Tacoma spacer lift experience

2nd gen problems
Do the shackle flip

 

This went to shit at the speed of light.

 

Ackem what i said was

 

Im not reading seven pages cause fuck it. spacer lifts work. they lift your truck bang boom done couple hundred bucks and you got your self a lift. Go jump your truck after too. pucks>coilovers

 

All depends on what you are going to do after the lift. Sure there is more than one way to do it but the cost of maintenance will differ too.

 

I put 100k miles on my 2004 with a Revtek 3” coil spacer. She saw some off-roading and even jumped all four tires off the ground at a railroad crossing one night! Zero issues.

Top spacers cause shocks to break if you don’t extend the bump stops to counteract it. And top spacers allow your LCA to hang further at full droop, which can put CVs in more of a bind.

Coil spacers limit up travel, but it’s the same thing as getting new adjustable coilovers and cranking them up 2”- you now have 2” less up travel.

If you’re going to run spacers, run the coil spacer- the ones that you have to take your strut/coil assembly apart to install. Way more reliable.

 

If you drive on a smooth road with a spacer lift VS a proper coil lift & properly paired leaf pack, will you instantly notice a difference? Likely not, not on a straight smooth road. But if you’re a suspension nerd and you appreciate how your truck handles undulations or even just a recessed manhole cover, or railroad tracks or bumpy intersections, you’ll immediately notice a smoother & less jarring more planted ride with a real suspension lift. You will also flex better off road if you actually go off-roading and you’ll find the experience more enjoyable I think. Spacers will get the job done but come with drawbacks that become apparent once the road surface gets less perfect.

 

Yep. That’s the difference between $300 and $3000. That’s why I have over 300k miles combined on 3 trucks with coil spacer lifts. Lol And I’ve off-roaded them. Did I run 60mph over whoops and jumped all four tires multiple times? No! But I wouldn’t do that if I had Kings either! I take care of my vehicles and they take care of me.

 

5100's are so cheap, spacers shouldnt even be a thought that crosses peoples minds

 

Sorry but I’ll take this over 5100s anyday.

 

Not bad

 

Bad


Causes this because the shock bottoms out before the LCA hits the bump stop.

 

Don’t think you’re getting the point of my post

 

My point is, I drive a Pro. I’d rather have a perfectly good coil spacer on my Fox Pro suspension than replace it with cheap 5100s.

 

Cool. And I would much rather have at Fox DSC’s. My point about the 5100’s was directed towards the OP and anyone with stock suspension wanting to lift their truck on a budget

 

Someone else has explained this better than I could have already.

 

Yeah that’s a great explanation. Something they didn’t mention though, is how the top spacer allows more droop and can cause damage to CVs, ball joints, etc. But yeah, he hit the nail on the head.

 

So to fix this just get bigger bump stops right? Also theres many theroys why that happens and ever notice that it also ever only happens to the yellow bilistein shocks?