Am I crazy?

I saw that and looked it up....no go

 

This thread is interesting

 

Spindles do the trick

 

here ya go http://www.engage-offroad.com/index.htm

they have alot more info on their kits on customtacos.com. here's some to get ya started.

http://www.customtacos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128720

http://www.customtacos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126340

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/southern-california/71715-whos-santa-barbara-13.html

just a few from last weekend. wasn't prerunning so nowhere to get some air but still got to beat on the kit and it didn't let me down.

 

^ this isn't ranger world

 

I agree

 

How'd that Ford get in here? lol

 

Is the game over???? Someone else has to have something badass to ad to this........

 

company called hell bent steel, based out of utah. it's a 2.5in lift, but becasue of the geometry of the suspension, the spacer itsself is barely over an inch.

here's my reasoning, tell me which part you believe is false:

1) by lowereing the whole strut by one inch, the shock still has the same amount of down travel, since you are not extending it with a preload spacer.
2) if the suspension is extended becasue of a lift, and it compresses enough to hit the bumpstop, you can say that it is traveling further to get there than a stock setup. (i can confirm it is making it to the stop becasue of the visible pain scuffs where i have hit them.
3) i know where you are coming from and the affects of bottoming out the shock itsself, but i believe you need a larger spacer to do that.

i'm not vouching for the quality of this style lift, it is obviosuly prefferable to have a good set of COs. i am simply saying that you get a little more travel.

 

thats pretty hard to beat...

 

Engage Offroad long travel... 4inches over, 16 inches of travel...

the kit bolts onto the stock frame...

 

that's another thing, i only have 265/70/17...i wish i had 285s sure it makes clearence cake...but who doesn't want bigger tires

 

Ok, We are trying to prove two different types of spacers. I've been talking about the ones that go above the spring this whole time. I am assuming that you are talking about the ones that go above the top hat. In that case I see what you mean. You have a valid point.

 

Maybe I waisted my money, I am so confused after reading all this. I wanted a lift to fit my larger tires, and didn't have much money to do it. In time I will beef it up. Seems to work pretty well though.

 

If all you wanted to do was fit larger tires, then you're ok. That's what these spacer and coilover kits are for!

 

yeah, sorry about the confusion, i've been reffering to the spacers the sit on top of the whole spring, schock, topplate, everything. sorry about the mixup.

 

Spindles....

 

Ohh ok well that explains why the 3 spindle posts I did didn't get a response haha

 

My Question is how much are any of these lifts just for looks Vs actual off road performance (with the exception of race trucks)

Most of the trucks pictured in here spend more than 75% of there time on paved roads. Is the stability loss in cornering and off camber trails really worth the extra expense, including wear and tear gas millage etc....... really worth the extra 2"-3" of ground clearance over the stock 30.5" tires. I know I am really going to here about this post but I am looking for real world performance here. Opinions please no bashing from the folks who just dropped $2000-$3000 on suspension and huge tires for the parking curbs at walmart