Starting a build

[tireguy43]

Looking to start a budget build for my 3rd gen taco. Already got the tires and love em. I am looking for a budget lift looking around on line and am seeing some cheaper lifts by rough country. I am thinking about staying away from the spacer lifts. Any information would be helpful.

 

[MPukish]

My two cents is this - don’t consider it just a ‘lift’. Consider it for was it is; a change in the vehicles clearance, its road handling, holding, response and quality, and it’s ability to carry a load. In many ways it’s the foundation of your build. My two cents is consider what you want to do with your rig long term, do your research and pick the best suspension for your needs. If it means waiting until it’s within the budget - wait. You have a durable and capable rig with an unparalleled level of R&D that went into your current set up - the last thing you want to do is take a step backward. Just my two cents!

 

[Billiebob]

I've never heard a fond word for anything Rough Country. Look beyond just 3" for $300. A lift needs to add to the agility of your Tacoma, not just lift it. There are hundreds of Forums. Look at them and then decide, saving a few hundred dollars is likely not a saving. I'd say your Tacoma is better off with the stock suspension.

At least with a cheap spacer lift you get to keep all the best Toyota parts.

Looking at that picture, your Toyota already has great attitude, clearances. A cheap lift will not be an improvement.

 

[attacktheculdesac]

Don't LIFT! Protect your truck, example : sliders (ditch nerfbars) and belly skid(s) first.

After you do minimum sliders, my next move would be recovery gear. Straps, D-Rings, Shovel/Axe, and Tool Set

I know everything I mentioned is not on the WOW list, but it is what's going to protect you while using the truck.

 

[Casper66]

Don't LIFT! Protect your truck, example : sliders (ditch nerfbars) and belly skid(s) first.

After you do minimum sliders, my next move would be recovery gear. Straps, D-Rings, Shovel/Axe, and Tool Set

I know everything I mentioned is not on the WOW list, but it is what's going to protect you while using the truck.

The other bennifit to this approach is you most likely won't have to purchase a lift more than once. Many go strait to a lift as one of their first purchases because it looks cool. When they later add other items such as the armor you mentioned they discover their coils or leaf packs or AAL's are not enogh to handle the weight and they end up having to redo their lift to accomodate these things. While the items you have mentioned may not be on the WOW list as the items are added and the truck takes a life of it's own the WOW will develope on it's own. The vast majority of things I have done aren't ever hardly seen but the total package has proven to be capable off road and looks good as well.