Tell me what you want out of a suspension kit.

Without letting too many cats out of the bag, I'd like to know what you would like to see in a performance oriented adjustable coil-over (all 4 corners) lift / suspension kit.

Thoughts and ideas ONLY, I will not say anymore than I have already.

Mike

I obviously don't have a 4th gen, but I'd think a significant hurdle would be dealing with shocks for the X-Reas system, especially if you only replace 2 of the 4 shocks. I'd guess that would be a huge PITA just to figure out what to change if it can be changed. It would probably be quite a while before any aftermarket shock mfg'ers figure out longer shocks that can actually get incorporated into the X-Reas system.

FWIW, it's extremely difficult to get xreas here in Ca, unless one gets the sport model. I believe this also goes for NV and AZ. The dealer said we could order one from colorado if we wanted to pay $400 more for shipping.

How about cross linked shocks?

I keep grinding in my head on ideas for a remotely controlled front roll bar disconnect..

Where you would essentially cut the roll (anti-sway) bar in the center, weld each side into a coupling/bearing to hold them in place, and remotely (air/electric) operated mechanism to lock the two sides together or let them operate independently.. And can't have hardly any tolerances or it's going to rattle..

All other disconnect ideas seem to be a pain...

XREAS won't work with what I'm scheming up, or it will have to be removed all together. Nor will it be cheap. There will be a number of custom components that I will have to design and build.

Sway bars, yeah, I've given that a great deal of thought as well. Circle track guys have some technology that may be adaptable... With the amount of on the shelf hardware that is out there for end links, etc. a shopping cart could be filled, you just have to know where to look. McMaster Carr, Grainger and a handful of local Industrial supply houses have more junk than I could shake a stick at.

I priced a brand new '04 at the dealer yesterday, SR5, center diff lock, some HD options, base everything else (base is pretty loaded), and a V8. $31,100.00 out the door, taxes and all. I'm thinking dual purpose wheeler / tow rig. The Tundra is nice, but I've gotten used to having an SUV.

I dunno, call it mid-life crisis if you will, but I need something to work on 'cause the 3rd Gen. is done.

Mike

Front: Coilovers
Rear: Shock/Coil
The usual 3" of lift or more as long as the CV's don't go bad.
XREAS - eh just remove it if they have it

Other options that would be nice:
Swaybar disconnects
Some kind of Total Chaos/ATS Upper A-Arms
That should keep us busy for awhile!