3" vs 4" suspension lift & tires

Hello

I am looking to lift my stock '19 off road truck 3"or 4". I prefer 4" for clearance living in southern utah - we have a ton of deep sand and slickrock. I'm not looking to do any rock crawling, but would like to outfit it to be comfortable on say the maze section of canyonlands. I've been doing some research regarding strain that a 4" might put on some of the drive lines. My friend recommends ICON but I haven't come across a 4" for a Taco online.

Also, how do I know what size tires a 3"or 4"lift can accommodate? I'm thinking of upgrading to 18" brims.

Experience/recommendations?

 

There really isn’t a suspension lift out there that I’ve seen designed to lift the front end 4”. It’s either 2-3” or 6”+. That’s not to say you can’t easily get 4” if lift but it will be more like 2.5-3” lift + 33” tires (+3” diameter = 1.5” lift) = 4” lift.

I’m sure someone else can explain more clearly exactly WHY we can’t lift the front end more than 3” without running into issues.

 

you could do 3 inches of actual suspension lift, then a 1 inch body lift (which is acceptable to me) and then 35s.

 

You can’t go over 3” (even full 3” will strain) because of the CV angles. You’ll blow boots fast and risk them binding.

 

I just read a post where someone did the Canyonlands Maze area with a stock TRD OR long bed. And with sand you’re going to want a low center of gravity not high clearance(think sandrail or Baja truck).

That said if you still want 4” it’s probably for mall crawler purposes so go get a Rough Country drop bracket lift for $1000. It’s way cheaper than a high quality 1.5”-3” lift. You will gain way more performance on and off-road with a slightly smaller lift height done properly than just assuming you need a big lift.