Pics of your 1st gen lift? Before and/or after?

This is by far my favorite tacoma thread.

I have owned my 2001 tacoma for 11 years now and am finally in the place to begin modifying it. I have done PM work and OEM repairs but now I would like to lift it, new wheels/tires and an ARB bumper.

My question is how tall/wheel size can you go before needing to re-gear and/or the fuel mileage falling off completely?

 

It’s really preference, there are people on 33s and stock gears all the time. But it was noticeable to me definitely. I have 4.88 gears and 295/70/17 tires.

 

Nice truck. What did you do to black everything out? I have an '04 and wanting to dechrome it.

 

Hey guys, I need some help. Looking to lift my truck about 3”, but I want it to look level from front to rear. I have a AAL spring and adjustable shackles with rear bilstein shocks. Thinking of just buying a new leaf spring kit and some 3” adjustable bilstein coilovers. What do you guys suggest I lift the front and rear to? The picture is our current stance

 

night and day

 

What are you running for lift?

 

Waiting for my lift to come in the mail right now

 

where are those headlights from?

 

Ebay. I hate to love them as much as I do because they were cheap and I really hope the lenses will last. The corner light and headlights look way better as a single piece like. The orange corner lights came out of the second gen I had for a while and plugged right in

 

Here's a little update. My lift finally shipped and and I'm trying to address some of the rust issues while I am taking things apart so it will be a nice clean build when I'm done

 

when i bought it

now

 

I’m curious what size tires those are? I like the width.

 

Stock as it was when I bought it in 2015. I’m the 2nd owner.

I lifted and did my best to level it with Bilstein 5100s all around. Fronts set to 0 paired with OME 881 coils. Rear got the J59 leaf spring pack from Deaver. *and running slightly oversized tires 265/75/16

I can’t leave this thing alone!

 

285/75/16 Yokohama MTs
They are pretty narrow, almost a 10.5” wide

 

OME lift currently..................................................................................................................................Spacer lift after purchased.

 

Looks great. I don't want to screw with drive angles/etc. and cause joint wear problems.
Can you PM with exactly what you did? The rear of my truck seems squishy and saggy....I'd like to gain a little more capacity and rake. Front...gain a little?
What should I purchase? All new rear leaf springs and AAL and shocks? Front: new shocks AND springs???

Want to be able to possibly step up in tire size as you did....Nice ride!

 

Thanks! Labor of love. I will send you a message for sure, but I am not a professional mechanic. Just an enthusiast that enjoys learning and improving my truck.

 

I understand. I want to "restore" my truck to some original + kind of capabilities. I want to be able to drive it down a road and then go down a trail. Not looking to rock crawl or do anything crazy. Want a little better stance and payload before she sags. I like the way yours looks! And, I can't justify spending $2000 on suspension upgrades....

 

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you put a spacer on top of the stock coil? How was that ride?