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need help with new lift

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by DERG783, Nov 12, 2013.

  1. Nov 12, 2013 at 4:58 PM
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    DERG783

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    3" rough country lift, 1.25" wheel spacers, smittybilt roof rack, 4 kc lights in front, 2 kc light in rear, ax and shovel mount
    i have a rough country 3" lift which was nice until my 32" tires wore down and i decided to go to 33" goodyear dura tracks. (which do awesome offroad) but when i put them on the tires rubbed on my upper control arm so i got 1.25" spacers ignoring that they're terrible for my wheel bearings. almost a year later just had to replace my wheel bearings, so i want to get a different lift to eliminate the spacers any suggestions?

    also im a 19 yrs old and in college so money is kinda scarce for me, please help
     
  2. Nov 12, 2013 at 5:02 PM
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    anders99

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    new UCA's?
     
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  3. Nov 12, 2013 at 5:09 PM
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    BulletToothTony

    BulletToothTony You’ll have that on these big jobs.

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    You need new wheels with different offset to push the tires out and away from ucas...
     
  4. Nov 12, 2013 at 5:11 PM
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    Best lift for you since your on a budget would probably be get some Bilstein 5100s for the front and set them to 2.5 and maybe throw in an aal in the rear. Check out Toytec lifts. They have everything from just shocks to complete icon lifts and all kinds of goodies. down south motorsports has some good deals too. New wheels might be a good idea too.
     
  5. Nov 12, 2013 at 5:13 PM
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    Thinner wheel spacers like .75 or 1"
    Bora comes to mind
     
  6. Nov 12, 2013 at 5:16 PM
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    I have bora .75 spacers on my truck and havn't had any issues with bearings...but i only have 42k on my truck. Bad thing with spacers under 1.25 is you have to replace or "modify" existing wheel studs.
     
  7. Nov 12, 2013 at 5:18 PM
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    3" rough country lift, 1.25" wheel spacers, smittybilt roof rack, 4 kc lights in front, 2 kc light in rear, ax and shovel mount
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    3" rough country lift, 1.25" wheel spacers, smittybilt roof rack, 4 kc lights in front, 2 kc light in rear, ax and shovel mount
    i have 136000 miles and do a good bit of offroading and what ive heard is that spacers are never good so im trying to just get rid of them
     
  9. Nov 12, 2013 at 5:36 PM
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  10. Nov 12, 2013 at 7:41 PM
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    agreed, you already have about 500 into the original lift and spacers, so dumping another 500 into another partial kit seems like a bad idea. save up and go for a complete kit with no spacers and a good offset wheel
     
  11. Nov 12, 2013 at 8:02 PM
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    i have a pair of brand new eibach coils and front bushing set i'll sell ya for 180 shipped
     
  12. Nov 13, 2013 at 7:09 AM
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    Depends on the offset, a 4.5 bs should be alot better for the wheelbearings than a 1.25 spacer, although i use to blow out wheelbearings on my ranger with the 10" wide rims .. but that is a whole other story.
     
  13. Nov 13, 2013 at 7:13 AM
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    a question not asked is how many miles did you get out of the original bearings? I still say if you got a decent life out of the original bearings, then hold off pulling the trigger do alot of research for what you need and build it up slowly, you"ll get a great result and have exactly what you want.
     
  14. Dec 12, 2013 at 8:21 AM
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    Gabassman

    Gabassman Drive it like a 4WD

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    A different lift isn't going to help with tire clearance/rubbing. You need wheel spacers or new wheel with different backspacing/offset. The lift will not help with bigger tires.
     
  15. Dec 12, 2013 at 9:34 AM
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    this ^^

    also, OP, dont go with the procomp lift..

    It DOESNT have blocks, just an AAL, but it still is garbage. ask me how i know.

    the coils sagged, the bushings in the shocks lower eyelet blew out, the AAL is stiff as hell.

    save your money if you wanna go with a different lift, but, as far as your rubbing.. new wheels with the correct BS is what you need.
     

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