2019 TRD OR Mods Question

I just traded in my 2016 SR for a 2019 TRD Off Road. Ill post a pic soon. But a couple questions for some of yall pros. I have decided on my lift, wheels and tires. I am also set on a good tune and re-gear. My question is, is there a specific order for these? I didn't wanna OVTune for example, if I would have to update or re-do after lift and/or re-gear.

 

None of these components would effect each other in terms of sequence because the OV Tune (and other tunes) is purely ECU modding, regear is purely differentials, and lift/tires is purely suspension. The only thing I would watch out for is if the lift is a diff drop kit, then do the lift first before anything else.

If it were my truck I would do lift first, wheels/tires second (so the new tires have room after that lift), fix any kind of rubbing you get from the bigger tires, tuning third, and THEN regear if you still feel like it's necessary because that's a fat stack of cash you're dropping.

If you have links to any of the stuff you're getting, I can probably direct you to one way or another, otherwise

 

Generally a lift and bigger tires will make the truck feel slower, regearing will make the truck feel faster and more enjoyable. If you can't do them together to cancel them out in a way then do the lift first. Then the regear. It gives you motivation to improve after the worry that you ruined it because it feels sluggish. Ultimately it doesn't make a bit of difference, it can be done in any order.

Also, maybe the lift and tires are completely livable and a regear isn't necessary.

 

The ECU tune is absolutely affected by the tires/gears. The accelerator and shifting behavior are specific to the final gear ratio, which is both affected by the tire diameter and the diff gearing, or any gearing.

 

Yes but the majority of people just buy the pre-loaded tune packs which don't take into account tire size. If he got fancy with it, he could customize it better but in terms of what he'll likely do, they won't effect each other.

 

All of the OV Tune and 3rd party pro-tuners/tune makers I have seen for the 3rd gen Tacoma require the tire size and diff gear ratio from the customer so they can program the tune correctly for transmission shifting, and they often offer a few accelerator pedal behavior/sensitivity options as part of their tune.

 

Huh weirdly enough mine didn't require that. Maybe I got an older update or did it wrong or something. That's good info. Then OP, definitely do lift then wheels/tires then figure out if you need a regear (again, big monies) and then tune last

 

Many tuners may offer "free" changes along tire/gearing stuff, but if you don't flash it yourself and they may charge something for their time. Find a tune/tuner and inquire about that.