Lift question: 15’ Tacoma

Good afternoon folks,

I’d like to lift my Tacoma in the next few weeks in preparation for spring/summer camping trips with my family.

Right now I’m looking at an OME lift with the 886 heavy coils. However, I’ve got a buddy that off-roads heavily and he recommends a lift system with external fluid reservoirs so a King, Icon, OME 2.0, etc. lift system.

Are there any solid recommendations that can carry the weight of a plate bumper and a winch? Or will the original OME lift be fine?

FWIW: I don’t off-road much and probably only do trails like Engineer Pass in CO. not some crazy stuff like Black Bear Pass and what not.

 

I can't comment on the weight of the plate bumper yet, but I did Engineer pass with stock tire size and OME nitrochargers (came that way from the guy I bought it from). Coming from the Silverton Side towards lake city, when we stopped at Whitmore falls, I felt the front strut and nearly branded my hand it was so hot. I've since upgraded to Bilstein 6112 and 5160 and they seemed to do a much better job at not getting too hot a few months later in Utah. They still get warm, but I don't notice the same drop in ride quality when they get warm that caused me to feel the old OME's.

Just my opinion, but I'm guessing that the less gnarly trails, which you're able to go faster on, will probably benefit from the extra oil capacity from the external reservoir than a slow rock crawling trail. So just another vote for something with extra oil capacity that should run cooler.

 

Forgot to mention that when I switched to the Bilstein's I also went up from 265/65/17 (31's) to 285/75/16 (33's)

 

My guess is that the stock suspension will be just fine.

Black Bear Pass is considered to be “crazy”? I’ve never been there, but I have seen videos. It doesn’t look like much of a challenge for a stock Tacoma, as long as you don’t drive off the road. Wikipedia calls it a road, so technically you wouldn’t even be off-roading when on it.

 

It's mainly the "ledges" when you start descending into telluride. You can look up the unfortunate cases. Just not a lot of room for error if you start rolling.