3 inches lift

Need more info… I plan on doing a leveling kit on my 2021 Tacoma TRD Sport with a 3 inches Spacer front and 2 inches block Rear. Is this a good budget friendly lift? If so, what should be done? I heard I need to do a differential swag bar drop? Is that true? Help? I kinda knew to this. Just need to have more ground clearance, nothing fancy. Also will the ride be more firmer?

 

Some may need new upper control arms to align the front end properly. The rear lift may require offset shims to combat vibrations. Those with a carrier bearing may also need a spacer to drop that bearing about .75 inches. The front diff drop is generally not needed unless you get vibrations.

I went with a 2.7” front lift (with OME springs) and one inch rear blocks. I only added the carrier bearing drop kit and never experienced vibrations. I have about 150K on this setup.

 

Terrible idea. Why do you need more ground clearance? You are just asking to break stuff with a spacer lift if you will be driving anywhere but to the mall. Gotta pay to play around here. You can get a Bilstein 5100 front lift and add-a-leaf rear for about $600 and it will be much better than spending $400 on junk that will break CV shafts.

 

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Budget friendly? Barely. Good? Not. Like Don mentioned, get a nice 2" 5100 Bilstein lift up front with stock springs, and with no more than a 1" block in the rear. If you carry stuff in the box, then make it a AAL in the rear instead.

Spacer Lifts are not your friend, not to mention your tires will look tiny with a 3" Lift.

 

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hi clueless
why do you need a lift?
what is a swag bar?
3 in lift with stock tires your plan?

 

You're gonna have a bad time... especially with that lift. It is not budget friendly at all, you will require aftermarket upper control arms, and the sway bar spacers, and you may as well schedule an appt with a Chiropractor and a Neurologist, maybe even a Neurosurgeon after the very rough and painful ride you will have. Seriously, you're heading down a road that you will be very miserable with. You want ground clearance, but for what? Lift does not equal clearance for larger tires. When you add that 3" spacer lift in the front, you are maxing out the length of the stock shocks and leaving zero down travel, which will make your spine compress and you will feel every bump in the road. It'll be fun at first, until you drive more than 10 minutes, and then you will hate your truck and your back will never be the same.

Take heed, just because it's sold and available, does not mean it works and is a good budget friendly idea like the advertising says. There is a good reason people here are grabbing their popcorn and waiting for the comments here, please don't do this to yourself.

 

There's a whole sub forum on suspensions

And a search function as well

Suspect both would be quite helpful in your journey

 

RIP OP

 

I feel like op will never return.
Long story short nope none of that is a good idea. Start searching through here there and hundreds of threads that hold all of the answers and more.

Cliff notes
Spacers increase the overall length which leads to numerous issues.
Over 2" you can have all kinds of vibration issues and alignment issues without a uca added in.
I just hope you have bigger tires planned ss stock with that lift would look rediculas. But with that comes a whole other can of worms for fitment and wheel specs etc....

Get a 0 offset wheel with a one upsized tire, better look use and less issues. Can be done on a similiar budget