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Winch or lift kit or both

Discussion in 'Suspension' started by hogfan1978, Feb 7, 2013.

  1. Feb 7, 2013 at 7:06 PM
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    hogfan1978

    hogfan1978 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Okay, after hours upon hours of combing threads, I feel like I know less than when I started...which is bad.

    The problem is that I want to install my winch on my truck and lift my truck all within my $1000 budget. After reading, I can't just buy a bumper and mount it. Apparently, my tacoma's stock suspension won't handle the extra weight without riding like crap.... I also want to lift my truck around 2.5" (I don't want to mess with the diff drop or UCA's, so no higher than 2.5").

    Questions:
    1. Why the crap will my Tacoma's suspension not handle the extra weight, but my old Chevy S10 Zr2 handled it just fine mounted to a Warn Trans4mer bumper? I put 100K miles on that truck's stock suspension with the winch mounted.

    2. Will the $650 Billie package with the Eibach springs from Toy Tec handle a winch? If so, I could get ~ 2.5" in the front AND be able to mount my winch for around $1000. Here's that package:
     
  2. Feb 10, 2013 at 8:16 AM
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    hogfan1978

    hogfan1978 [OP] Well-Known Member

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  3. Feb 10, 2013 at 2:50 PM
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    hogfan1978

    hogfan1978 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    I don't guess I need a response to this after all. Going to sell my winch and not worry about it.
     

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