New taco lover and a lil build advice!

Ello! I'm so stoked on my new 2018 Tacoma SR5 4x4 V6. It was a killer deal and I feel super lucky to have found it. I really like it the way it is, but will probably slowly build onto it over time...

I was wondering about some suspension / tire advice to soften the drive a bit. It's not critical, but I did drive a lifted 2021 SR5 with TRD wheels and loved the bounce and softness of the drive, but it was 12k over my budget. I knew the one I found had everything I needed and that overtime I could work on the feel of the suspension and / or tires.

I am not entirely sure what I would do to make the ride feel smoother and more bouncy though -- a lift, different shocks, tires? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks all!

Happy taco owner ,
Natalie

 

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Welcome to the TW forum Natalie & Congrats on your SR5

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Thanks I'm learning so much and having fun too

 

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Kinda looks like the truck already has a lift of some sort (probably a spacer lift). I would recommend a bilstein or fox if you want to maintain the factory height or increase an inch or two while improving the ride quality.

I had the fox 2.0 performance coilover Shocks installed on my truck and it improved the ride quality and its a lot smoother now compared to the sport tuned hitachis from factory. The fox Coilovers also increased the height by 1.5 inches. I payed ~$1650 USD for parts and labor

 

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Awesome! So appreciate your input Brandon.

I'm looking into Bilsteins, I watched a couple videos on the Bilstein 5100's that seems like an option. I keep hearing about "add a leaf" or something of that nature - still trying to wrap my head around all the new terms...

I saw this mentioned in a video as a kit to soften the ride and add a small lift:

https://yotamafia.com/product/2005-2015-tacoma-ultimate-economical-3-lift-kit

Haven't looked into fox yet but I'll look into that as well

I think the tires look good, but I wonder if I might need to get bigger tires with the lift... I love the rims though and hope to keep those if I have to change the tires.

By the way, is there a particular kind of place recommended to getting these things installed? Want to make sure everything gets done properly of course

 

Looking good! Congrats and welcome to TW!

 

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Check "rated tire pressure" on that sticker on the driver's door jam.

My tires were inflated to 65 psi! Uh, should be 30 psi per my door jam. Made a bit of difference.