close to OEM in size.. I had Toytec shackles on the truck… so I stuck with Alcan’s to avoid compatibility issues.

 

Toytecs will work with the Alcans.

 

Do you have any popping at all in the rear end? What torque specs did you use on everything?

 

You could probably sand it, mask everything off, and then spray it to blend it in.

 

Hahaha… I know they do… and I liked my Toytec shackles (red).. but they would have put my rear end up like 4.5” to 5”…. No… have no issues at all with my leafs.. and I make no claim to knowing wether or not Alcan shackles make a difference or not.. I just figured going his(Lews) shackles I would have more recourse if there was a problem…And they are almost identical to OEM… The rear shackles were torqued to 60 If remember right and they move freely with no binding… Only a week with them and haven’t towed with them so keeping my fingers crossed that nothin develops… And by the way… Thank you for all your posts over in the ‘Suspension’ section.. they helped a lot..

 

What grit and how many sanding progressions should I do?

 

Yes I have made a few posts over there from time to time lol.

 

Others will offer some input too but I'm thinking like 800? You really are just sanding it enough to take the rough edges out before spraying. @BlueRibbon4x4 has alot of painting experience....maybe he can help.

 

Hmmmm that’s only 23 miles away from me and I see they have sites available for this weekend

 

Don’t move to Pennsytuckie, $4.76 per gallon which includes the $.58 per gallon you have to pay towards taxes. You would think “wow, these roads are really smooth in Pennsylvania” then you realized you crossed the Maryland line.

 

Roads look smooth to me…. And at the forefront of the Green revolution…. Go Eagles… hahaha