Shaky steering

I have a 2012 Tacoma trd off road edition. Not a 4x4 but does have rear diff lock. I have 2x steel blocks in the back and 3" above coil spacers in the front. I've had an alignment and wheel balance but still has a slight shaky steering wheel. Mainly around the 50-60 mph range. I bought a rear diff drop kit, also from supreme suspensions, thinking thats what I needed to fix this. But my buddy and I were confused about if I even needed it. Like maybe it's meant for 4x4 models. I've heard about tire pressure and re-alignments. Still confused and would love to know exactly what to do to fix it. Thanks in advance for the help!

 

3" spacer lift? Holy cow. Your alignment is probably all out of whack without aftermarket UCAs. Wheel balance must be done on a road force balance.

2" blocks in the rear aren't helping. You should reconsider the extreme spacers and look into suspension lifts. They will ride much better and eliminate some issues.

 

What @moondeath said is correct.

A 3" spacer 2" block lift is extreme- putting strain on your oem suspension components and your UCA's.

By the way- was your alignment done to OEM specs? If so- that is a likely fail with a lift.

Read lots here- block and spacer lifts are not popular for reasons that you are now learning.

Best of luck!

 

I assume you're talking coilovers? I've looked into suspension lifts and I'll admit that they're expensive yet the correct way of going about it. What about a sway bar drop kit? Also, what's this road force balance?

 

Road force balance is a more accurate way to balance tires.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQxVAssnbp8&app=desktop


A cheap, yet decent lift for the front are adjustable bilstein 5100's. You can get rear AALs for decent price also. Once you get to about 2.5" of lift in the front you need to replace your UCAs or your alignment will be impossible to get correct.

 

Sway bar drop kits are to move the sway bar away from the coil over. It is a very simple kit.

Many that have stiffer coil overs remove sway altogether. Personal decision.

One cost effective idea is Billstein 5100 on all 4 corners. Add a leaf in rear- and perhaps old man emu 885 or maybe 887 coils. (Or keep existing coils.) Also look for light racing upper control arms.

In terms of cost- check out @HeadStrong Off-Road
CALL- discuss with Marie. She is very helpful!

 

This is all very helpfull. Big thanks. Not to be hard headed but I'd prefer to keep the truck lifted like it is with the spacers. I'd just like to replace whatever parts needed to fix the slight ride/steering problems. That means new uca's for front? Excuse the excessive questions.

 

Some of your problems may be caused by the spacer lift. They really are bad for the truck. You DEFINITELY do not want to off-road with that much of a spacer lift.

 

I forgot to mention, I don't intend to off road with my truck. I just like the look of it being lifted. Yet I'm sure you still don't recommend this way of doing it. The truck is just a daily driver.