Toyota Tacoma

[68_427]

You lowered an Outback.

Therefore Chris should listen to me.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I say it should be slammed on double stacked airbags so he can lify it on demand and still take dirtbike to cool places. Budget for new front tires every other month.

[giant_mtb]

I'd keep it lifted.

Meh. I don't do enough eXTREEM off roading to justify having it. All it does is make it tougher to load things into the bed. Stock height would be plenty for my purposes. Plus it's not very complete with the stock wheels and tires.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Meh. I don't do enough eXTREEM off roading to justify having it. All it does is make it tougher to load things into the bed. Stock height would be plenty for my purposes. Plus it's not very complete with the stock wheels and tires.

Stock is good. Go stock sprangs.

[giant_mtb]

Stock is good. Go stock sprangs.

I'd like to get some squishier shocks when I unlift, but $.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I'd like to get some squishier shocks when I unlift, but $.

Squishy shocks suck. Squishy shocks suck. Squishy shocks suck. 

[Cookie Monster]

I kinda liked the all red more, but yo truck man.

[giant_mtb]

Squishy shocks suck. Squishy shocks suck. Squishy shocks suck. 

I wanna float over washboards and frost heaves like a trophy truck, mang.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I wanna float over washboards and frost heaves like a trophy truck, mang.

Well, those shocks are a bit different than grandma's sensatracs.

[giant_mtb]

I kinda liked the all red more, but yo truck man.

No turning back now.

[giant_mtb]

Well, those shocks are a bit different than grandma's sensatracs.

I was thinking along the lines of these.  And probably not the adjustable height ones. But maybe. Adjustable dampers and stuff would be cool, but I'm not about to drop money for some Fox shocks with a remote reservoir and valve knobs.

http://www.bilsteinus.com/products/truck-off-road/5100-series-ride-height-adjustable/

[BENZ BOY15]

You lowered an Outback.

Different situation.

Though I've always wondered how a lowered Subaru does in the snow and shit because his is pretty....low.

[BENZ BOY15]

Meh. I don't do enough eXTREEM off roading to justify having it. All it does is make it tougher to load things into the bed. Stock height would be plenty for my purposes. Plus it's not very complete with the stock wheels and tires.

Good move. The stock height would be good for most anything you'd need to do and indeed, probably would make lifting things into the back a little easier.

[BENZ BOY15]

I can understand some lifting for off roading and shit but a lot of the examples I see around here don't seem to have much purpose besides looking cool and being able to look down on people.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I can understand some lifting for off roading and shit but a lot of the examples I see around here don't seem to have much purpose besides looking cool and being able to look down on people.

Problem is, they don't even look cool. They look foolish.

[giant_mtb]

I can understand some lifting for off roading and shit but a lot of the examples I see around here don't seem to have much purpose besides looking cool and being able to look down on people.

Most lifted trucks don't need to be lifted. They just are. lol

With mine, it gets me right around eye level of stock full sized trucks like Silverados and F150s.

[Cookie Monster]

No turning back now.

You did a clean job, and the truck was a bit too red before, but I just have seen too many flares just look all faded and ugly after a while.

I'm sure you'll do a much better job of keeping your truck clean though.

[BENZ BOY15]

Most lifted trucks don't need to be lifted. They just are. lol

With mine, it gets me right around eye level of stock full sized trucks like Silverados and F150s.

That's exactly correct and yet people raise them anyway. The bed of the pickup becomes pretty much unusable and having a big unwieldy truck to go around all the skinny, twisty roads around here seems like it'd be a PITA, if not impossible.

To each his own, I guess.

[BENZ BOY15]

Problem is, they don't even look cool. They look foolish.

Well, they certainly don't think so.

[giant_mtb]

You did a clean job, and the truck was a bit too red before, but I just have seen too many flares just look all faded and ugly after a while.

I'm sure you'll do a much better job of keeping your truck clean though.

Yeah, I've seen plenty of faded and/or peeling bed liner in my detailing life on fenders, bumpers, and rockers.  Thankfully, mine shouldn't peel or rust since the flares are plastic. And somehow, my vehicles always end up looking much cleaner for much longer than other peoples'.  Something about a business and skillset I own or something seems to help.

I'm curious to see how it'll look back at stock height. I'd probably be okay with the all-red at stock height. It was a lot of red, but.  Yeah. That's that!

[giant_mtb]

That's exactly correct and yet people raise them anyway. The bed of the pickup becomes pretty much unusable and having a big unwieldy truck to go around all the skinny, twisty roads around here seems like it'd be a PITA, if not impossible.

To each his own, I guess.

Unusable is a pretty strong term. Mine is nowhere near unusable. A few inches isn't unmanageable (that's what she said) at all.   

When you lift your truck enough that you can't tow anything without a 19" drop ball mount and need a 6' ladder to climb into the bed...that's unusable.

[BENZ BOY15]

Well, I guess I was referring to the more extreme cases I've seen around here. For the middle range, I think I'd use the phrase increasingly impractical. It'd be one thing if the individual had an air suspension and it could lower down but most seem to stay high and if you're loading heavy stuff, it just seems like it'd be difficult. Some of them I see actually are practical as off roading is pretty popular and it makes sense as they got the extra stuff that goes along with it. And they'll actually be really muddy so it's clear they've actually done it

But some I just can't help but think they had something else in mind, like impressing others and showing everybody what a big bad mountain man they are.

[giant_mtb]

Yeah man, if it's got mud on it...free pass. 

[BENZ BOY15]

Interesting to note that the off roading trucks aren't lifted all that much in comparison. The front tends to higher than the back, though not always. The mountain-bro trucks are lifted much higher, yet suspiciously clean.

[giant_mtb]

Interesting to note that the off roading trucks aren't lifted all that much in comparison. The front tends to higher than the back, though not always. The mountain-bro trucks are lifted much higher, yet suspiciously clean.

Articulation becomes just as important as ground clearance in heavy offroading. 

[Rupert]

Well, I guess I was referring to the more extreme cases I've seen around here. For the middle range, I think I'd use the phrase increasingly impractical. It'd be one thing if the individual had an air suspension and it could lower down but most seem to stay high and if you're loading heavy stuff, it just seems like it'd be difficult. Some of them I see actually are practical as off roading is pretty popular and it makes sense as they got the extra stuff that goes along with it. And they'll actually be really muddy so it's clear they've actually done it

But some I just can't help but think they had something else in mind, like impressing others and showing everybody what a big bad mountain man they are.

"That's a mighty shiny truck you got there!"

[BENZ BOY15]

"That's a mighty shiny truck you got there!"

I stopped off for gas in San Bernardino today and I got a picture of a ridiculously lifted truck....I'll be posting that shortly. I don't know what sort of off roading they have in the San Bernardino area but this one almost looked like something you'd be more likely to find at a mini monster truck rally.

[BENZ BOY15]

Articulation becomes just as important as ground clearance in heavy offroading. 

[Soup DeVille]

Yeah, that's just a shop truck; the kind of thing a place that sells lift kits will put together to sell parts.

[BENZ BOY15]

Yeah it sure doesn't look like it goes around too much.