Replacing TRD Off-Road Suspension

I am looking into adding a 3' lift to my Off-Road to fit larger tires on the truck. My issue is that I'm a newbie to having a truck with terrain modes and crawling on it and idk if this would pretty much make those systems null and void. Does anyone know if it'll maintain proper functionality with a full suspension swap?

 

Everything will work normally, unless someone screws up the install…

 

Those modes will work fine. I haven't lifted a modern vehicle, but check to make sure your odometer and speedometer are working properly. Larger diameter tires will mess with this. On older trucks I had to manually adjust to the get the speedometer/odometer to be correct. These trucks may adjust for that, but I don't know. Hopefully someone with experience on modern trucks will chime in because I'm curious about that

 

Why you want bigger tires and how big do you want to go? The truck fist 33s just at it is...

 

I'd be more concerned about the ADAS stuff, all that has to be recalibrated any time you change anything that affects the ride height or suspension geometry of the truck and depending on how you modify it it may not calibrate or work correctly at all and will have to be disabled.

In fact many people that do ADAS calibrations will refuse to do them on modified vehicles due to liability reasons.

 

Excellent question

I put 33" tires on mine that will go most anywhere for wheeling.

What is it you want to do with your truck that requires bigger than 33" tires

Going real big may lead to other needed mods like regearing

I went from 31" to 33" tires on my truck. That is the same size tire as on my Land Cruiser which I wheel a lot in. Bigger tires to me would be needed if your going to do the hard core stuff.

Of course, I understand it can be just because you like the look and personal preference.

 

I'm building an overlanding setup because my buddy and I want to do trips once he's out of college. I'd like more clearance and like the look of 35's.

 

It's mostly the appearance of the larger tire tbh

 

If you’re actually wheeling it, I’d go 33s. Less strain on everything, less likely to break stuff. Easier to deal with the spare, too

 

These guys thinking bigger is better...
The thread, wanting 37's, guy will be at the gas station daily, wear & tear, longevity, etc.........

 

Depending on the type of lift you get there are pros and cons, and the type of. lift you get depends on the type of wheeling you want to do. For example, an overland rig may be OK with 33s depending on the terrain. If you plan to do rock crawling, that 35s or 37s maybe best but now you would have introduced a new geometry, maintenance, life spans, and handling to. your vehicle. Your transmission, gas millage, warranty, and other things will be impacted. If you add more lift, you may loose on drop and flex.. I imagine that you have done some homework...

I like videos like this....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmyTbMJL3o

 

I mean I'm a trucker so my cars don't get driven very much at all. I have a beater daily and I bought a Tacoma to go overlanding with my bestfriend. Fuel isn't a huge concern for me and longevity will be sorted by the fact that it doesn't get driven often.

 

Yeah I've been spending a lot of time looking into issues with suspension replacements and going to larger tires. I've noticed some guys are having complaints about the tubro being at high spool on the freeway with larger tires.

 

The majority of my friends that have gone over 35 regret it. Mainly because they can do 95% of what the 37s can do. The other 5% they dont care for. My 33s friends can also do 95% of what the 35s usually do. The 33s dont really care for the other 5%. Below 31 it just a different world.