Lost in the sauce

Hello so got my new 2017 tacoma back in May and I want to start working on it to eventually take off road but don't know where to start been reading the thread and have a general idea of what I'd need to get depending on what I get.
So for starters I want to get fox coilovers but saw in a post someone had coilovers in the front and leaf springs in the back, why is that? Is it better that way or just preference and what does it do to make you enjoy it that way? Do you always have to change the uca or is it dependent on what size coilovers you get? Also I would like to put my tacoma on 12.5x30x20 with 2" wheel spacers, who makes good stamped wheels and who makes good off roading tires that have aggressive tread? Thank you for any advice

 

Welcome to TW.

From the factory the Tacoma has independent suspension in the front with coilovers and leaf springs in the rear. So to lift it you need to modify the suspension accordingly.

I don't have much experience with lifts so I won't be any help there.

 

Your truck comes stock with coilovers in the front and leaf springs in the back. Nobody did that. Toyota did it. As far as the rest of the post, you will rub all day every day unless you cut and pound and trim lots of stuff.

 

Take it off road now. Then add/change things as you find need to improve your experience.

Spending money in advance of knowing how capable the truck is for how you are using it is just playing pin the tail on the donkey. How lucky do you feel?

I will offer that tires are typically the 1st consideration. But they don't have to be jumbo, just better than stock. What you are considering is a street queen-look-tough-poseur setup, not a real off road unit. No offense.

If you build the truck for how you use it 80+% of the time, you'll be much happier with it than if you build it for the occasional 20%.

And your wallet will thank you too.

 

Oops, I must be doing it wrong. I got mine a few months ago and have taken it off road several times without working on it at all.