Wescott desighn preload collar

[EverestgreenDave]

Bought a 26 trd orp hybrid . Want to lift the front mostly for cosmetic purposes. Maybe some mild off road in future but its a familly vehicle for now and a expensive one at that . I bought a wescot preload collar kit but haven't installed it yet. How much strain am I going to be putting on the oem suspention components doing this ? I was planning not using the top spacer to keep at at 2 inches in a hope to keep the alignment as factory as possable. How is everyone's cv axle angles looking after this kit? Anyone feel like tbey need different uca after this ? Also can you achieve factory alignment after ? I want to keep this vehicle for a long time and dont want to prematurely wear parts if i dont have to but at same time I'd like the truck just a bit taller in front at least .

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[Climbandroll]

Bought a 26 trd orp hybrid . Want to lift the front mostly for cosmetic purposes. Maybe some mild off road in future but its a familly vehicle for now and a expensive one at that . I bought a wescot preload collar kit but haven't installed it yet. How much strain am I going to be putting on the oem suspention components doing this ? I was planning not using the top spacer to keep at at 2 inches in a hope to keep the alignment as factory as possable. How is everyone's cv axle angles looking after this kit? Anyone feel like tbey need different uca after this ? Also can you achieve factory alignment after ? I want to keep this vehicle for a long time and dont want to prematurely wear parts if i dont have to but at same time I'd like the truck just a bit taller in front at least .

I bought it used on here and installed it myself on my 25 TRD ORP. Leveled rake and significantly reduced nose dive braking. Alignment right after and all is well. I will run it with OEM TRD ORP Bilsteins for duration of their useful life then replace with something like OME MT64, including UCAs. Tires will need to be replaced before that so WD collar should help ensure no fuss only going up to 275 70 18.

I used the top spacer. My coils had already settled at ~1 year / 19k miles by time of install so it only raised the front body up like 2". I have some additional weight too (full roof rack, full skids, and rock rails).

I'm also about to install aftermarket front and rear bump stops (front via OEM LC 250 bolt on frame mount towers) so not worried about the stock UCAs making it 80k - 100k which is what I hope to squeeze out of the OEM Bilsteins. I have no reason to believe the stock UCAs would'nt last the life of the truck without exceeding moderate abuse.

If I weren't installing bumps, I wouldn't be worried about the integrity of the stock UCAs running with the WD collar necessarily. I'd be more concerned with the integrated front bump atop the front shock tower. But for the majority on road and moderate off that I'm doing, the new bumps should protect just fine, even with the preliad collar in there.