Greeting from NorCal

What's up TacomaWorld.

Proud new owner of a '15 TRD sport, which I will be picking up later this afternoon. My last rig was a '01 Land Rover Disco 5 inch lift heavily modified, and a severe pain in my a**. It crapped out on me almost a year ago now on the freeway. Since then I've been driving my '97 ultimate 80 cruiser and can attribute that to my new toyota selection.


Being a complete newborn to tacomas, I have a few questions (sorry in advance, I don't like to search):

.Are there lifts companies to avoid?
.I'm planning on running 16x8 w/3in suspension. What kind of space can I expect under the wells, what size can I stuff under there? (nitto grappler or Baja)
.Backspacing appropriate?
.My prior vehicles have been coil-overs w/ solid axles. I'm not familiar with leafs and IFS. If you guys have any tips/advice that would save me the headache I'd appreciate it.

Cheers to our Yotas

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome from Sonoma county.

 

I am in Vacaville. Where are you at?

 

Welcome

 

Welcome from Sonoma County as well.

Save yourself the headaches, and answer all your questions at once...
SAS that bitch!!

 

Welcome from the East Bay!

 

East Bay -> Dublin/Pleasanton

Took me all of ten mins to answer most of my questions I posted using the search here.. You guys have a lot of good succinct info in this bitch.

I do have a concern though, I don't want to void my warranty so I will be shelling out for a lift through the stealership. The DSI shop they go through endorses FOX/Fab/ProComp/Icon. The salesman I spoke with specifically recommend ICON.

This will be my daily but I'm also looking to beat the hell out of her 4-5 times a year. No crawling.. all running.

Looking at stage 2 ICON

any foreseeable issues?

 

Read the Magnusson-Moss Act. Basically, the dealership/manufacturer have to PROVE that your modification is a direct cause of whatever the problem is for it to be a warranty denial.

 

I actually did stumble across that. If something were to happen I'd rather not deal with the headache. They could obscurely prove/suggest anything.

When they give you the OTD price ...it's really only out the showroom door into the warranty/finance office. I'd like to get my warranty's worth. :/


Good stuff though! Appreciate it.

 

Of course they can say anything and stick to it, but alas..

I have an 8 year 125k mile warranty, I know how how those shoes feel!

 

Welcome from SoCal

 

I got Icon at 4 Wheel parts in oakland and couldn't be happier.

 

Damn.. looks sharp stage 3? 4?


If I go with 2 is upgrading to 3 as simple as throwing on a few new parts? or are the stages designed differently?

 

Im not 100% sure. I got stage 4 i think just adding the resiviors make it stage 4. my truck feels like a caddy and i aim for speed bumps and cracks to try feel it. offroading is a dream. lots of money though...lots

 

IIRC Difference b/t 2 and 3 is the aftermarket UCAs + std travel vs ext travel

and 4 has front resis

 

what he said

 

Congrats and Welcome to TW!!!
Just traded in my 2011 TRD Sport DCLB for a 2015 TRD Sport DCLB.

 

It sounds like for you, you'll want a decent Mid Travel set up. So get extended travel and aftermarket UCAs.

IMO if you buy Icons and another brand UCA, like Total Chaos, you'll save A TON of money vs. getting all of this through the dealer

 

Interesting.

Judging by the price of the coilers individually looks like the stage 3 is the way to go to obtain ext travel.

damn though.. 2,770 push thats quite a pretty penny


So you're suggesting I buy the pieces separate and use TC UCA's?