dcestnik
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my only experience has been with tacomas and 4runners. at least with these anything under 2" is fine. anything over and start having to run spacers/offset wheels to not rub on the upper control arm and probably recommended to get aftermarket upper control arms to correct the alignment issues. on my truck ive got 175k on its lift. so far no failed ball joints or cvs and have ran some pretty rough trips. have had both cv boots leak after ~140k miles but that might not be attributable to the lift.
if its a leveling kit that just uses a spacer, they've been known to snap shocks. next cheapest option is bilsteins which have a movable ring to adjust ride height. tons of people run these and they mostly dont have problems. the better option would be to have a matched set of coils to the shocks. not sure whats highly regarded for full sizes but in toyota-land old man emu, bilsteins and dobinsons are commonly named. the best option would be to also match a lift in the rear so you restore some rake.
if its a leveling kit that just uses a spacer, they've been known to snap shocks. next cheapest option is bilsteins which have a movable ring to adjust ride height. tons of people run these and they mostly dont have problems. the better option would be to have a matched set of coils to the shocks. not sure whats highly regarded for full sizes but in toyota-land old man emu, bilsteins and dobinsons are commonly named. the best option would be to also match a lift in the rear so you restore some rake.