I want a lift, but only a little one

Hello all new poster to tw longtime lurker,

I recently became the owner of my 13 dclb and want to add a small lift to it. The truck is my daily driver and I don't often get a chance to do any off-roading except for the occasional state park/fire roads. I plan to go up from the stock tires to a 32 and that's where I plan to stay for a while. The lift I think I've settled on is Bilstein 5100s all around, OME 884 coils, and General Springs Heavy duty leafs(only because I broke a leaf on Baltimore's crappy roads). Even after all my combing through TW I cant find anyone with a similar setup is there a reason or do people just tend to shoot for a 2+ inch lift? Also if my plan sucks are there any other budget friendly options for a 1.5-2 inch lifts?

 

What’s the rating on the leaf springs? You may not want heavy duty as they could be very stiff unloaded.

 

https://www.generalspringkc.com/200...ner-heavy-duty-rear-leaf-spring-4-3-1-leaves/

Not really sure exact weight specs but, reading some reviews on TW they give roughly 2 inches of lift. plus I want to add a topper at some point.

 

From an add a leaf I went back to stock recall springs. Soft ride. Truck still doesn’t know the cap is there. Good luck whatever you do!

 

Love that topper! Is the truck at a stock height?

 

Yep. F it. Edit: but I appreciate your enthusiasm. If you don’t have them, I think you get a free set of the new recall rear springs from Toyota. Give ‘em a ding to find out

 

On my '07, I went with the 5100's and stock coils and the AAL in the rear. Have been very happy with it and I haul some weight from time to time and have a tonneau on all the time, and I've never felt that I needed stiffer springs in the rear.

5100's are hard to beat for a little lift and good ride.

 

My only issue there is a broken leaf on my drivers side. What setting was the 5100s set to with the stock springs?

 

I also have 5100s on stock height and there good shocks rides great

 

5100's on stock coils set on 2nd notch (.85"). Rides great. 4 leaf pack (TSB) in rear.

 

Height wise, just go with what you want and what's needed.
If you're just going on fire roads, you probably don't even need a lift, as stock height is fairly capable in itself. Your ride will stiffen, front and back, with that setup. So just expect that.

 

What size tires are you running

 

265/75/16

 

Yea that's kind of my plan thinking a stock+ approach.

 

I wasn’t looking for anything crazy either. I put on 3rd gen TRD OR suspension (kept my stock leafs minus overload) with an Icon 1.5” progressive AAL and 1/4” spacers. I think I netted somewhere around 1.25-1.5” in the front and 1.5” in the rear. These are 235/85/16 tires which are supposed to be 31.7”. I really like the ride although I’ve never tried 5100s, just base model shocks. Pretty budget friendly too, I spent $550 for everything. Check this thread out: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/review-3rd-gen-suspension-on-2nd-gen.542843/

 

Interesting, I'll look for someone's take off on fb marketplace and craiglist