Tacoma spacer lift experience

Yeah pats a dick

 

I've had spacer lifts on a couple trucks. I currently have a full suspension lift. I've also owned a couple trucks that had lifts that were almost as much as what I paid for the truck. Funny thing....Once off road, I don't recall much difference in what I could or couldn't do...

That said, I see the merits of a high quality suspension.....But....The difference isn't as pronounced as many would have you believe.

 

Thats what i was thinking i mean its not like im hearing clunking an shit honestly dont seem like the taco was impacted negatively at all i think alot of the hate comes from people who dont put bigger ucas on or run stock rear struts an wonder why shit breaks then you got guys like pat that just hates cause he got nothing better to do other then hate on someone on a forum no one cares about an beat his dick to pictures of girls he wish he coulda got in high school

 

I carry this photo in my wallet. Sometimes I look at it and my carrot grows.

 

Fuck mine would to lmao but i dont need all that

 

Who stole your snackpack and got you all in a bunch.

Anywho.

Hahahaha.

Ok. So here's the deal. Mods on here don't mind some horse play but gotta keep it in line a bit. Just a friendly bit to a new member. There's some good advice on here about spacers so you got something to work with

 

Well that escalated quickly...

Yup. Still gotta keep it civil.


@Zwilly I hope this all helps you and you didn't get scared away from TacomaWorld. There is tons of good info on here. In all honesty though, there are questions that get asked multiple times a day, and some people have nothing better to do than to respond with hatred.

There is a search tool at the top of the page, or you can use google and just put "Tacomaworld" in your search and that should be able to answer a lot of common questions you may have.

 

Good advice im going to run them and see what happens my biggest concern is up front i have alot of armor which means alot more weight then stock (fab four vengence bumper thicker steel skid plate rock sliders ) so im worried about my shock snaping at the bottem under the coil ive seen pictures of it happen to other people an im especially concerned with how much weight i have up front

 

Miketacoma knows a thing about that.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWBXl6Ihidy/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=4p0owuc4ttq8

 

He's looking for something because he's bottoming out his current suspension....

 

Now with that being said i already installed spacers and they're working great! I dont bottem out as "bad" but they get the job done whole reason i bought a tacoma is just to climb my mountain drive way i used to have a jeep cause they are the "off road kings" an the damn thimg would only make it half way lol

 

Of fuuuuuk yeah thats what i was talking about and thats my biggest concern i wonder if its cause he was running stock ucas

 

Fair enough i guess like from the sounds of it i better upgrade asap

 

I couldn't get past the point of your post where it says it doesn't change the ride. It absolutely does. I ran a set for about 100 miles before they came off. Made it ride like a 70s Ford 3/4 ton.

 

Honestly cant tell any differnce only then it feeling slightly stiffer but barley noticeable honeslty i think the tacoma rides like shit to begin with an didnt get any more shitty for me lol

 

If so it was installed wrong.

Spring rate does not change with top spacer...

 

What year Tacoma do you have

 

When the suspension is a full travel with stock ucas it hits the springs and hits hard over time it will boe an eventually snap the strut at its weakest point which is always at the bottem this is were most road salt builds up an weakens the strut the most and is the thinest part of the strut thats my theroy why it happens with stock ucas anyways thats why it sounded dumb when i said spacer lift and doing it right but it makes sense if you know what your talking about...

 

Do you have a second gen ? 06-15'? If so you can put these on and I believe they'll net you about 1" lift and you'll have a nice shock set up too

$100

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/3rd-gen-trd-off-road-coilovers-norcal.571313/

 

So my 2007 tacoma i had, prerunner, i did the 3 inch spacers on and had them on for around 50K miles before i got Tboned. it was a cheap lift, i think from supreme suspensions i paid close to $100 for front and rear (blocks). I currently have 5100's on my 4x4 tacoma and i like them too, got them on sale from Jet.com on blackfriday for less than $400 for all 4.

So my opinion and they are like assholes....

I had no issues with my spacers and blocks. i did very mild offroading with them with no issues. it was a 2x4 with no locker, so i didnt do anything extreme with it and it got me from point A-B without issues. Never had an alignment issue, never had any hard bumps, never had any failure. My wife and i were having a baby so i was doing everything on a budget. Its not a great lift but its not as terrible as some people make it. You have to realize that you are lifting the vehicle and not compensating for shocks or springs. So yes the ride was not stock, but it was much better than my neighbors that put on a Procomp 6'' lift. you could feel every pebble in the road with his.

So in conclusion of my opinion, are you gonna be able to take it off any sweet jumps with a spacer lift? i wouldnt. Are you going to be able to put bigger tires and get the stance you want, and even do some mild offroading. Yes.