Toyota TRD OEM lift kit

Thanks I read that earlier in the thread and asked about it but didn’t get a reply. That would save money for other mods. Especially comparing the cost of the factory lift to just buying front shocks and lift blocks and doing it myself. This is a great thread.

 

Your lucky you can do it yourself. I leave that to my friends with the right tools.

 

I have a 21 Tacoma SR5 with stock 245/75/16 tires on it currently.

I am interested in buying this trd toyota lift kit and having my dealership install it. I know basically nothing about working on trucks so all in all, the kit seems like the logical choice for myself, the average consumer dumb dumb. $2k-$2500 seems pretty reasonable since I will benefit the most from getting the better shocks, new grill, and skid plate.

Obviously my tires are tiny though. What tires should I pair with this? Is it okay to keep the stock rims? I like the stock rims that came with my truck but I know I'm gonna need to put some more rubber on them. This is my truck currently. What tires should I aim for? Affordable but thicker/taller

 

Research "pizza cutter" tires on this forum. That's the ticket. What I will mostly likely do when I need new shoe's for my 'Taco. Still keeping the stock rims.

Lots of guys here feel the need to fill the space in the wheel wells once they lift. I think it's not needed to do (as an immediate requirement post lift). There's a certain cool look to having all of the new available wheel well space for a stock tire to articulate in.

I had a Nissan pickup in Macedonia when I was attached to the U.N. back in the mid '90's. Had a lift with stock tires. That truck would climb everywhere and do everything. You don't need big meats to get into and out of the rough stuff.

Take your time choosing a tire. There's no hurry.

 

Likely the larger tires will grab you more clearance, and help you in certain terrains/conditions if you want wider tires.

I sized up an inch in diameter overall and I went with the Falken Wildpeak AT3W’s. I certainly can’t complain, and find them quiet on the pavement, and good on logging roads, sand, snow and not-very-interesting mud.

Like you; I waffled on lots elsewhere that would cost a bit more to have installed and not give me the grille upgrade and peace of mind of Toyota being responsible.

Also, I knew if I strolled into Overland Outfitters here… I’d have walked out with 5K more in suspension. So… I tell my wife that I actually saved us money. Haha!

 

Falken Wildpeak 265/75 16 look good on stock wheels and are great tires.

You can save a ton by not buying the TRD branded kit and buying the Bilstein components separately. Enough $ to more than cover the tire cost.

For perspective, I bought the (very similar) Eibach lift and all parts were $550 from Headstrong Offroad. Had the tire shop install it at the same time as my new Falkens and the installed price, with 5 tires and alignment was $1200.

Tire shop bought the OEM Firestone 245s for $150.

All in for about half ($1600) of what you are estimating just for the TRD setup, and same or better quality. To be fair, I'm friends with the sales guy at the shop and I got a discount, but not a huge discount.

I would not let warranty considerations or the grille / TSS shit sway you into spending 2x as much. The TSS works fine without anything done to it.

Good luck.

 

Is this a thing? I thought this lift is the same as the stock Pro? Does the Pro also have a needle bearing?

 

They all have the same needle bearing, the bearing has been known to fail even at stock height. Either address it when you lift, or when it starts to make noise.

 

yea, mine started right after I put on my TRD lift and I only did 1.5" of the lift
When I had my 6months service the other day. I had them note that I had the needle bearing issue started right after my TRD lift just for a note that hopefully enough people who put this kit on complaining to toyota does a TSB to fix it with a new one. I am waiting to put in my ECGS just to see if they end up having a TSB

 

The PRO uses Fox for its suspension components , much different than the TRD Kit .

 

I'd rather have dealer with it because I don't have mechanic friends nor do I have the knowhow or the ability to do the lift myself. Revoke my mancard if you will, but I know almost nothing about cars lol.

I've seen alot of ppl recommend 265/75/r16 tires. That's prob what I'll go with once I get the lift installed

 

I think he’s talking about the height being the same or similar, not the shocks.

 

Is that silver or cement? Looks great.

 

that’s exactly what I have. The 4Runner folks love them… and they are making their way to taco’s now.

Stock availability may be part of the issue as the pandemic does it’s thing.

 

So I want to be sure about something. Lifting the truck 2" front, 1" rear won't effect the adaptive cruise or blind spot monitoring whether I go factory lift or aftermarket?

The factory lift is expensive for sure so if I can get away with going aftermarket and still keep those features then that's the way I'm going. I like the grill the truck came with anyway.

No worries?

 

Should be fine.

 

Next hiccup with the Toyota Dealer that did my install.

A steering wheel sitting 3 degrees clockwise. So I figure that a rear wheel alignment wasn’t done, or wasn’t done perfectly straight.

So back in it goes. It’s nice that they just said, oh, yah, no problem let’s get that back and corrected. (That’s when you know you are not dealing with VW).

 

there isnt anything to do in the rear. steering wheel probably wasnt locked well enough and maybe moved a bit when they adjusted things

 

Did the dealer not look into the issue or recommend a fix? I’m having the same issue with driver side floor vibes after my 2” TRD lift and I’m planning to go the ECGS route to just be done with it. It seems like a dealer replaced factory part would eventually fail again anyways but since I’ve only got 9k miles on the truck and it’s under warranty I thought maybe I’d have them take a stab at it. Would be good to know what they told you when you brought this up to them. Thanks!

 

No,
I was talking to them a few weeks before about the issue and asked them about putting in my ECGS in place of the needle bearing. They wanted $700 to do the job. I only have 3900 miles on the truck. They didn't offer anything in the form of a warranty replacement for a vibration issue. They had to fix my truck a week after I got it for the deceleration vibrations and had to replace both rear leaf packs. They don't seem to want to do anything about this issue.