New Member looking for lift advice

I just bought my Tacoma about a year ago and now that it's broken in a bit I was looking to put a small lift on it. I had a Jeep with a 3 inch lift and had to do a lot of collateral work to get the ride quality back afterwards. I was thinking about a 2 inch lift for the Tacoma, would there be much additional work as far as extending brake lines, dropping the transfer case etc.? Also, what brand lift does anyone recommend?

 

There's a lot of different ways to go, really depends on what your going to use the truck for and how fat is your wallet.

I was on a semi tight budget (around $750) and went with Billys 5100's, toytec/eibach springs, and a leaf pack it the rear. 2 1/2" lift.

Ride quality is as good as stock or better.

 

I just put 5100's on mine, set the front at 1.75 with the rear leaf tsb (aal) which didn't require any brake line modifications or diff. drop. Seems to be a very popular option on TW as you will learn as you read up in here.

The front gave me about what it is called, 1 3/4" and the rear was raised about 3/4" thus making it pretty close to level. The fronts can go up to 2.5 but some have issues with the control arms and I understand it will ride rough if you use the stock coils which I'm doing. Mine rides pretty close to stock. I was worried it would ride too harsh but I'm quite pleased.

You can pick up a set from http://downsouthmotorsports.com/ for $299 shipped as a TW member, which should be the cheapest you'll find on them if this is the route you want to go.

Spend some time reading up on here and you'll figure out whats best for you.

 

Thanks guys. I have been looking at the 5100's and I think that's going to be the best option for me right now. I'm more so just trying to get a little more clearence not necessarily for off roading or anything to much.

 

I originally wanted a 2.5 inch lift also, I have an OME lift that I installed with a few of my buddies and it sits at just under 3 inches (I have a 4cyl Access Cab). I absolutely love the way the truck looks and the ride quality. I would honestly say the ride is 10x better than it was when it was stock. I did not do extended brake lines, UCA, or the driveshaft spacers. The only thing I did install was the 10mm trim packer on the driver side to lessen the effect of the Taco lean. If you can spare the money I highly recommend the OME kit.