is $375 a good price to put 3inch add a leafs, 1 1/2 bj spacers, shocks, and t bar crank on my truck? thats the cheapest ive found around here and id rather pay then me do it myself cuz i have no idea how to put any of that on

 

You should consider putting it on yourself. It would give you valuable knowledge about your truck, and there are plenty of knowledgable people here on the forum that could help walk you through it. Do you have any tools?

 

I would do it yourself if you have access to tools. For one just imagine what else you could spend 375 on. Secondly like colsoncj said, it is valuable knowlege.

 

I'd do it myself, but $375 sounds like a fair deal to me.

 

well i really do want to do it myself.. just i so could get a little hands on like yall said but im just 17 and my dad said he would rather i let someone else do it so it would be done right what kind of tools would be needed besides wrenches and what not

 

Dude, parents are like that, im the same age as you and mine seem to love to crush my plans on what i want to do with my truck. But my truck caught on fire the day i bought it, and them seeing/helping me work on it really relaxed them about me working on vehicles, now they make me do most of their maintenance. I think once you show them you can do something on it correctly, they won't worry about it.

I ended up putting a 4" lift and Cruiser coils on with my cousin, with basic hand tools/ a jack and jackstands in our drive way.

I think you could do it

Also if its your money, tell them you want to do what you want with the money you earned. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.

Good luck

 

alright man thanks ill try some of that.. and yea it is my money ive been working 6 and 7 days a week trying to save up

 

I put the lift on my dads 08 tacoma and I'm only 17...age doesn't really matter its your experience that matters, if you haven't worked on vehicles very long and don't think you have the skills to do it then pay the 375 thats a good deal especially if they allign it afterwards

 

But I also had access to a lift which made life easier, but doing it in the garage could be done! It'd just take longer...

 

i dont have a lot of experience as faras suspension wise. and yea thats aligning it to

 

Do it yourself. Learning to do things such as this NOW will save you a LOT of money in the years to come.

Everyone started somewhere.

 

Exactly!

 

well thanks guys a lot im gonna give it a try

 

There is also a couple wright-ups on here, search bj spacers or something like that.

 

Its really not that bad. Once you get in there you realize its not complicated, just time consuming (at first).

I can tell you the tools you will probibly need to do this lift.

- Grinder/cut off wheel to trim your a-arms for the bj spacers
- A good socket set + open ended wrenches
- Some clamps for the leafs
- Hammer and punch
- Lots of pb blaster or similar penetrent
- Blocks of wood (must be strong) or preferebly metal to jam under the bumpstop to keep your a-arm up.


Just a question, do you have new u-bolts and center pins for your add-a-leafs? If not, get them!

I can explain in further detail how to do these if you want. But like 904_runner said, there is writups online how to do these things.

P.s, once you add your bj spacers your alignment will be way out. You will likley have excess toe in and negitive (I think thats the one) camber. Make sure your tie-rods are not seized like mine were so you can at least get it in the ballpark so you can get to the shop. Or you can align it yourself