2007 tacoma off road questions

^ unless youre talking about their 4.5 lift, your CV angles will change.

Is it 4x4 or 2wd? If the latter that have 4" spindles if you don't mind being 1" higher. If you search "3" lift gallery" or variations of that statement, one should pop up. People seem to like their ome stuff.

 

OME is a good choice, also you'll most likely need new UCA's to correct alignment, SPC (light racing) is a popular choice. Also to reduce trimming or other issues 255 or 275 gets real close to 33's, 33 you will prob have to loose the front flaps. If running stock wheel you'll also prob need wheel spacers because how close the spindle sits next to tire.

Hope this helps answer some of your questions.

I am running 255's on a 2.5 lift and only really experience rubbing (on the flaps) on flex but I am not willing to give them up since this is snow country and don't want all the rock chips.

 

Yup, its a real lift and raises the frame of the truck up away from the differential. Just like lifting a solid front axle pickup you don't gain any axle clearance with an RCD lift. You gain the axle clearance by installing larger tires.

From experience, I would say most people who have installed the RCD lift themselves would agree that cutting the crossmember is really not that big of a deal once you see it.(also reversible) And that the Pros of the RCD lift far outweigh the one Con.


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It's the same concept as lifting a SFA. The front differential should not be lifted with the frame of the truck. It's not really "dropping" the differential, it's allowing the frame to be raised without the front diff being raised as well.


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Yeah but a solid front axle has more articulation, it will move up and down. All you're doing is dropping down the frame. That doesn't move. You lose clearance. It also makes you way more top heavy. As far as offroading goes, drop bracket = BAD. But they're great for clearing curbs at the mall

 

Cutting the crossmember would turn me off

 

Lots of bad/false info in your post. There is no "dropping down the frame" or losing clearance. The frame goes up, the diff stays in place. Add bigger tires, and you gain clearance. It does not make you more top heavy, and if wheeling an RCD lift with 33's is BAD then wheeling a stock Tacoma HAS to be HORRIBLE.

Regardless the RCD lift is great for a DD taco that sees moderate offroading, going LT or SAS is the only reason i'd ever get rid of it. If people want to spend $2000 on coilovers and UCA's to force bad angles on their LCA's and CV's that's on them. I'm saying there's other options out there with more pro's and less cons, that's all.


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For someone with ED, that's not to hard

Btw, nofords took his 6" db off road all the time, he had no problems.

 

Thank you for the responses! I sent him the link for the thread so he can read it. So it sounds like a 2.5" lift and some 275/70's are his best bet to keep the cost low. I know he wants a complete coilover kit so the Bilstein one sounds right up his ally.


As far as the drop brackets go for a sfa, yea drop brackets suck. What's the point of lifting your frame 2.5" if you just going to lower it back down 2.5" with the brackets. It's kinda silly if you ask me. I would rather spend the coin on a good set of adjustable control arms that currie sells cause they have Johnny joints which are the best joints out there and totally rebuildable.

 

Thanks! I sent my buddy the thread so he could read your post and others and learn a little.

And thanks! I love my jeep! I can post more pics of it later if you want to see a few more

 

Okay let me rephrase, yes the frame goes up, but you lower down all your front suspension INCLUDING THE CROSSMEMBER back to stock. So you didn't gain any clearance there. A coilover lifted tacoma with 33's will have more clearance in the front than a drop bracketed tacoma with 33's. And yes you are more top heavy... Wheeling with a stock taco would be better because same clearance and less top heavy.

But yes, great for DD and looks mostly. Light offroading is fine. Yes indeed there are other options out there that are better, but DB is not one! There's a reason why almost every truck that really wheels on here is not a drop bracket. Btw how are those U-joints doing? If you wanna talk about forcing bad angles...

 

Cool, glad to help! Sure if you felt like it, haha. Do you still have the Dana 30 under the front?

 

Ok I will see if I can find some more later and post them up for shits and giggles.

Yea I still have the D30. Running 315/75r16 nitto mud grapplers currently. Once I can get a D44 or a Dynatrac Pro Rock 44 up front I will upgrade to 37's and a set of ATX slab beadlocks.

 

Cool! 37s would be awesome! My friend just ordered his 285/70r17 goodyear mtrs for his. He wants 35s but doesn't trust his D30 with the way he beats on it. Saving up for a Rockjock 60. Sure makes him mad seeing these soccer moms driving rubicons that have no idea about their D44 and lockers haha. They would never know if their axles got swapped out one day...

 

he can easily run 35's on his d30. just gusset the C's and he will be good to go. then when he has the money he should get a dynatrac axle. they are stronger than currie rockjock's. also i have heard tons of stories of currie not doing warrenty work cause they "played to hard". all of those users switched to Dynatrac pro rocks

 

Yeah he knows but he doesn't want to change gears again and he likes not rubbing and having more room to flex. Here's a pic of his jeep