New guy here

Hey, guys. Found this forum recently and finally joined.

I very recently picked up a 2014 Double Cab V6 TRD sport and I am loving it so far.

I am trying to find out if this truck has been lifted. I don't know anything about lifts so I apologize if this is a stupid question.

The truck tires are larger than the door sticker. Sticker says p265 65 r17 and the tires on it now are 265 70r 17s

Can you tell by looking at the suspension really quick?

 

Looks like you have a spacer lift in there. Those silver pucks up front are not stock.

 

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looks like spacer blocks and slightly bigger than stock tires

I think stock was 265/65r17 and 31” = 265/70r17

 

The stock tires are 65s and these are larger 70s.

When this was lifted, was the only thing done adding those spacers?

 

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How does your truck sit? Is it level, or does it have a slightly higher nose than tail? A stock Tacoma is fairly level, so having a spacer lift in the front and nothing in the back seems a little odd. Or was a heavy bumper installed on the front perhaps?

 

It does look like the front might be pointed slightly up. Where/how do I measure that from? Everything else looks stock to me.

 

While parked on a level surface, measure from the lip of the fender to the center of the wheel. This eliminates the need for any math to account for different sized tires. I have my measurements somewhere, if I can't find them I can go remeasure. My truck sits just about dead flat.

You may find you have a different (lower) measurement on the driver vs. passenger sides. This is due to the infamous "Taco lean" which is caused by having both the battery and gas tank on the driver's side of the vehicle. It gets worse when just the driver is in the vehicle.

 

Ok, I just ran out and measured and the front and back measurements on where are the same.

The passed side front and back and also the same, but sits higher than the driver side. I assume this is what you mean by the Taco lean. How much of a difference between the 2 sides is average?

 

About 1/4" is the number most often posted. The actual number will vary a little depending upon how much gas is in your tank. Mine was about 1/8", you can see my numbers after leaf pack replacement here.

 

So with the spacer lift in the front only, wouldn't the front end be pointed up now? Really confused now why it is level now.

 

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Because the front is generally a little lower than the rear, from the factory. A front lift or leveling kit will 'level' it.
Personally, I like it a little lower in the front but I'm old school.

 

Thank you. So everything should be good the way it is now?

 

Welcome to TW, now the real fun starts. Good luck with your truck.

 

Welcome!

if you're not gonna be wheeling it hard, you'll be fine. they probably put that spacer in there to level the truck, a lot of people prefer that look rather than having some rake (front a bit lower), which means the truck is leveled when you put stuff in the bed and it compresses the rear suspension.

 

Yeah, not planning on doing anything overly rough. Light trails/off-road/snow conditions.

My next question is about the tires. These are larger than the stock tires. When I need to replace these (don't need them yet) do I need to use the larger size or can I use stock size if I wanted?