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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Colorado
Posts: 241
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Colorado
Posts: 241
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Sgb020
Depending on the type of off highway driving you are planning to do you may enjoy both at stock height for years to come. Both of your rides are new to you and you are new to Toyotas See where they can take you before you start making changes. Put the 1000+ you were planning to spend on your lift into the gas tank and see if you can do what you want to do with the mods you've made already. Some background on why I say this: for over 20 years I have driven a stock 1997 Tacoma with ATX Michelins all over Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana, Eastern Utah, Eastern Idaho, and well into Canada. All on back roads, FSR's with a mix of Highway daily driving mixed in to ramp up the miles. Never let me down, Never got stuck, Still Drive her with ~350k miles on the clock.
When I started getting deeper into the back country and hearing a scrape or 2 going over big rocks. I, like you, reached out and started talking to folks about lifting my Tacoma. Advice was that my specific Taco model was some what more difficult to lift properly (Not likely an issue for you) and that combined with my desire to carry 4 people and their gear lead me to the 4Runner. I bought it with the intent to lift it 2.5 inches and build it out for the "overlanding" photography trips that I had started taking 4-5 years prior. I had the lift done by Slee Offroad (Denver area shop well known for their quality work on lifted Toyotas) MPG difference with the lift and larger BFGs was negligible, bigger hit to MPGs was the roofrack and mostly when driving on the highway at speeds over 80MPH and the extra 200lbs of my drawer/sleeping setup + Rocksliders. With the changes I see I'm down about 1.5MPG compared to the trips taken before the mods.
Overall I'm very happy with both of my rigs and that they get me where I want them to. My lifted 4th Gen V8 tows my A-frame popup trailer like it's not even back there all day long at 80 MPH, then un hooks and goes anywhere where I've asked of road in Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, and California. Have not taken her to Canada yet but maybe this winter with the borders opening back up!
Boort
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-- 1997 Tacoma v6 Std Cab
-- 2006 4Runner v8
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