Lifted '16 Tacomas

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Anyone have any advice on the ready lift SST 3-2 kit? I bought it and am getting ready to install it. I have an off-road and read to not use the diff drop spacers. Anyone have experience with it?

 

Diff drop up front with 3" is a good idea. Helps the front cv shaft angles out a little bit. You'll also likely need front track bar relocation plates.

 

It does come with the sway bar drop. They say to use that but not the diff drop because it is causing vibration... I am worried if I dont use them CV wont last long. Is 3" spacer enough to harm them?

 

On mine the 3" was enough to cause the boot ribs to rub against eachother. I didn't get any vibes with or without it, nothing changed when installed other than the angles improved.

 

May I ask what diff drop kit you purchased and didn't get any vibration? I have Bilstein 6112 right now set at 0 but once I get some UCAs I want to lift it up. Just trying to get my ducks in a row and be informed before I lift.

 

It was something off eBay, nothing special.

 

For a 3" lift how much should the front diff be dropped? Does it affect the front drive shaft angle at all?

 

So I should be ok without the diff drop? Or are you saying I will need it?

 

The SST kit I bought comes with the spacers but they recommend you not use them on the OFF-ROAD model due to a different transfer case with crawl control.

 

Interesting so the Sport models you think should use the diff drop?

 

From what their website and the guys at customer service say...yes.

 

If use it. I didn't notice any difference in terms of vibration but I did notice an improvement in front cv shaft angles

 

Bilstein 5100s set at lowest setting with ome 887s and headstrong 3 aal and bilstein 5100 for the back


And what I got for Christmas... hit and run.

 

Can anyone else speak to this? I have a TRD Offroad, and nobody said anything when I bought my diff drop. Anybody with an OR install a diff drop?

 

I can tell you there's absolutely nothing different between your OR and any other model Tacoma when it comes to the front diff. They actually haven't changed anything since 2005, they're all the same. Use the diff drop kit for anything over 2" of lift no matter what model Tacoma you have.

 

I bought a diff drop with my full OME kit but when I went to put it on the bracket for the skid plate is in the way I decided not to put in on and the truck has been fine

I have a full OME lift with 888 coils

I also didn't like the fact that all the diff drop does is tweak the front diff down in the front

It doesn't actually lower the entire until

Your cvs may wear a little faster but you don't need it the truck performs perfect Off Road with out it

 

They said something was different with the OR cause of the crawl control mode.

 

As posted above, it's all electronic stuff. The actual diff and suspension is identical