gen 3 rear suspension question

Hey everyone, so I got my Tacoma Gen. 3 about a year ago and it came with a few things including 33" tires and the oem 2.5" king off road racing suspension along with AALs. I started to get the taco lean pretty bad so I upgraded my leaf springs to deaver stage 3 leaf springs which gave me a 3" lift in the rear. so my issue is now I'm concerned about my rear suspension acting more as a limiting strap as opposed to Getting full extension like it's supposed to since it has the 3" lift in the rear. So my question is what are my best options for correcting that? as far as I know I can upgrade my rear shocks to mid-travel or extended travel shocks but I don't want to do any crazy cutting into my bed or anything for extended travel. I don't have an issue with cutting brackets and welding new ones but I'd prefer to not spend a ton of money. Another option I've seen is to cut my rear lower shock tabs on my rear axle and install new tabs That are 3" higher or whatever the amount is so that they be the same length as the factory oem suspension travel. Just seeing what my options are is all.

 

I would start by taking some measurements. Measure the distance from the center of the hub to the edge of the fender flare both with the truck sitting on level ground and with the rear wheels lifted off the ground so that they droop. The difference between those two measurements will give you your down travel.

I believe your king shocks, if not already, can be adjusted to provide slightly more travel by removing a clip. This can be done without the need to make any further modifications.

You might be able to remove some of leaves to increase your down travel and improve the ride quality. I wouldn’t be surprised if +1000lb springs road like a dump when unloaded.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/mid-travel-bs-2-0.410188/

BTW, I do not understand the reasoning of installing deaver stage 3 (+1000lb) leaf springs to fix “taco lean”.

 

The cheapest option is to buy longer shock ends from King. They make them longer in 1” increments. It would be worth un bolting the lower shock mounts and then jacking the truck up and measure the distance from the shocks to the mounts. If you do replace the rod ends you will also may need to limit your bump travel. You are trading droop travel for bump travel. Other than that you could put a set of the tundra rear shocks in which are a little over an inch longer than the Tacoma extended rear shocks or go full blown with a 12 or 14” shock and relocates.

 

So I just took some measurements. The distance from the fender to the center of the rim on the driver side is 25" and the drivers side is 26. With the tire off the ground on the driver's side it's 27-1/2 and the passengers side is 28-1/2. The distance with the truck on the ground to the bump stop on the driver's side is 3-1/2 and my rubber bumper stop is 2-1/2 tall.

It actually rides alot better than I expected. And the reason I got the stage 3s are for my work. I routinely haul steel and elevator motors and scrap in my bed once or twice a week and that was the main reason for me getting stage 3s, not for the lift or to fix the lean, which it didn't.