Rough Country spacer lift really that bad?

I was debating on getting the rough county spacers as well until I got on TW and did some research. Will def be going with some 5100's and plan on setting them at 1.75.

 

These threads remind me of the threads about overclocking our computers back in the day for playing FPS's like Counterstrike. What we learned was all computers were factory clocked at 10% below capacity, so we could clock ahead 10% right off the bat with no known issues and still remain within factory specs but then when we started to go above it there was only a certain percentage we could push before overheating or other adverse consequences, but if we wanted to push it to 130% we had to put in aftermarket cooling systems… it seems to me with OEM shocks and UCA's we have roughly the same set up, because Toyota factory warranties small spacers probably up to 1-1.25" ( giving 2 to 2.5 inches of lift) or 1" blocks it seems that is how much latitude one has inside factory specs before adverse effects such as axle wrap or bent shocks can happen.

Simple math. Stay inside the vehicles "10%" OEM UCA and shock geometry using spacers and blocks or outside that use aftermarket parts designed for the application and you should be fine.

The trick is to find out what is inside that "10%", from all my reading it appears that 3" is where you draw the line, as in 3" is actually "110%", where you can get away with it but if you drive your truck hard you could fuck it up, for me I feel safe with up to a 1.25" high quality spacer and a 1" high quality block to stay within OEM specs and ride quality but anything more and it's time to go at least with 5100's and an AAL and go upwards from there, OME etc.

So it appears to me that inside that "10%" of factory latitude the "pro-spacer" crowd is correct and outside that 10" the "anti-spacer" crowd is correct.

My truck came from the dealer with 1.25" spacers and a 1" block fully warrantied, and I don't think they'd warranty it if it was outside spec. I've driven it pretty hard off-road but not gone full retard on either rock crawling or prerunner speed runs, just moderate off-roading and 35 mph on fire roads where 15mph was the "safe speed"

 

Ordering my lift this week, pro comp pro runners set at 2.25 front and 1.5 rear aal with pro comp pro runner shocks. 16x9 XD addicts and 265/75/16 bfg ko2s. Stoked! I still don't believe spacers are a bad call for guys the once in a while do light off roading, because I've been there and done it but I like the pro comp pro runner set up. As for all the haters on her kiss my ass! I'll put whatever I want on my 32xxx dollar truck. And if I want to wheel I have a truck made for that. For all those that added a decent input for or against thanks for your help.

 

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If I am doing a 2" RC spacer, should I mess with my bump stop? Or should I be fine since it is only a 2" lift? I read through this and saw suggestions for a bump stop spacer. I found some bumpstop spacers but I don't want to lose any travel either with too much spacer there

 

You can look at my link for what I did with a spacer. You could space the front bump stop up I ended up going with wheelers super bumps. Wife and I actually were running our rig about 45mph of some BLM back roads- both of us commenting how well the ride was considering the road conditions. Basically it drove great and the superbumps make for a smother transition bump stop instead of an abrupt stop.

 

I'm more afraid of the vibrations after the lift.

 

Measure before and after from the bump stop to the lower control arm and this will tell you what your bump stop spacer needs to be. Mine was 1/8" IIRC.

 

Oh how things have changed for the Mohawk man...

 

That first Rausch trip was with spacers.

 

No WONDER you went home and immediately upgraded... Well, upgraded might be a slight understatement. Pretty sure your UCA's cost more than my entire lift... Lol!

 

There are literally hundreds of trucks locally running the Rough Country lift on Tacoma's. Nothing wrong with it if you're not pushing the truck off road. Buddy of mine has a Off road shop and that is literally all he puts on them. It's rare they ever put a different lift on a Taco. No need in spending thousands of dollars for looks.

 

Go with pro comp nitro kit. I love it and no problems at all!!!!!!!