Digging into the archives on my old runner here. These must be 10 years old. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

In the first pic you can see the tie rod end just above axle center line.


After the lift, the tie rod end is above the rotor.



In both cases, the tie rods are still basically parallel with the a-arms.
(You can see the old Downey idler arm brace in those pictures too.)


The TC idler keeps everything in its stock location otherwise you would have to do something on the other side (steering box/pitman arm) to match.
Here is a thread from when I installed my TC idler on my T100 about 2 years and 40k miles ago:
http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB11&Number=985937