2020 DCLB OR BOTTOMS OUT - HELP PLEASE

3rd gen off road with stock suspension and topper seems to bottom out or hit the bump stops on speed bumps, etc. This happens with empty bed. With a load it's really bad. My 2nd gen did this too and I was hoping 3rd gen wouldn't do this. Is the OR suspension really that weak?

 

I’d be willing to bet that if you actually slowed down enough for speed bumps your truck wouldn’t bottom out.

 

The stock OR shocks in the back are weak. Coupled with the light leaf springs, you, like me, will hit the bump stops all the time with the meager added weight of a canopy.

I installed Billstein 5100s in the back on my truck and it was an instant improvement. Far less bottoming out.

The Toyota OEM billsteins are valved for an empty bed, mostly. You don’t have to spend huge dollars to improve the load handling in the back.

 

Kinda confused my stock everything SR5 have never bottomed out over anything.
But it is a different animal I suppose.

 

Probably overload and flatten out his leaf. Maybe op for some new leaves or airbags OP

 

Do you have a camper/topper/canopy? I thinks that’s the difference here. Also the SR5 shocks have stiffer valving than the OR if I recall correctly.

 

I had the same issue with my SR5 stock suspension with the topper installed and with gear and tools constantly in the bed. I installed the Sumo Springs and it was drastically better, basically rode on them constantly and prevented the truck from physically bottoming out. Some people say it’s rougher riding on them but not my experience, now I have a 2/1 lift and am close to riding on them in the rear but not and even when making contact it’s much more enjoyable than before.

 

I'm going slow but not crawling. Thanks for the tip

 

Tacomas have notoriously weak rear leaf springs. I added air bags, and that helped tremendously, and it cures the Tacoma lean on the drivers side by adjusting pressure.

 

I went AAL and sumo springs. Had them both for about 4 years now and have been very happy with the results

 

Only time my 2020 sr5 bottomed out is when i had 1300 lbs of concrete bags in the bed, and it only happened a couple times on the trip. Gotta be something else the op is feeling...just hard to believe the truck is bottoming out with no load.

 

Please show me some proof of your scenario being that way.

I have custom leafs (and valved shocks) on my '21 OR that are designed for 1,200 lb of capacity (far more than OEM) and I still bottom out occasionally, even when carrying much less than 1,200 lb in the back of the truck.

I put 1,800 lb of bagged concrete in the back of my stock 2016 OR way back in the day and it was smashed on the OEM bump stops. The only time it felt like it 'hit the bumps' was when the road would push the truck up and it would come back down to rest on the bumps.

Photo for proof:

1800 lb. of concrete by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr

OP is experiencing normal behavior in my experience. OEM rear suspension is just too weak.

 

now where’s the fun in that…

 

I crossed an intersection that had a big dip at about 30 mph (didn't notice the dip until too late). The rear of my SR5 bottomed out (OEM shocks)

 

God damn..... Riding on bumpstops! HAHAHA

 

To answer the OPs question, this is a common issue with the Tacoma as they try to appeal to everyone's desire of having a truck with good ride quality. The payload capacity of these trucks significantly suffers.

That's largely why so many people go with aftermarket leaf packs or an AAL in an effort to support more weight. They even had a TSB on the early 2nd gens for leaf spring issues.

 

Right now the concrete has been long mixed, and poured in the ground. Nothing wrong with the rear suspension in my sr5 taco. If anything its on the harsh side. My 2001 tundra was another story. Put 700 lbs in the bed and it'd bottom if you hit a frost heave in the road at 50 mpg. Not so with this tacoma.