Am I in the minority regarding lifts?

Thanks for your service

 

Mahalo, bro. Explanations do a lot to make someone understand. I appreciate your response.

Still haven't heard a valid reason to wear my pants below my ass.

 

There is none haha

 

Sorry my fault for not quoting. It was meant for the OP.

 

Unless you're in prison.

 

No worries

 

I have no desire to lift my truck because I don't plan to do much off roading, although I will do some. Additionally, my wife is a 5 foot tall Filipina who learned how to drive when she was 26. If I lift my tuck I'll need to buy her a ladder and up my insurance.

My other thoughts on the matter have to do with functionality. I bought my truck because I like the look of the Tacoma, I want to be able to haul things (my kid is borrowing it already to move into a bigger place), and I want to tow stuff... like boats and campers.

When you lift or slam a truck it takes away from its functionality. Just wanted to know why people do it... and some of the responses have helped me understand.

 

You do realize that's fake, right?

 

http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp

 

I'd say that something like 90% of tacomas I see on the road are on stock suspension, so I definitely think the OP is in the majority.

I spent real money on a suspension system that gives me about 3" of lift because i frequently drive over big rocks and a lot of snow and have slightly larger tires (265/75), and because I think a modest lift is pretty... sort of the way I like a kind of large butt. Too much of a good thing...

What does "slamming" a truck mean?

 

When I replaced my rear leaf springs I actually made the truck function better with a load in the bed and towing. The rear of my truck isn't about to touch the bump stops and sits level with a full bed and boat on the back. That was one of my reasons for lifting. The stock springs wouldn't support crap.

I really hated the way the truck rode when stock. It felt like I was driving a
Cadillac, very spongy. I was used to driving 4x4's and was disappointed Toyota decided to drop their standard down to the people buying a truck that had always drove cars and wanted that ride.

I started out with a '79 cj7, then a '83 Toyota pickup 4wd, '97 Mustang (wtf?), '00 Taco 4wd, and now an '11 Taco 4x4. I know how a 4x4 should handle and feel. My '11 didn't feel like that and needed a little help to be all it could be.

I got the lift and do off road some. It is not rare to see me take off down somewhere to see where it goes. I guess it comes down to if I want to go there I want to have the extra clearance to get there if I need it.

 

It means lowering it.

IE slamming it to the ground. (Old Skool)

 

lowering. "slam" to the ground.

 

Oh. Yeah, I never got that either.

 

Eh, I wouldn't mind having a lowered 5-lug single cab 2nd gen. I can enjoy both sides of the spectrum if it's done right.

 

In response to #71 - Thank you, Murph. A well thought, lucid response which I am more intelligent from having read.

THIS is what I was looking for when I asked the question!

 

I lifted and increased my tire size so that I could go exploring in the mountains all around me. Purpose built. I go out every few weeks. I go places that I couldn't go stock.

Lifted, my truck feels as comfortable and drives exactly like it did stock. I did not lose functionality - if anything, I increased functionality. My truck now can haul & tow heavier loads than a stock truck; due to the upgraded rear leaf springs. And haul stuff I do.

I have to admit that I absolutely love how my truck looks. But this doesn't mean that I dislike how stockers look. If you're not going off-road, then a proper suspension lift might be a waste of money; unless you are just going for the look - nothing wrong with that either.

 

What does "slamming" a truck mean?[/QUOTE]

Having sex with it...from behind

 

I wanted to be able to haul more than a paper plate in the bed so the stock suspension had to get shit canned

 

Even w/out lift and mods, I`ll bet your stock Tacoma would go places you would not dream of taking it.