I just bought some aluminum 3rd gen wheels for my truck and before i go and spend 1200 dollars on some toyos at2 35x12.5x17 i want to get things right. First things is i know the tires will rub the trailing arms i just hope not bad I hear only at full lock which i cant full lock anyway because my truck came with 37 x 13.5 and spacers so they rub the fender wells and the fenders have been trimed so i can deal with that. Second how can i measure my leveling kit spacers they seem to be squashed at this point and maybe should get some new ones not sure. The reason of that is they say leveling kits will pull your axle toward the cab so whats the input for that do i need to get a adjustable trac bar and trailing arm and finally a drop down pitman arm for powersteering. I am new to this still and just dont want to throw money away because first thing i am doing is changing shocks and ball joints for the new tires. Also its a 96 if that matters.

 

The right way to do it is get actuall coil springs that will do the two inch lift instead of spacers, and then get longer lower control arms to re center you axel, and to avoid the death wobble get an adjustable trac bar. It the way i want to do it you could get a different pitman arm, but I have not heard to manny issues about that since it does go to a joint on the tie rods. Hope I helped. I know there a company that sells a leveling kit with the coil springs and new shocks its more expensive than spacers but youll never have to worry about them again.

 

I agree, well said RH!