3rd Gen Suspension Lift - MEGA THREAD

stock axle

 

It’s pretty much centered right now.

 

its possible to for the black axle to fall out with too much front droop from a kit like that. You may want to look into the red .5" longer axles.

 

Probably 3-4” rear unloaded. Loaded with gear it’s about 3” in the rear. The front is a Westcott 3” but I do have a winch and stealth bumper.

 

The droop is less than you'd think. At the level I have it cranked to, it's only like another 3" of droop. Also, I'm not gonna be rock crawling this massive truck, mainly setup for light offroad trails, camping, etc. I'll be visiting my buddy that owns an offroad fab shop later this week and I'll ask him about it. I appreciate the heads up!

 

Hey has anyone ran 2inch rear springs 0 load C59-841V on fox trd pro suspension.

 

What height did you go with for the rear coils?

 

Looks great. Seriously regretting going 35s!

 

Icon 1.25"
They claim it settles at .75" for my model (SR5 TRD SPORT) but I didn't really see that. It's been on a few days now and hasn't settled down yet. We'll see though

 

33s look ridiculous on this truck and 35s look a little small when you lift it. 37’s definitely seem to be a sweet spot

 

Some pics of the lift...

 

isn’t the rear height same on all the models ? So why would they settle more on an SR5 or sport ?

 

Not sure, might have to ask the icon rep about that. That's what they claimed on the spec sheet.

 

By the photos, it looks great to me! How much are you lifted in the front? My plat is lifted 2.5” up front so I’m debating to go with these or Dobinson 1”

 

Thanks elkaharn! So because the rear Icon coils lifted the 1.25" inches instead of the .75 I was told it would, we had to crank the fronts up pretty high to level the truck. That said, we cranked 8 times on both front coilovers from the stock King settings. Typically, King will send out their coilovers pretty set up for install with about a 2" lift. The 8 turns basically got us the the other inch for 3".

 

Eibach Pro Lift Stage 1 is released
Got my will call today
Front 2.6”
Rear 1.1”



(Check out that 3 banger last pic)

 

Nice! Just placed my order too!

 

How does eibach compere to other options?

 

Eibach didn’t share spring rates or specs with me.
I’ve had their Stage 1 kit on my previous 3rd Tacoma and close compared to a Bilstein 5100 setup. So it’s an entry level lift.

I need a pair of front lower shock collars from stock Bilstein Red shocks.
Posted a WTB in the marketplace.

 

Glad they came out with a kit but 2” shocks is def a no go for me.

 

installed the RCI HD bed rack hoping it would sag the rear a bit but it doesn't look like much changed...

 

Sweet looking truck! Noticed you kept the stock wheels. Running spacers of any sort? And curious as to what spacer lift you were running before. I want to level mine at some point. Probably just around 1.5" . . .I've read bad things here about spacers but a pretty reputable shop in my area said it would he fine for what I do. . Hard to see spending 1000 plus for coilovers when the spacers are pretty cheap. Thoughts?

 

Thanks! The Westcott spacer lift was cool but I only had those because there wasn't any other option when the truck first released. The ride was pretty harsh, not gonna lie (at least with the trd sport coils). With that said, if you're doing mostly street driving you'll be alright with them. I do have 1" wheel spacers as well mostly because I like the look a bit more. I'll eventually get new wheels when it's time for new rubber, these will do until then.

 

How’s the ride with it adjusted in the front? Im running 2” rear coil and stock front adjustment from kings and it has a bit of rake

 

How’s the ride ?

 

Not installed yet

 

So the King coilovers have adjusters for dampening. I have them on the softest setting and the ride quality is excellent. Not sure how they'd feel without the adjusters. I'll be playing with the settings a bit in the upcoming weeks to dial in the ride quality without them being too soft while breaking and cornering. I'd definitely crank em up a bit if there's too much rake. Hope that info helps!

 

it didn’t come with the lower collar ?

 

Emailed bilstein and fox last week. Both said by end of year!

 

The instructions say to reuse stock lower collar.
I want to pre assemble the fronts.