Fox 2.5 install questions/issues

This is a bit confusing, but sounds like you meant to say you added a spacer of some sort to the front to compensate for the lean. Was this done just for convenience? Do you know how tall that shim/spacer is?

I would highly suggest removing that spacer and adjusting preload as necessary to compensate for any lean. Thats the beauty of these high quality and expensive coilovers, they are adjustable to do this very thing. Adding that spacer, you have now changed the total extended & compressed length of that coilover. Now that shock will droop further than it should, which can cause a few different issues. The bump stop is also now too short, so the shock will likely bottom out before the bump stop engages.

 

1/4" spacer. Running 35" tires I'm measuring 41" ground to bottom of fender on both sides. I forgot to do a pre-install measurement, so not sure how much lift I'm getting.

 

If your bed is empty, get on a flat surface and measure all 4 fenders. At stock the rear is ~2.25" higher than the front. Tire pressure might screw up measuring from the ground... measure from the hub center, or top of tire.

 

41" front and 41-3/4" rear on both sides. I should have more rake than that with these +3 shackles in the rear. Sounds like I'm a little nose high.

 

+3 shackle is 1.75" lift, so you'd 41 front and 40 rear without it... ~3.25" lift in the front? Have you given it time to settle? Unless your rear tires have substantially lower pressure, that's going to make your rear measurement higher, also. Measure from the top of the tire, and see what you get.

 

I need to double check tire pressure.
My Tundra is not my daily driver but I've been trying to put some miles on it to get a feel for the shocks. What really surprised me is that the power delivery from the truck feels much greater after installing these coilovers. Cant really explain it but it "feels" stronger somehow. I wish I had done this to begin with, if anyone asks me I'm going to tell them to do it right or don't do it at all. This is the correct way to lift 3". No comparison to a spacer lift at all.