Improve Ride Quality

I recently traded my Ram Rebel for a 24 Tundra TRD OR Limited. It's a great truck but I miss the ride quality of the Ram a little bit. The Tundra is a little too jittery and responsive over small bumps in the road. I'm already planning on replacing my 20" wheels with 18" wheels. Anything else I can do to improve the Tundra ride quality?

 

Check tire pressure using chalk test.

 

Upgrade to better shocks struts?
I got used to my 2022 horrible ride after 1.5 years.

 

Agree with the chalk line across tread face already mentioned. Personally I like using a tread depth gauge for new tires, monitor and record the depth and edge wear over the first several thousand miles and adjust pressures for even wear. If you’re running lower than stock suggested pressures, lay your hand on the tread face and sidewall after a drive to make sure you’re not creating excessive heat which will deteriorate your tires prematurely. However, going from 20” to 18” rims will benefit ride and noise characteristics more dramatically. On my ‘23 limited 4x4 non OR with 20’s I’m currently at 34r-39f unless I load up the bed or tow. If so I bump the rears up to whatever’s on the door…

 

I'm not sure what is the best combination between ride quality and OR capability. My 2024 SR5 (non-OR) has the stock shocks and 18" wheels and has a very nice and comfortable ride on the road. When I go over the speed hump on a nearby road at a moderate speed I'm wishing for a different set of shocks. The stock shocks are very bouncy and I now slow down much more than I did before. My 2005 Tundra XSP handled the speed hump much better than my 2024 even though it's shocks/springs were 19 years old.

I'm thinking about upgrading the shocks on my 2024 but I don't really want to give up the ride quality on the highway. I'm not sure there is a "best of both worlds" configuration.

It seems odd to me that Toyota is putting 20" wheels on their off road trucks. Form over function I suppose. I replaced the 20" wheels that came with my 2005 with 17" and BGF AT2's. Got tired of grinding the rims every time I nudged a curb.

 

These trucks (at least my SR5) really do poorly on wash boarded roads with no load in the back. Bounce all over. Certain concrete roads do the same. I haven’t put my finger exactly on the condition of the concrete road yet, but my old Tacoma did poorly in that same scenario. There isn’t enough weight back there IMO. If the bed is loaded it rides much better. Maybe partly due to the composite bed, it’s so lightweight already.

 

Hard to believe anyone would think these ride rough , I mean I lost a few teeth from my 2016 , lol.

although , comfort mode for the win

 

When I changed from 265/60-20 tires and wheels to 265/70-18 tires and wheels it made a huge difference for the better in the handling and ride of my 1794 edition.

 

I have a '24 Platinum with TRD OR Package. I thought the ride was good, but when I changed to Michelin Defender LTX tires in 275/60/20 I was amazed how much better it was. The stock Falken's are just crappy tires.

 

To be fair, it’s only on washboarded dirt roads, it just bounces around a lot more than I think it should. On the highway it’s the King of the Road comfortable.

 

For on road small bump compliance, biggest tires you can fit in load range c on 17s and kings custom tuned from someone like accutune for a Cadillac ride. You'll give up some stability, Sway control, and big bump absorption but that's the way to maximize on road chatter