What should I do?

Just bought this 2000 tundra 2wd AC, I want the front to be level with the back end. What setup would you recommend, won’t be doing any off-roading mainly using truck to tow. I’m looking for a good quality- budget friendly setup for suspension. I’ll be doing tires and wheels aswell, what’s a tire with a somewhat aggressive tread that isn’t noisy on the road but makes the truck look good!

 

Awe, it’s my truck when it was a baby

Welcome. Start here https://www.tundras.com/threads/so-you-wanna-buy-just-bought-a-1st-gen-tundra-eh.115928/
Read the first two posts, understand them and then if you have any questions, we will be glad to answer them.

I may be a bit bias, but I think blacking out the chrome and painting those starfish gold would look tits

 

This ^^^^ and after that since you said budget friendly, did not select spacers but did this

https://www.tundras.com/threads/wha...-gen-tundra-today.2558/page-2268#post-3836537

Pros and cons here with this setup (e.g. less enexpensive than some other options ... and not spacers ... but stiffer than some other options too).

Lots of experience will come from others.

 

Definitely read the thread @The Black Mamba linked, it has all of our collective knowledge. Pay close attention in the suspension/wheels/tires section, it has the info you need for now.

Be sure to check the frame out carefully. More info also in that thread.

Beyond that, showing us pics of the current suspension, front and rear, to look for weird shit previous owners may've done, and disasters waiting to happen (like aftermarket lower ball joints), and things you may need to refresh would be helpful.

Knowing what engine you have (V6, V8) could help us give you other guidance too, you left that out of your vehicle profile.

 

Everything you need to know is in that post.

 

And depending on how much weight you're going to tow, you might need to build up the rear suspension a bit. Some of the methods to build up the rear suspension result in a lift. So I wouldn't settle on any lift amount for the front until you know how high the back will end up being.

 

Since you said you’re wanting to level out the front with the rear, and you’re planning to tow, the simple solution is to hook up a trailer to the hitch. BOOM, you just killed two birds with one stone. As for you wanting different tires and wheels for towing, i totally agree. Search for a set of used oem tundra “Patrick” wheels and then go out and buy a new set of 245/70/16 tires. And since you already own the Patrick wheels, this only means you’ll need to buy new tires. All that money you want to spend on a lift and bigger mud tires for towing, i’d put towards installing either 4:10 or 4:30 ring and pinion gears in the rear axle, and a firestone airbag leveling kit.

 

This is a very good point. Put a 800+ pound camper in the back of my truck for a month, and even with my Sumo Springs, it still flattened my leaf springs enough that my truck now sits almost perfectly level after taking the camper out.

Of course my rear suspension is totally blow and now I need new leaf springs and shocks, but...I'm level.