- [Brad] Hey guys, Brad here with Custom Offsets,
(mumbles) episode lifts and levels.
This one is very exciting, cuz it's for a Toyota
and we never get Toyota's in here.
And there's a lot of Toyota guys out there
that are always asking us to do a Toyota kit,
so we're finally gonna do one for you.
This is the BDS four-and-a-half-inch kit here,
the cross member kit,
I believe the years split on Toyotas is '07 to '14,
no '07 to '15 Tundra I'm talking about, not Tacoma,
and then '16 and up.
This one's going on a 2014 Tundra,
so this will be the '07 to '15 kit.
The newer one's are pretty much the same,
same installation steps.
So, obviously we got these
new lower control arm drop cross-members,
and you can see that these things are quite massive.
On the Toyotas here the Tundras,
and then everything else you'd expect.
One thing that's a little different is
rather than a top strut spacer,
they use a lower strut spacer on these kits,
which is a little different.
And because of this you cannot use this on the TRD Pros
which have the factory bilstein coilovers.
And it's also not recommended to use them on the
Tundras that come with the factory yellow bilsteins,
cuz the shock body actually doesn't fit in here properly,
so that's just something to look out for.
There's a note for it on the website,
in case you are unsure.
So, standard stuff here.
Got the lift knuckles,
strut spacers.
We got our differential drops
and everything like that as you would expect.
This is a one-piece skid plate.
The Tundras are a little different,
they have a flat bottom on them,
a little different than some of the other trucks.
Another nice thing about BDS is they include
these weld in reinforcement panel plates.
So we cut the crossmember,
the factory crossmember on there,
when you're lowering the front diff down
they give you these plates to
basically weld in place where you've cut
to reinforce everything back up, which is nice.
New sway-bar end links.
They give you these nice new tie rod ends
so you're not cutting your factory tie rods
or anything to make them fit.
And then, lots of hardware as you can see on these kits.
They've got some new bump stops in here,
and other stuff like that.
Some cam adjustment plates.
This customer decided to go with the Fox two point ohs
in the rear which is always a good option.
You can get the normal ex twos
but he upgraded to the Fox two point ohs.
And then for the back just simply gonna be
some blocks in the back.
Some blocks, these are tapered blocks for the rear.
And then new U bolts, and that's for the back.
So, pretty standard stuff.
But it's a little different cuz it's on a Toyota.
And we're gonna go install it.
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Alright, everyone, we have the BDS four-inch lift
installed here on the Tundra.
We got it up in the air so you can see the components
like normal after the install.
Got the new tie rods on here that BDS provided,
which is nice - no messing around with cutting
the factory ones or anything like that.
We got our massive new lift knuckles up here
which are going to correct your ball joint angles.
As you can see, the truck's at full-droop on the lift
and the factory upper ball joint is neatly close
to being maxed out.
Lower control arm drop crossmembers are in place.
One thing to note, is, you can't run factory wheels
on this kit, we actually just tried it to see.
Even with the factory 20s it actually contacts
the tie rod right about here.
So you have to run the after market wheel
with enough off-set, basically to move it away from this.
Suppose you could run it with a factory wheel with a spacer,
but not sure on the sides if you can get that far into it.
As you can see, the new sway bar end links are here,
these massive, beefy, heim joint links.
BDS uses a roller strut spacer on these kits,
which is a little different.
Pros and cons to it -
pros is it's a little bit more aesthetically pleasing
as you don't see the strut spacer up on top.
One of the cons is you got to be careful on what struts
these trucks have cuz the Tundras
come with different beilsteins and blah blah blah,
and the bodies are actually different diameter.
They may not work, that's why BDS notes that.
And then as you can see, we got the skid plate here.
It's a flat belly on the Tundras here, which is kinda nice.
It drops this down
and it's protected completely with the new skid plate.
And really that's about it up front, I believe.
In the back, Banker didn't take the back wheel off
so we can't really see anything.
But, there's not much to see.
You can probably come around the back and check it out.
Just gonna be blocks in the back with a new U bolt.
And then, customer went with Fox two point ohs
to upgrade the shocks.
You can see there's some brake line relocation brackets
that need to be done, which are all included in the kit.
See this is gonna be for the diff vent,
and then brake line relocation bracket.
Once again, this truck is at full-droop
and they're not tight. They look tight, but they're not.
And that's at full-droop so it'll never really,
I guess unless you're jumping it,
you're not really gonna have a problem.
And, really, that's pretty much it.
I don't think there's any,
yeah, you don't have to re-route the e-brake cable
or anything like that.
That's gonna be it. Pretty much.
BDS four-inch,
on a, what year is this Tundra?
- [Man] '14.
- On a 2014 Tundra.
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