Leveling kit ‘03 Tundra

I was wondering if anyone has any pros or cons on this subject. I’m considering doing this to my truck.

 

check out the suspension forum. All about posts of lifts and suspension upgrades. Check the stickies at the top- guide to different lifts.

 

Hi there and welcome. Before we can really give you advice, we need to know what are your plans for the truck, what leveling kits are you currently looking at and most importantly what is your budget? Strictly going to drive the truck on the street, or are you going to off-road your truck even occasionally? If you haven't changed many parts on your truck's front end especially since it is so old, they can start showing their age after you install a leveling kit, keep that in mind.

There are 'right' and 'wrong' ways to change your truck's ride height depending on what you're going to do with it. After market upper control arms might be something you need if you're approaching the 3" of lift range in the front. Also a good alignment after everything is installed. My personal advice is to not look into a spacer leveling block that goes on your existing front shocks; that's akin to putting a horse in high heels in my mind. Spacers work for some, but they cause problems for others. Plenty of good threads on all types of lifts on this forum.

 

I really appreciate the advice. I am fairly new at this and I like the truck so I don’t want to screw anything up. Hopefully someday I’ll be able to help some else.

 

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Looks beautiful!

I would maybe start looking at a Bilstein 5100 kit and go from there. It will provide a better ride than stock and doesn't break the bank. The shock has different "levels" or perches you can set the coil spring at to raise the front to different heights. The shock will either come 1. assembled with a coil spring on it, or 2. it will be shipped to you where you re-use the coil that's on your current shock or a coil of your choice. The coil you use with the shock will play into the equation of how high the truck will end up sitting. Hope this steers you in the right direction.

One last thing, if your lower ball joints have not been serviced recently, you'll want to replace those with OEM parts during this work as it's a known failure point.