Stop the presses! Motor Tend reveals 5 of the Best Tacoma Suspension Lift Kits: Upping Your Off-Road

By Dan Teodorescu, Writer, Manufacturer, Photographer Jan 23, 2025

https://www.motortrend.com/features/5-best-toyota-tacoma-suspension-lift-kits/

 

Best?

I'm going to pass on all 5.

 

Somebody is getting kickbacks.

 

It’s FRIDAY!

 

If they had any credibility before they just flushed it down the toilet. Pass on all of them

 

But wait, "you may consider getting a lift kit to give you a more comfortable driving experience."

 

Little bit of info on modern day magazines, as they all work the same. I own a company that provides boutique or hard to find/make materials and products to high end designers, architects, etc.

I get multiple calls every year from big name magazines in this industry that all go the same way:

"Hello sir, I'm with XYZ magazine. We're doing a top 10 list in the June issue. We really like some of the photos on your website and social media. Would you like to have a position in our top 10? The prices range from $xxx to $xxxx, And all you have to do is fill out a form with details you'd like highlighted, and submit the high resolution version of the photos we've selected of your products."

True journalism is hard to find these days, which is why so many are replacing publications with youtubers, many of whom are also sponsored now.

TLDR: that's a sponsored list with each spot being bought. ignore it.

 

Torch? I bought a pair of shims from them because they excel at machining cheap spacers.

 

Interesting that only one photo (maybe two) is showing a product that might actually potentially fit a Tacoma (yeah, lots of thought & research went into that one).

I used to have a subscription to Fourwheeler magazine... When FW went under, they migrated my sub over to MT. The sub I had for FW would've expired three years ago, yet they still keep sending me MT (not sure I've even read any of them from the last year lol). I will say that the articles in the magazine itself have usually seemed a bit better quality than this POS about lifts... IMO crap like this hurts their credibility as a publication more than anything.