What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Got new shoes on my new 2019 TRD OR!

Now I gotta try to sell those old tires with 350 miles on them! LOL

 

Took her out to the forest......

Lots open camp sites at White Oaks Campground.....

Literally had the place to ourselves......

China Camp was pretty empty also.....

Beautiful views......


Victim of the 2016 Soberanes Fire........

 

I realized I didn't answer your other question about front to rear lift. Right now the difference is about 1.5- 2" difference from front to rear since I added Bilstein 5100 on the rear yesterday. You can just add a spacer to the front to get minor lift or do what I'm going to do in the fall, replace the front with Bilstein 5100s which have 4 settings for spring preload lift. I like the unloaded stance of the truck leaning forward a bit. I would like to end up with about 1/2" difference from front to rear.

 

Put a set of pro comp sports on, 265/75/16 method nv wheels stock height.

 

Made a heat shield for the transfer case to block some heat form the driver’s side exhaust. The exhaust reroute puts this section of pipe about 1 inch form the transfer case.

 

Ordered the lift, wheels, & tires today....

 

Adding spring preload via something like retaining rings on the perch or with a threaded perch raise the ride height but do not stiffen the springs at all, the spring rate remains the same. I’m no truck suspension expert but depending on suspension droop and travel the ride could be screwed up by the loaded up spring when the shocks are extended. Ideally it would seem that you would want a longer stroke and longer overall length shock. With that, the springs won’t need more preload but the additional travel could over stress the stock springs if they were not designed for the amount of travel you would end up with.

With longer shocks (dampers) and longer travel you would also need to reestablish other suspension geometry (longer sway bar links and caster camber adjustments along with other subtleties I am not thinking of. With that accomplished, you would want softer springs to a do the same terrain at the same speeds. If the plan was to go real fast, you would need springs to resist bottoming and or shocks with position modified damping like the pro’s internal by-pass design Fox shocks. Damping and setup at all stages could be modified to suit your particular needs. It’s a long slippery slope I hope to avoid. Been there, do that.

 

Was the vinyl hard to remove? Heat gun?

 

First mod

 

285’s?

 

285/70/17

 

Yes

 

Looks awesome! Did you re-gear?

 

No

 

I just took the taco to HF for the first time. Lots of fun

 

Just wondering because I’m planning on going from 265/75/16’s to 285/75/16’s when it’s time for new tires. Thanks!

 

No problem. I have to do a space lift just to clear the tires

 

No doubt. I think I should be good with OME 887’s.

 

It was just in time I had to change my tires... i got a flat on the same day I had to install the tires n rims

 

Glad it all worked out!