3" body lift removal question

Hey guys new here and new to tacomas,

A few months ago i bought a 01 double cab. It currently sits on bilstien shocks and has a 3" body lift and brand new 35's bfgs. I'm looking at relentless bumpers however getting them on will leave a 3" gap between bumper and grill. I want to remove the body lift as it doesn't seem practical for me anyway. I'm wondering if my 35's will still work as there brand new tires?

EDIT: added better pics to help. I appreciate all the help as this is all new to me and I'm mechanically illiterate.
Any help will be appreciated

 

No, 35s will rub BAD

I cut my firewall about 3" and welded in a new one to be able to clear 35s.

There is a lot of info in this thread and linked build threads

 

I missed the DB lift. If that's the case they will likely be fine

 

Welcome to TW!!

Looks like the lift is raising the body to clear the tyres...

Sweet Tacoma~

 

Thanks! Want to make it more usable I feel the 3" body lift doesn't do anything but add stress but dreading purchasing new tires again

 

Thanks appreciate the link!

 

Do you have a drop bracket lift on the front? Hard to tell from the pics

 

jesus, 9" of lift?

One would have to assume it has a drop bracket lift, but to my knowledge, Bilstein doesn't make a 6" kit. So who knows what it has. Hopefully not the infamous Trailmaster.

@Jguardino it would be helpful to know what lift you have. bilstein is just the shocks, what's the lift? (pics of the front/rear suspension would help if you don't know the brand).

 

That doesn’t look like 9” of total lift. I’m betting the bilsteins are set at 3” plus the 3” body.

 

Ill look when I'm off work and take some photos of suspension. I appreciate the patience as I did not ask these questions when purchasing it and am learning as I go along.

 

That's a good point. That doesn't look like 9" total. OP posted that pic as I was typing my response.

OP: If that's the case, sell the brand new 35's, get some 33's, and revert to the 3" lift.

 

Awesome! Did you fab the brackets yourself? was there a lot of mounting points and brackets you had to make?

 

Okay i Did not know they dont make a 6", the popular 3 and 3 everybody saying seems more likely? i updated some pics for you!

 

What did you use material wise? i was considering this but i would have to have someone fab them for me as i dont have anything to cut or shape steel. apartment life ya know

 

Okay, yeah, those look like Bilstein 5100 shocks that are probably cranked all the way up on what look like the stock springs. That's going to make your ride pretty stiff. It looks like the only thing you have in the back is an extended shackle, and those things are nearly vertical, which is bad. Those need to go. That's way too much lift to be doing with just a shackle.

Unless you're willing to do all that cutting and tubbing to fit the 35's, like I said, I would just sell them and get some 33's, and some new springs, front and rear. While you'r ethere, might as well toss on some new shocks.

For about $1200m you can get a full OME 3" lift kit (all new springs and shocks) that should be all you need to fit 33's, with maybe a pinch weld mod.

@Taco critter is like the only guy here who likes body lifts, and we like to tease him about it. (all in good fun tho) If you're interested in going off road, I'd highly recommend ditching the body lift.

 

Look at the tops of those coilovers , looks like they stuffed some kind of spacer in the top of the coilover(or is it my eyes)and yes those extended shackles in the back gotta.

 

Hard to tell, but I don't see any spacers, just the coils.

 

These are what I was looking, those aren’t coils, not the same size and aren’t in line with coil above and below them.