24 Taco TRD ride quality is awful. Help?

The TRD Pros come with stock OEM 265/70R18 Wrangler Territory RT tires. Not sure how much bigger I want to go there. lol the PSI is set to 30 currently as per the door sticker.

 

I did get caught up with the looks! It’s a very aggressive, tough look, and I also do plan to do some off-roading. I may just need to buy all season tires and store these off roads only on the rare occasions I need them so I can have a nicer ride day to day.

 

Much bigger haha. These 4th gens have no problems taking on a 34" tire in stock form. More rubber = softer ride. My 35s feel like I'm riding on a cloud.

 

Go charge down a pot hole strewn gravel road. You may be pleased with how well the suspension comes alive and tames the bumps. If not, at least the tarmac will feel smooth once you are off the dirt road.

 

18" wheels makes things really challenging when it comes to finding a standard load tire....
That's why I ditched my wheels on my sport & bought 17" methods...
18" tires are significantly more costly too in-general, along with the added cost assosiated with the more costly e rated tire.

 

I’m not sure 17” will fit due to bigger calipers on the iforce max models.
I’m blown away at how much 18” tires are compared to the 265/75/R16 I have now.

 

Yes, 18" all terrains are costly due to the fact that they're 10ply / e load
To get a sl, sizes are limited & quality suffers..

I have no idea if 17" is an option / will fit, never even looked into a pro, TH, etc, more than im willing to spend...
I have seen 3 different Pros though at my local dealer while I was there at various visits...

 

Go test drive a TRD Pro at a dealer that you haven't visited yet and compare ride quality

 

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One of my bigger regrets is not rotating in my spare. Apparently they dont rotate it in because spare doesn't have a tpms nor is the system set up for a 5th one, which is ridiculous. I often think about the fact that I check my shit, but if I didnt and relied on the system in place Id be riding around with one side of my truck at mid forties psi and the other a bit lower than recommended, which certainly calls into question anything else Im relying on others to do (at a dealership no less).

 

Taking a salesman at their word is your first problem.

 

All season tires are in general mediocre at best if you're not commuting to work in a passenger vehicle also in the south or where there is no snow. The BF Goodrich Trail-Terrain TA that is OEM for some Tacomas are a very civilized light truck tire where the non-OEM or replacement tires are 3PMSF rated.

Overall this reads like you made some sort of very expensive vanity purchase. If your "plan to do some off-roading" is not actual rock trails and use that can very easily do damage to your $70,000 vehicle you probably don't need more than something like a Subaru Outback where mine spent 10 years off road a lot and where some with full frame 4x4s were afraid to go.

I'm not sure how to help otherwise because I feel the Tacomas have awesome ride quality for each model we tested. It's nicest of 5 pickups owned and there were more that were work assigned or used at work. You can't really buy any tires that will change it from being a body on frame and solid rear axle vehicle. From my testing Sport and Limited that will have best ride but they still have the bounce and behavior from what they are. It seems really doubtful that you can spend even more to make it what it isn't and cannot be with high expectations for that.

Trying to turn an off-road pickup into a passenger car might not be good un the used market so before you spend more consider more test drives. Maybe take your hit for the right car than spending money on tires and/or wheels?

 

I have a 2024 pro andI put 285x70x18 nitto ridge e- rated tires which makes the ride stiff and I get 18 Mpg because I am always getting on roads with speed limits of 65. If speed limit is 65 that means do 70 to 74 in NJ lol. at these speeds i still get 18MPG on my truck. The other day I decided to take back roads with speed limits 35 to 50 and I got 23 mpg. I do admit the 4th gen is stiffer riding than the 3rd gen . I had a 2021 tacoma pro with Nitto ridge Grappers 285 x75x16 and truck was smoother than my 2024 pro. I only paid $66745 for the pro

 

I appreciate yours and many others advice and suggestions on this thread as Ive learned a good bit. I feel better now about my purchase knowing it mostly was just a “me” problem. Im keeping my Pro and not making any changes for now, just wanted to make sure what I was experiencing ride wise was expected and not Toyota techs blowing me off when there was another potential underlying issue with this new 4th gen design.

 

23mpg would be great vs my 17avg now at mostly city driving. How many miles do you have on your 24’ Pro? I just got over 1k miles and some have suggested the MPG should get better after a few thousand miles.

 

They did come in a AWD version and I was about to buy a used one a little while before Suzuki bailed out of the US. When I was researching the one I was going to buy, I got the feeling they weren't going to be around for long. I drive stuff into the dirt, so that wouldn't work for me.
The also had a truck in the US for a while, the Equator, but it was mostly a rebadged Nissan Frontier.

 

I might have towed one of those Suzuki K-cars before, they have a neat shape. I recall seeing a red one that was sported up lowered with rims exhaust and probably what ever else the after market had available.

I often forget about the Equator and I've probably mentioned that here before. I kind of thought the Equator looked better than the Frontier although it was 98% identical outside.

 

I have about 1600 miles on my Pro. i lost 1 mpg when it got colder. NJ uses a winter type gas, it is to lower emissions. Every winter i get less mpg no matter what i drive.

 

the winter gas is partly to blame, but much, if not most, of the difference is because of the colder temperatures.

 

Something I've experienced with my 3rd gen using aftermarket Bilstein suspension. When temps drop in the winter to below 32f (upper mid-west) my Tacos ride suffers dramatically, more so as temps get near 0f or below. The oil viscosity in the shocks becomes thicker and fails to move thru the shock valving as easily. The ride suffers significantly vs summer months with warmer temps. This was not really noticeable when i had the TRD OR stock suspension in cold winter temps.

The low winter temps may be impacting the high end spec Fox suspension in your 24 Pro similarly.

I'm assuming you have already adjusted your suspension valving to setting 1 on each shock.