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3" Lift and MPG

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Auto, Nov 17, 2009.

  1. Nov 17, 2009 at 3:54 AM
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    Auto

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    I was thinking about putting a 3" lift on my 01 SR5 and a set of 285 tires. My concern is I drive pretty far to get to work every day and was not sure how much my MPG would suffer. Does anyone know from experience how much MPG I would loose.
     
  2. Nov 17, 2009 at 4:00 AM
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    The tires are going to hurt more than anything, but if you have the cash you can regear to help out a good bit
     
  3. Nov 17, 2009 at 4:00 AM
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    Why new brakes or is that a jk saying that if you never hit the brake you wont loss gas milage.
     
  4. Nov 17, 2009 at 4:10 AM
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    You will need to extend the break lines most likely
     
  5. Nov 17, 2009 at 4:22 AM
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    Got it on the brakes. Thanks
     
  6. Nov 17, 2009 at 7:35 AM
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    The tires will hurt you the most, I saw about a 1-2mpg drop. But then I did some performance mods to help with the loss. :)
    you will def. feel the difference but really the way I see it, is its not all that much to really matter.:)
     

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