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Check my plans (suspension upgrades / other). Anything else to consider?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by sagexp, Jul 22, 2017.

  1. Jul 22, 2017 at 1:17 PM
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    sagexp

    sagexp [OP] Well-Known Member

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    2002 Tacoma DC 4X4 2017 Tacoma DC 4X4
    So, three months into owning this one, and I'll have a long weekend of wrenching coming up and want to get it all done over the course of 2 or 3 days.

    Truck is a daily driver, and will be set up for hunting / camping runs. Bad roads in some pretty seriously rough terrain at times, miles from nowhere, with long stretches of dirt track (hauling ass). Crawling won't be a thing for me, though I get in those types of low speed situations fairly often climbing canyons and truly shitty primitive trails.

    - C4 Lo Pro w/ support brackets and Warn M8000 w/synthetic (recovered from my Gen 1 ARB Bull Bar. Rebuilding winch next weekend)

    - Baja Designs S8-20"

    - Kings front (700 lbs) and rear, all 4 corners with compression adjusters. Front height adjusted +1.5".

    - 1" Low Range Off Road (CNC machined billet) 1 degree taper rear block. Also considering just a 1/2" rear shim. Wondering if that much rake (1.5 front, 1 rear) will be look strange with the added lift and room in the wheel wells? It is my understanding leveling is 2/0 or 3/1, without rear spring sag, correct?

    - ECGS Bushing

    - Energy Suspension radiator bushings

    Want to go 1.5" in front. Want to keep a slight rake to the stance so I'm not so "nose up" when hauling heavy camping loads in the bed. Leveling fully not an issue for me. Will consider sumo bags or the like in the future, but am also considering springs. Just want to wring out this set up off road and get a feel for it before I commit to springs and / or bags.

    Ultimately I want to go with new springs in the rear, but need to see how the system above (namely the Kings with the adjusters) feel as is. The blocks get me to the height I think I want to try for now at a minimal expense until I get a real feel for how the entire system / compression adjusters, etc., feels off road and then with compression tamed down for back on road / daily driver work.

    Not new to Kings, or any of this really. Have run Kings with 700 lbs on the Gen 1 (ARB and winch) with Built Right UCA's for a while now. Previously had the Downey's with 800 lb Downey Tundra coils on that rig (that was a bit overkill, but was a relatively common set up for running the ARB and a winch at the time before Downey sold). Love the Kings off road at speed (I tend to haul ass moving from point A to B), but not so much on pavement. Hoping dialing back on the compression adjusters will give me the ride I want on pavement, and be able to dial it up for the higher speed off road work. I'll be stopping in to King Racing about an hour from me to pick up my set up and discuss with them before I hand over the bank card.

    Will not be putting on UCA's as of yet. I'm only planning on going 1.5" in the front. I'll have King leave in the internal stops on the front shocks, and remove them on the first rebuild if I decide I need to go with UCA's. If I ultimately decide to put on UCA's, am really liking the JBA UCA option with the replaceable Moog ball joint, but want to see how alignment numbers wind up with the stock UCA's first.

    Currently running Cooper ST Maxx 265-75/16's. When these wear out (should be a few years with the miles I drive) I may then consider 285's.

    Have everything waiting for install with the exception of the rear 1" block or .5" shim, and the Kings.

    Anything else I should do while I'm there besides the rad mounts and ECGS?

    Thoughts?
     

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