Skid plate spacer size?

so im putting a 3" lift/ level in my tacoma.....and the kit doesnt have a skidplate spacer.

im wondering if anyone knows how tall those spacers are supposed to be? im probably just going to machine a few up...

also, aside from the lift, bump stop spacers, carrier bearing spacer,diff spacer and skidplate spacers.....is there anything else i need?

thanks for the help guys

 

Hi am having the same issue do you have dimensions for the skid plate spacers and what bolts are needed?
Thanks

 

I'm missing something as skid plates bolt to frame which hasn't changed/moved.
Where are you needing spacers?

 

The spacers for the skid plate is what I am going to be needing i’m putting a 3.5 inch lift in and see that it helps to have the spacers to drop the skid plate

 

Skid plate spacers are only for diff drop lifts.

 

Yeah I'm not getting it either, lifting your truck has nothing to do with how the skid plates bolt up to the frame. You should not need spacers for the skid plates regardless of lift.

I have also not heard of a diff drop lift, I have heard of diff drop kits that lower the diff when lifting the truck to give the cv's a better angle but those don't add any lift.

 

I mean lifts that use the diff drop.

The diff hits the skid plate and you need 2 small spacers to make them clear. The offroad model needs the rear plate spaced as well.

 

Yes correct my kit has diff drop spacers with it

 

I am running fox 2.5's set at ~2.5" of lift an my CV angle is still near factory. I wouldn't even bother with a diff drop spacer if it isn't needed. Honestly same goes for the rest of the spacers, I have no carrier bearing spacer, no bump stop spacers and I have no issues with anything making contact or any vibrations. I guess each lift is different but with a quality lift you usually don't need any of that.
Edit: Even if I lifted another 1/2" I still don't think I would need spacers but who knows? Some guys need them some don't.

Personally I would just lift the truck first then determine what spacers are needed, if any.

 

Leveling kits always bugger up the cv angles. I'm doing a fox 2.0 on my sisters truck in the near future, good to know the angles are nice.

 

okay i have i’m pretty sure 3” OME in it now (it came like that when i bought it) but all the components are rusted out the rear shock is blown and i’m pretty sure the one leaf pack has a cracked leaf so i decided to by a new lift all together and on 3” right now my cv’s are at a more of a incline.

 

Ps.So all I was really needing at the beginning of this thread was knowing what the skid plate spacer dimensions where ex.LxHxWxD of them I have a lathe and was going to machine them i was looking around trying to find if anyone posed dimensions but no luck so I found this thread of someone asking the same question basically.I probably worded what I meant to say wrong but i’m really new to this all. Expecally new to Tacoma’s altogether so any thing I can learn from others is apeciated. Thanks

 

Are you talking about these?

 

If those go I think between the skid plate brace and the frame or between the skid plate and the brace then yes those exactly

 

Yeah these are for trd skid plate. These came with my fake skid plate but the hardware, that came with new spacers, was so bad I got new ones but spacers were ok.

 

I have a 2 inch Bilstein lift and I have the diff drop. I put in a TRD Pro OEM skidplate and it bolted right up with no issues, nothing else needed!

 

All I need is what the spacer for the skid plate size so I can machine them out

 

I’m not sure which spacers you are referring to, which skid plate you are referring to, which generation taco you are referring to, nor do I understand why the size of these spacers needs to be exactly the same as the ones you are referring to. Can’t you just measure the truck and make spacers to fit?

 

I have a 2005 tacoma and i have looked online at what are called skid plate spacers show circled here and to me it seems they are all the same size so i was seeing if anyone has these and could just tell me the dimensions for them

 

This is what my cv’s look like on a sock UCA and 3 inch struts