looking for a lift or leveling kit for my 06 tundra 4x2

does anyone know if you can put the Rancho RS 9000XL coilover lift kit on an 06 4x2 tundra?

 

WELCOME!

 

Welcome.

Dont waste your time with Rancho. Bilstein 5100’s are hard to beat for a budget leveling kit.
https://bilsteinlifts.com/shop/toyo...ront-rear-shocks-for-2000-2006-toyota-tundra/

 

X2. Much better quality than Rancho.

 

thanks. do you know the cost for installing them by a professional or dealership?

 

When I was getting my lift together, my dealer told me 4.5-5 hours for coilover install plus shackles, so I’d assume probably 3 hours of labor for just the front. Shop rates vary.

 

Varies depending on your local shops labor rates. Like Zach said, shouldn’t be more than 3 hours for the coilovers. You can also do it yourself with help from a buddy.

 

Rent a coil spring compressor from autozone or oreillys. I’ve done a few and doesn’t take too long.

 

great advice fellas thanks.

 

I could do the front in an hour flat but shops will give you book price. Probably 2 hours for the front.

 

Yeah buddy. My Billy styns 5100 are nice. I’m mostly road hauling and towing and they perform very well. They are firm and ‘sporty’ when regular driving. My off road consists exclusively of sand driving but haven’t tested them yet on the granules. They’ll be nice I’m sure.

Did the setting up front one step up from stock. Rears are non adjustable.

Those Ranchers seemed expensive compared to the billys which got great reviews from everyone here. Glad I did them.

 

follow up question now. Is it better to get the front leveling kit or the front and rear lift? Because review's on the product say to set the circlip at position 3 otherwise there is too much lift in the front vs the rear.

 

The link I provided is just shocks. If you want to lift the rear you would need an add a leaf(aal) for the rear leaf pack. If you want to keep the rear stock, just keep the front 5100’s at the 3rd notch. It might still be a little nose high, especially when towing or hauling. But then again, the front coils, being 12 years old, might have sagged and won’t give you the full lift height.

 

Keep in mind true lifts kits will start messing your mechanicals up. With the Billys, in my case I didn’t need a lift but wanted to level the rake a little bit which in reality didn’t happen because I got a little lift on the rear shocks too (not suppose to happen but it did because my trailer hook up needs to be higher now to connect). I did not want the full level effect because I tow and full level is not good with towing.

Wished I had done some measurements, but didn’t but I’d say the truck ‘lifted’ overall on all 4 corners about 1/2”. Its a cheap way to get good shocks without messing up your mechanicals whilst achieving a mild rise in height.

 

that is good advice thanks.