1" vs. 1.5" Lift

Bought a new 2018 TRD OR (3rd taco for me). Love it but she's short!

DISCLAIMER: Before I get too much spacer hate, I ran OME with Dakars on my 2nd gen for 5 years and 80k miles. Can't speak highly enough of the OME kit, really performed well for me, on and off road. So I plan on putting OME on my 3rd gen as well...just gonna be a year or so before I can convince the wife that I need to throw another $1700 at the taco for a proper lift. So in the meantime, I can live with a small spacer lift. ~$100 for spacers, love working on the truck (free labor), and ~$50 alignment is doable for now.

Question: When comparing a 1" spacer lift (front and back) vs. a 1.5" spacer lift (don't want to go any higher than 1.5" with spacers), how much lift can I safely get away with considering a fully stock OR suspension. It'll be a few years before I have the courage to take it off road, so this temporary lift will be purely for show on pavement. I don't want to bottom/top out the stock shocks over speed bumps, and I don't want to shove the front coilovers down so far that it firms up the ride and/or makes it too stiff.

Thanks for any input.

 

bump. Leaning towards 1".

 

Hi,

Take a look at Bilstein 5100s for the front lift. It's under $200 and you can adjust the perch height. You won't need to worry about shock stress.

 

Leave it stock or do it right. Welcome to TW and enjoy your new truck.