2011 RW with...leveling kit?

There's a pair of front shocks/springs I've found for $125 delivered with 20k on them. Good deal?

 

Meh $125 for 20k miles isn't horrible but I think I'd rather pay a little more for less miles.

 

Fair enough...now that I've started looking, I'm wondering if I just want to maybe spend a little more on some better shocks (5100?) and swap the springs over (or find some springs). I've done suspension work on my cars before so it's not too intimidating.

What's recommended for a daily driver with no expected off-road use? About the only thing I'd ever really tow would be our kayaks, which are not heavy and have an aluminum trailer (I've towed it with the Prius and Ioniq in the past!). Worst-case maybe our trailer for hockey, but that would be super rare (5x7 enclosed with gear...maybe 1,500-2,000 at max). Would the 5100 be overkill? I don't need adjustability I would think...

 

5100 are good. But IMO just marginally better than the bilsteins they put on the trucks from the factory. I had them on my Tacoma, adjusted to like 1 inch of lift and they rode stiff and rough, probably because I preloaded the coil springs. But either way i wasnt a fan for the money they cost compared to some OEM takeoffs

 

5100s will raise the front a bit(.87" at bottom/lowest setting)
I bought some, still in my spare room though...waiting for tires and either AAL or shackles for rear.
Lots of tundra have them and there are a bunch of posts on them if you want to research.
Should be able to get them new and installed for the price your throwing out there.

 

I would scrape a little of the paint away on the rear axle to see if the is rust under there. Could be trapping water in there.

 

That looks like the Supreme Suspension brand spacer that I had on mine before I swapped. If I recall, their instructions have you rotate the strut assembly 180 degrees before reinstalling it after putting the spacer on. However, that wont matter if you are replacing the whole assembly. On that note, there is not enough room to just lower the strut a little and pull the spacer off. There isn't enough room between the strut mount and the threads that the spacer goes over. Loosening the lower control arms bolts and lowering it all the way makes life the simplest. Readylift has a good video that you can reference.

 

Okay...so geez, looking at what RL includes in their kit, what I have on there appears to be just a spacer (can you tell looking at the pics if anything else is non-factory?)? Makes me think even more the sooner I can get it out of there the better off I'll be. I'd want to make 100% sure that if there *are* any other aftermarket suspension bits on there, such as spacers, etc. to re-align it after the lift, that I'm prepared to replace those back to stock.

Great tip on the video...they make it look so easy with this stuff. I should be able to get the job done in ~11 mins per side like the video shows, right? (8 years of WI winters and the fact I'm doing it in the driveway might say otherwise!)

 

Looks like this is the factory bumpstop?

 

And could anyone confirm for me if the rear looks like it has a spacer? It's in the third pic...but not knowing what a regular factory suspension setup looks like offhand, I don't know if I should plan on removing that or not.

 

Is there something specific you're seeing where I should scrape it away to test?

 

Sorry for multiple posts in a row...just typing out my thoughts/questions as they come to me here. Would someone be able to point me to some diagrams or instructions for suspension work, specifically I'm looking for the torque settings for all the bolts and pieces I'm going to have to undo (I do have a torque wrench and an air impact driver as well).

Is there anything else I should consider replacing while I'm under there? There's no obvious squeaks or rattles or anything weird that I've noticed, so I'm going to assume that most of the other stuff (bushings, etc.) are in okay condition. The less I have to do, the better! lol

 

Last one for right now: it appears this is the factory rear u-bolt and setup, no spacer? Or is the red part I circled an aftermarket spacer block in there? It's a little hard to tell with it all being coated, so I'm hoping someone who is more familiar with this will be able to tell from a simple visual: