Is suspension needed yet?

So.. some back story. I am currently stuck in Europe.. where there is no such thing as public land. Everytime I roll onto a dirt road, I am essentially tresspassing on some farmers property. As such, not a lot of offroading happens at this time.

I have some rock sliders on the truck, but other than that, not a lot of weight. I am throwing on a KB Voodoo bed rack, as well as Prinsu racks. My plan is to then throw an RTT on top of that.

Do I really need a suspension set at this time? The increased cost of shipping due to size and weight restrictions leaves me paying substantially more for every item that I order. I am also trying to save up go a full King setup from the get go, and just buy once cry once. With my complete lack of access to any real trails, do I need to worry about a set at this time? Or am I could to go to wait a couple years until I get back to the states?

 

With an RTT, sliders and rack, you're going to want to do something with your rear leaf springs. You have a few options, including a full leaf pack, an add-a-leaf pack, or having someone locally make you a couple of leafs to add to your stock leaf pack.

Have you considered getting someone local to fab up an add-a-leaf for you? You could pull your rear leaf spring and add one or two more. That would give you the load carrying ability you need, with out having to have 200 lbs of leaf springs shipped around the world. Its worth looking into seeing if there is someone locally that could make you an add-a-leaf. All you need is the leaves, a new center bolt and some longer u-bolts.

This threads talks about beefing up your leaf springs cheap, using leaves from another junked vehicle, which is another option.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tacoma-spring-refurbishing.194386/

 

I did the exact same thing as you, ordered bedrack/roof rack before suspension(group buys and such). I had no problems with a RTT on top of my bed rack and a fully loaded 45 qt yeti in the bed of the truck. Did mild off roading with this setup quite a bit, never had any problems. You should be fine, especially if you're not really getting on the trail.

 

New leaf springs which will raise the rear but handle the weight better or load lifting air bags (Air Lift or Firestone) would work with the factory suspension.