need answers on 3.5 fabtech lift and cv angles?

[99taco]

hey I have a 99 tacoma with 32x11.50x15 with 15x10 eagle alloys and the 3.5 inch fabtech suspension lift. The truck looks sick and It has been lifted for four months. The problem I have is I keep ripping cv boots I know the reason is the lift and the angle on the cvs. My question is does any one know if there is something I can get to fix that problem or do I need to get the pro-comp 4inch or the fabtech 6inch and swap it out.

[suv]

I ran the 3.5" Downey kit for a while, and I got about 50k out of a set of CV boots. You could crank it down a bit to prolong the life of the boots, install some manual lockout hubs (that way the CV axle won't spin unless you lock the hubs), or change to a different style of lift.

[VernonSH]

You can't lift your truck more than 2.25" or 2.5" with automatic hubs. If you had it higher than that not only will you rip cv boots, you run a really good chance of wrecking your cv joints, and that's where the big money is. Those kits for converting to manual hubs is awesome, but they will run you around $1000 for it all. One option you have is to try out a company called MecaTech. They make cv boots for our trucks, that are meant to withstand greater angles. The other thing to think about is, if you want to spend a grand on that manual hub kit, you can spend another 300 or 400 and get a trailmaster 6" kit and have much more impressive gains and keep the angle stock. Good luck!

[texan81]

A diff drop would relieve some of the stress on the CV Joints. Check out www.confedsuspensions.com

[nickbo]

the revtek 3" kit had the same problem for quite a while, until they added a diff hanger in the kit, you might need to look into it. i know cornfed has some good stuff or you might be able to contact revtek and get one from them. good luck