3" Lift - Show your taco!!!

That depends on the offset of your wheels and what size tires you want to run.

 

What's a UCA?

 

Upper Control Arm

 

Thanks. Anyone know of any decent shops that could possibly sell and install for me?

 

I probably will stick with factory wheels for a while and get some A/Ts. Not sure on size, but since I will not be off roading I don't want to piss away too much money for looks, so my tires won't get that big. Just big enough to make the truck look gorgeous with a 3' lift.

Also are you guys putting in diff. drop kits with a 3' inch lift?
I'm thinking about putting in a spacer in the front and a block in the back (may not lift the rear the full 3').

 

I'm at 2.5" in the front and I did a diff drop kit.

 

Just dropped off my Taco for an OME kit install at one of the big local custom shops here in town.



Got to see and hear a tuned Nissan GTR and a ZL1 Camaro with Magnuson Supercharger and Lingenfelter kit plus high flow cats and long tube heads that they are tuning right now. They expect 750-780RWHP. Sounded like a beast.

 

Im also running a diff drop.

 

I also did a carriage bearing drop kit.

 

Just got my OME lift installed today. Have only had time to drive it straight home. Had all the old suspension in the bed sliding around.

Definitely notice the difference in height.

OME Nitrosport shocks front and back. 887 springs up front. Full Dakar rear leaf pack. Light Racing UCAs.

Tires: Michelin LTX M/S 2 265/70-16

Before:


After:

 

Truck looks great! Did you notice any difference in steering?

 

Not so far. My drive home only had three turns. LoL I went easy on it due to stuff sliding around in the bed on the way home.

I did also have Light Racing UCAs put on.

 

How critical is it to align the truck immediately after installing a 3' lift?

 

Probably critical.

My right side was barely adjusted. The left needed help. The toe was way off on both. This is on a new truck with 5,900 miles on it.

 

My truck drove terrible after installing my lift. The wheel was off and it pulled to the right. After the alignment everything was back to normal. I would definitely setup an alignment as soon as you can.

 

A good friend runs a tire shop where I go for most all my tire and suspension work. When I bought my current Tacoma (slightly used, had it since late November of last year) I had my buddy check it out just to make sure nothing was seriously wrong. The front end was off just a bit, but not WAY off. We decided to wait until I put the lift kit on before making any adjustment. It ended up being a few months longer before I got around to doing that than I first anticipated. I installed a Toytech Boss lift kit on this past Saturday. When I got done, first place it went was to Ken's shop for a front end alignment. As I drove it over to the shop, I couldn't help but notice how much better the truck handled on the road. Oddly enough, it was ALMOST perfect AFTER the kit was installed. The left side was 1 degree positive camber too much. Beyond that, no adjustment needed. Consider this an anomaly..... Get it aligned. Your tires will appreciate it.

 

I have 265's now. Anyone with 285's need spacers or trimming?

 

I want to have someone help me install a lift but I don't think we'll have the ability to realign everything. It will be a 2.5 hour drive home where I'll go to the shop where I'll have lifetime alignment. I just want to make sure I won't do any harm to the truck if I do that.

 

Bilstein 5100 front set at 0. Ome 887 and rear 1.5 aal. 285/75/16 duratracs dick cepek mags