wanting to install above coil spacer

I was looking into a above coil spacer kit for my 2012 4x4 regular cab tacoma i dont offroad much but was wanting to know if i was to get a 2" or 3" above coil spacer would i have to get anything else or would the spacer be it.

 

many do not recommend spacers-how much more would Billsteins cost? I can recommend Bilsteins-1st gen!!

 

on toytec the bilstiens are 219 and spacers are about 150

 

found some spacers around my area on craigslist for $75 ezlift

 

If you do a full 2-3" of lift via Top spacer, you'll allow the wheel to over-droop and lead to excessive CV joint wear(and possibly binding/breaking one) as well as torn ball joint boots and premature ball joint wear and failure.
I would say with all that, either go preload spacer if you're fully set of spacers(between coil/top plate, not on top of top plate) or just get the 5100's for the few extra $$ and get a better ride over stock instead of a worse ride and premature parts wear with spacers.
My $.02

 

Sounds good. Thanks for the input. Been research I g for the past month on which way to go. So the bilstein at highest setting will be the best way to go for the cheapest price.

 

The problem with a spacer lift is that the suspension bottoms out before reaching the bump stops. Eventually the strut breaks.

 

Oh OK. I use my truck for highway driving about 99% of the time so I just wanted get some more facts about them I just figured it to be a quick cheap lift but didn't know it will cause so many problems. . I am so use to my vw and lowering so this lifting stuff is all new.