hello everyone my first mod the steps

Welcome to TW... Nice ride!!

 

Welcome Bruce

 

Welcome to the forum Bruce
Congrats on the new rig.

 

Looking good.

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome to TW!

 

nice truck- Also, what is your planned budget on the lift?

 

I can spend 1000.00 or so on the lift, as long as it doesn't void the warranty. But then new tires are 1000.00 should i replace the rims too and what setback? a lot to think about

 

Welcome to the TW, nice truck. Spend some time doing research on TW, avoid mistakes.

 

I just put a lift on mine about a month ago. Ran me about $700-$750 for parts and installed it myself so saved on labor. Price of a lift just depends on what you want and what you can do yourself or have to pay a shop to do. Contact one of the vendors on here like wheelers or headstrong and let them know what you are wanting out of a lift. I messaged wheelers back and forth with questions I had and what I was looking for in a lift and they set me right up. I went with a mild 2 inch lift so am still running factory size tires and they look fine. I plan to upgrade tires one size when I get rims back from powder coating.

 

And follow this advice. I waited a year and a half to lift my truck. Read a ton of stuff on this forum and talked to a few people. Wanted to get the lift that was right for me. Everybody is different.

 

Great advice I'm thinking of running 31inch tires so three inch lift would do it I think?

 

You can run 31s with no lift. Certain 33s (255 85 16 ) you can fit with no lift. Not sure on 17s

 

3” can get more costly, UCA’s,vibrations, driveline angles. 2”= less problems,=less money. 2” on a Tacoma looks nice, very driveable as a daily driver. Talk to Marie @HeadStrong Off-Road ,good pricing, great knowledge.

 

I have to lift a little just because i want the look so maybe 2 inch lift, but I have other mods before the lift goes in will 33s be to much strain to the truck.

 

You are gonna take a little hit in performance. I just put 265/70/17 AT tires on my truck. Not quite as peppy, about a -1.5 mpg loss. All on stock suspension, with no rub.

 

My truck is trd sport, I think it is lower than the offroad

 

3rd gens Sports and Off Roads are the same height stock. Different shocks , 17” Sport wheels, 16” Off Road wheels. My truck is a 2018 Sport, with manual transmission. It may sit a tad higher than an automatic, manual is a lighter transmission.