Question about lifting my 2012 Toyota Tacoma trd sport?

Hey guys I really want to lift my 2012 Toyota Tacoma trd sport. I am planning on doing a 3/1 lift. I really like the looks of the tacomas with a 3 inch lift. I have read tons of stuff on lifting this truck. I know all the options and possible senarios. My main concern is how likely am I to have issues if I do Aftermarket Ucas with front end suspension parts wearing out? Honestly my main concern is having driveline vibrations because I wouldn't even know where to start with that. How likely is it to happen? Any knowledge is helpful. can you guys even tell a difference visually between a 2.5 bilstein lift and a 3 inch other lift. Do I need Ucas with a 2.5 lift if I went that route? I want my truck to be realible still after the lift. I don't need to be replacing parts sooner because my lift is destroying my suspension cause I didn't do it right.

 

3 inch lift is the max lift recommended for our Tacoma's but 2 1/2 inch is better because the angle it'll put on our CV boots will be less severe. If you do a 3 inch lift it may cause premature wear out of the inner cv boots and you will have to replace them sooner.

Even 2.5 inch is a bit up there, but it will be less wear over time on the inners cv boots

UCA's will be fine even in stock form but they will limit overall droop if you get extended travel coilovers or similar style coilovers/shocks. Your alignment caster will suffer a little possibly if you don't replace them but it shouldn't make or break your alignment.

 

Any time that you raise the truck, you're going to make more severe angles that absolutely will wear some parts of the truck out faster than it you were to just raise it stock. So, now that that's out of the way.

IMHO, 2.5 is going to serve you better, if that's what you're set on and what you're looking for. I would recommend aftermarket UCAs with a 2.5 lift.

Your safest would be to stay around 2 if you're looking to minimize excessive wear and tear over stock, but it sounds like you're sold on going a bit higher - which is cool, it's your truck!

When you decide on a setup you're thinking about, post it up and we can give you some better feedback on it.

 

Im going to follow this too. I have a 2010 ACLB OR

Not to thread jack, but my plan is OME lift with 885s and Dakar leafs in the rear. And LR UCAs. Hopefully the CV angles wont be too severe?

 

Don't mean to hijack the thread here but I have a lot of lift questions. Even though I have one on my 250 I know nothing about lifts lol.

I just bought a 2013 TRD Sport. I too am looking for a 3' lift. What I'm trying to decide is if I should do a full suspension lift with a diff drop and new UCAs or to do a spacer lift in the front with blocks or AALs in the rear.

Not sure what you plan on doing with your truck OP but I plan on only taking my truck off-road to hunt and fish. So like groomed paths, that's it. I have zero functional use for the lift. I just want to do the lift right and not cheap, but I do want to spend the least amount of money possible like anyone. It looks like going with something like a Toytech BOSS lift or a Rough Country will be around $2,000-$2,500 installed.


There are a lot of threads on lifts but very little explanation of why some are better or aren't and what truly are the best lifts for different functions.

 

I agree with the suggestion to lift 2.5". That's what I run and I am even able to run the stock UCAs just fine with my setup.

 

Ok thanks for the input guys. I am actually open to doing a different lift than 3 inches if it will be best for my truck with less problems in the long run. When you guys talk about lifting 2 inches are you just talking about lifting the front only? When would I be likely to run into driveline vibrations on which lift? I might be a good person to end up just lifting 2 inches to have less problems kind of like a trd pro.