Lift Kits

Good morning all,

I promise this is not going to be yet another lift kit thread. Before I get to the gist of it, I wanted to thank all the contributors in Tacoma World, you've provided an immense wealth of knowledge and that's really helped.

My end goal is to put a small lift, tires and wheels on my Taco. It's a DD, and 2wd, so it won't see any serious wheeling, but I do trail rides and some light off-roading.

After reading all the threads I could about kits and tires, I have locked in what tire wheel combo I am going to use (Pro Comp Series 41 17*9 -6 wheels and MT BB ATs 265/71/17)

For kits, I've narrowed it down to these two. Both seem to be great budget friendly kits and should be perfect for what I desire. I am just wondering what the significant differences are (besides price)

Bilstein | OME RTR Lift Kit - 2nd Gen Tacoma - YotaMafia

OME Old Man Emu 2-3" Lift Kit (2nd Gen Tacoma), OME-TAC2G Lift Kit (yotamafia.com)

 

Both of those kits give you options to customize. Big difference is one uses Bilstein shocks, the other is OME. Any specific options that you have questions about?

I'd propose a 3rd option: https://exitoffroad.com/product/dob...-kit-for-2005-to-2023-tacoma-4x4-double-cabs/

 

I second this option.

 

I'll third this option but if you lean towards Bilstein you can't go wrong with it. I've had Bilstein on 3 different rigs now and the performance/price point is a solid setup.

 

I've heard OME rides a bit rougher than Bilstein. I'm about to find that out as I am replacing my Bilsteins with an OME kit. I also recently found out that Bilsteins are rebuildable so there's that too. Maybe OME are as well?