Fantastic Four Buildup - '07 Toyota Tundra

The spindles and lower control arms needed to be separated so the spindles could be pulled out to make room for the removal of the coilovers. The ball joints on the spindles were clamped onto the spindles with three bolts, so this exercise didn't require the ball joint to be broken. (This picture is of the bottom pointing left.)

The sway bars were unbolted from the control arms and then the coilovers were removed.

Here, the factory coil is lying next to the McGaughys shorter aftermarket coil. The new spring was installed into the coilover assembly, then the front suspension was put back together.

Moving on to the rear suspension, what we had was a flip kit where the axle was moved from below the leaf springs to above them. Here, you can see the factory U-bolts that clamp the leafs to the axle being unbolted.

The shackles that attach the leafs to the frame were removed, as well. Notice the OE and longer aftermarket shackles compared to each other. The new shackles were bolted onto the ends of the leaf springs. There were two sets of bolts on the parts of the shackles that attach to the frame, which give the option to go low or lower. We chose lower.

The leafs were bolted back into place below the rear axle. Here, you see the aftermarket cradle that bolts to the tops of the leafs and upon which the axle rests.

The mounting points for the brake lines and sensor wires interfered with the fitment of the aftermarket bump stops, so they were sawed off and the brake line and sensor wire were later attached to the new bump-stop assemblies that were secured to the top of the axle with the aftermarket U-bolts.

New shocks replaced the OE models. And that was it

We took the D'Vinci Vento wheels and Nitto 420S tires to a shop to get them mounted and then had to rush off to take the overall "after" shots. It was difficult to get a good close up of the wheels and tires with the environment we had, so we added these two images to give you a better idea of what the D'Vinci Vento and Nitto NT420S 295/35R24 tires look like. Note the 5x150 bolt pattern on the Tundra.