Suspension Help Please!

[viter]

as stated above, UCA's do not provide extra height or space for tires to fit in, just extra bit of wheel travel (probably down travel since up travel is limited by factory rubber bump stops, while down travel is limited by the shock) - so your fornt tires will be able to drop down a bit lower at full droop. plus this extra small bit of down travel is only useable if you have the right shock that will droop down that bit lower, like the donahoe extended travel shocks. so in short, do NOT buy uca's unless you are planning on desert racing or just have money to waste...

to clear 33" tires you might have to do some clearancing on the truck. I would suggest checking TTORA for lots of usefull info on this - www.ttora.com.

my suggestion with big tires would be to get the lift and then test where the tires rub at full compression and full steering lock, then get your saw/mallet/etc. out and start clearancing away... unless there is a wheel that will work better (like with a different back spacing)...

 

[barlowrs]

Hey everyone, THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP!

i think i am going to go with the same setup Bergger, the OME system with possible SAW's up front. That will hopefully leave me with some money for other items. Now i jsut need to scrounge all the money together and purchase it. Hopefully i can take car of the installation myself too..haha.

once again, thanks for eveything, this forum is going to be a nice source of information for me, i appriciate it.

 

[slooowr6]

Hey everyone, THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP!

i think i am going to go with the same setup Bergger, the OME system with possible SAW's up front. That will hopefully leave me with some money for other items. Now i jsut need to scrounge all the money together and purchase it. Hopefully i can take car of the installation myself too..haha.

once again, thanks for eveything, this forum is going to be a nice source of information for me, i appriciate it.

One more thing to know before you spend your $. OME rear leaf is great for carrying load, a requirement for exp truck, but it lifts the rear 2 1/2". There are some people with 05+ Taco experience drive shaft vibration after they lift the rear that much, some have no problem at all. You can read more on this on toyotanation there are a lot of post on this topic. If you go with OME rear lift, you need to raise the front to keep the truck level so with the rear at 2 1/2" higher it's normal to lift the front 2 1/2" to balance it out. 2 1/2" is about the highest you want to go without after market UCA. You also need to find a good alignment shop to do front wheel alignment for the front if you lift the front 2 1/2". The stock alignment spec does not apply to a truck with 2 1/2" lift. You truck will run at a position lower in it's suspention travel. Just want you have more info before spend the $$. :wavey:

 

[Schattenjager]

The stock alignment spec does not apply to a truck with 2 1/2" lift. Your truck will run at a position lower in it's suspention travel. Just want you have more info before you spend the $$. :wavey:

:26_7_2: You just gotta love Expedition Portal.

 

[slooowr6]

:26_7_2: You just gotta love Expedition Portal.

How's your 235/86/16? I'm 75% leaning getting the 235, 25% want to get the 265/75/16. With a 1100lb camper on the back I just can not make up my mind for what tire I'm going to get. On the plus side I should have enough time to figure that out, I only have 6000 miles on stock tires, with thread wear index at 300. I think I should a least get 25k out of them. :REExeSquatsHL1:

 

[Schattenjager]

Greetings! I really love the 235/85/16s. I was motivated that way by some VERY capable Rovers. They did not have a lot of lift over these same BFG AT's and wound up leaving some pretty “cool” looking rigs behind. Overkill aint always a good thing.
I like the the tall tire with a narrow footprint for may reasons. One of the primary is the weight is almost the same as stock. I am sensitive to mechanical wear from big meats and these guys give me the 32” i was looking for, no extra weight, and the ease of driving a very trackable rig. Moving them to the Tacoma from the Discovery was a stroke of genius, if I do say so myself. The lighter Tacoma really rides well on the tires and there is plenty of room for them. Interstate stability is inspiring too...
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