All Entries in the "Lift Kits" Category

Tacoma Drive shafts – Interview with Tom Wood’s Custom Drive Shafts

We’ve put together a three-part series that takes a look at the most popular after-market components used to counter Tacoma drivetrain vibration:

After-market drive shafts (this post)
Rear axle shims
Carrier bearing drop kits

In each post, we will get to the bottom of each component’s effectiveness in reducing and/or removing a driveline vibration on a lifted Tacoma.

Drivetrain vibration is a often-heard complaint amongst owners of lifted Toyota Tacomas. This vibration can manifest in a number of ways, including shuddering while under power or decelerating, shuddering in the cab at idle, or any combination of clunks, clanks or unwanted noise at speed.

There are a number of different products that lifted Tacoma drivers often turn to as a potential remedy for this particular issue. First up, we’ll look at after-market drive shafts.

Keywords Used To Find This Article:

tacoma drive shaft vibration
2011 tacoma vibration
tacoma driveline vibration
toyota tacoma driveline vibration
2012 tacoma driveline vibration
Toyota Tacoma Drive Shaft Problems
tacoma one piece drive shaft
toyota tacoma drive shaft issues
toyota tacoma rear drive shaft
tacoma driveshaft vibration

Benjamin Hunting | Feb 15, 2011 | Comments 2

Full Story

Beware Easy Spacer Lift Kit Installation Videos

The old adage “don’t believe everything that you read” should also apply to YouTube videos – don’t believe everything that you see.

ZoneOffRoad.com has put together an excellent video depicting the install of a basic above coil spacer / rear block Tacoma lift kit that is really nicely done. They definitely paid for professional production and they did a good job of showing you how to install the kit using basic tools – and they should be commended for sharing that info.

HOWEVER, they dropped the ball in one key area (at least in my opinion): they neglected to show how difficult it is to re-assemble the front suspension after you install a longer coil assembly. Check it out:

Keywords Used To Find This Article:

tacoma spacer lift install
how to install spacer lift kit on tacoma
how do I put on tacoma spring spacers
tacoma 2012 above coil spacer
tacoma install coil spacer
eazy lift 2012 tacoma
tocoma leveling kit videos
spacer lift review
spacer lift kit reviews
should i use over the coil spacers tacoma

Jason | Dec 30, 2010 | Comments 2

Full Story

Springs 101 – Leaf, Coil, and Torsion Springs Explained

If you don’t know much about vehicle suspensions, that’s OK. Most people never crawl under their truck to figure out the exact purpose of every piece of suspension. Even if you’re brave enough to get underneath with a flashlight, a lot of the components are hard to identify and/or understand.

Fortunately, there’s something called the “Internet” that can tell us what we want to know about springs. The folks at Four Wheeler magazine created a basic guide to springs that is a must-read for any suspension newb. Here’s the short version:

Keywords Used To Find This Article:

leaf springs explained
Torsion vs Leaf Springs
leaf spring explained
bulldozing a leaf spring explained
tortionbar vs leaf spring
torsion-vs =coil=spring
torsion spring vs coil spring
torsion spring explained
torsion bar vs coil spring
torsion bar suspension

Jason | Dec 16, 2010 | Comments 0

Full Story

The Ultimate Tacoma Lift Kit Guide

Leveling kits are a very popular accessory with truck owners, and the Tacoma is no exception. Yet despite the popularity of lift kits, there is an incredible amount of misinformation about lift kits. What follows is a good-faith attempt to explain the benefits and disadvantages of every basic lift-kit type.