Need help deciding if a 3 inch lift on a 4cyl is a good idea

welp there ya go...thats my setup. May be a little sag in the back with that trailer hooked up but thats it.

or you could just do bilsteins for 400 or so and be done with 1.75 in the front

 

How much lift will the ome 884 coils give you in the front if the bilstein 5100s are set at 0

 

I think I like your set up a little better and thanks you just basically saved me around $800 bucks

 

What gearing do you have?

This winter I installed an OME kit with 881's and an AAL. My truck has 4.30 gear ratio and I maybe lost 1 MPG. Hard to tell since it was a cold winter and since then I have added 295/75/16's and have actually increased my MPG. The tires that I had when I bought it a year ago were 6% smaller than stock (no idea why) and my 295's are 8.4% larger. Last tank my odometer read 292 miles. Now with the larger tire traveling further per revolution I get 326.762 miles. I'm no expert in math or anything but I think I'm calculating it right. I don't think most people factor in the larger diameter effecting there odometer reading.

Most of my driving is between 45 and 60mph

 

Not sure what gearing I have it's what ever comes stock the only thing I've changed is 17in dick cepek torque rims and an aftermarket radio and speaks I'm looking for 2.5-3 lift and I'm still in high school so the best thing for the buck will do me good. I'm not looking to off road maybe some dirt trails but that's about all.

 

Mine are stock as well but I think most were 4.10's not sure. This is what I used to look it up.

http://www.brian894x4.com/Gearratiosanddiffs.html

I'm also a 1st gen if that makes any difference

 

I have a 2nd gen so it might

 

Nice looking truck btw

 

if you want a good ride quality and a couple inches of lift up front check these out http://toyteclifts.3dcartstores.com/ICON-Front-Coilovers-for-05-Tacoma-and-03-09-4Runner_p_956.html

yeah they are spendy but you never have to buy front shocks again since these are rebuildable and revalvable.

 

I wish I had enough to purchase those but for me the cheaper the better, since I'm still in high school I'm feeling some bilstens and aal in the rear. Ome coils in the front as well, that's all under $600

 

I am currently working and going to college yet im going to go straight for the icon reservoir shocks since I would rather do everything at once rather than buy cheap shocks.

 

I understand, from what I understand bilstens are good quality, and I'm not really looking for off-road purpose just want the look of the lift without sacrificing ride quality

 

Dont you think thats a lil overkill for op's stated use? and the same ''cheap'' shocks that maybe 75% of the ppl on here are currently using?

 

You could really go either way OME are great but I've heard just as many good things about bilsteins which is what I will be running but good luck and enjoy.

 

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Haha you know this is old as shit right?

 

Yes I do I just want to be able to come back to it

 

Mmk...didn't really think about that.

You know you can subscribe without replying to the thread as well right.

Not being a dick it just took me a while to figure that out

 

Lol fosho. I don't think you are being a dick. Thanks for the heads up