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I'm going to say, I am truly surprised on how this thing turned out.

I'm wanting to get a locking rear differential. This will help in any mild off-roading incounters I come across.

The fist picture is stock, and the second picture is how it presently sits.

So, as I was having my wheels installed. The wheel and tire installer said, The wheels are not going to fit. WTH, what now? So, the wheels will interfere with the upper control arms. I bought some 1.25 inch spacers. Hoping not to use them. Well, it turns out I needed them. Now, I am going to...

I measured the rear end height. 26 inches. Oh, crap 5 inch increase. I put Bilstein shocks in the rear. Done!!! I had to adjust my thinking because of height. I had The Bilstein 6112 for the front and it was on tthe lowest setting. I adjusted the spring clip to the middle setting (3.3 inch...

I decide to put a lift on it. I found a few links. And there I found my biggest problem. The rear axle!!!. The rearend was an IRS design. It required a coil spring compressor. This was a whole new game for me. So, I went and bought a set of springs from 1stgenoffroad.com. I bought an OME ARB...

So, tires was next on my list. I looked at many different tires. Nittos Ridge Grapplers, or Falken Wildpeak AT3W was on my short list. I have the Nittos on my Tacoma. I liked them and they are pretty aggressive looking. So, I kept looking at the tread. The Sequoia was a little mild manor. So...

In the meantime, I have been doing some researching. These gray rims was driving me nuts. So, I have been looking on Craigslist. I found some Tundra rims. They where put aside.

So, I have waited till I needed tires.

After having my SR5 Sequoia for a few months. There was a swashbuckling effect happing that I wasn't liking. So, I replaced the sway bars to a TRD Sway bar.(front, and back axles) It did improve, some. Then, I was wanting to replace the tires.