3 grand on suspension any advice?

Hello I'm new here and I've been trying to decide first step in modifying my Tacoma.

 

With the budget you listed, I'd vote for a 1.5 - 2.5 inch coilover lift (front) with an AAL (back). You then can fit a little bigger tire. This type of setup seems to have minimal issues. Good luck and Welcome to the site!

 

Agreed. Probably the biggest bang for your buck.

 

X3.Welcome to TW!

 

Coilovers, UCA's, and a new leaf pack in the back. You can get a great kit from ICON of for that, or build your own kit from Fox, King, etc. Either way you can't lose.

If you do go ICON don't get the billet UCA's. They don't do anything special for you and you can use the money saved by going for there tubular UCA's for more great upgrades.

 

Dont use Icon UCA's. They use proprietary size uniball cups, which ends up doing you more harm then good in the long run. You cannot use a uniball from anywhere else but theirs.

As far as shocks go, if you ever get deep into your setup, and become full MT, you will find yourself hating Icon coilovers because those pole smokers use magic valving for which they will not release specification sheets on the various thicknesses of their shimming, which makes it very hard to determine what kind of valving you will need for the shocks.