- Hey, what's going on guys, Josh from TrailBuilt,
and we have just got in another 2007 Toyota Tacoma
that we're gonna be putting a three inch lift into.
So for all of you Tacoma guys that are looking to lift
your Tacoma, not looking to break the buck,
we have this Rough Country three inch lift.
So then what comes with this kit
is going to be your Front Coilovers.
This one's gonna have the entry Rough Country shocks
that go up front
and then it's gonna have for the rear,
it's gonna have the lift blocks
and then it's gonna have the V2
Rough Country Monotube Shocks.
Now this kit is good to run up to a 33 inch tire
from 2005, up to about 2018 Toyota Tacomas.
And our customer here is gonna go
with the middle Ridge Grapplers
that are gonna be a 33 by 1250
on 17 inch Kansei wheels.
So, it's gonna be a pretty basic,
pretty simple install.
The install schedule for about four hours and all together,
this kit here, the Rough Country runs about $650,
on our website trailbuilt.offroad.com
and then the tire and wheel package
is gonna be just over $2,100.
So not including the install you're looking at about $2,800
for a three inch lift which is a pretty awesome deal.
So make sure and stay tuned
as we get this lift installed in our 2007 Tacoma.
Let's go.
Now that Brent has installed all the front shocks,
the rear shocks, the puck spacers for the differential,
we're gonna give you guys just a little bit of a rundown
on how that all goes in here.
So, for the front shocks it's pretty simple,
obviously get your truck up on a lift,
then the old struts come out,
not too much to it pop the new struts
in bolt everything in.
Then these little puck spacers underneath here
are to drop the differential down just a little bit
to help with that pinion angle and drive line angle
to keep the front drive shaft from binding.
So you get a couple of little half inch spacer pucks there
for the front differential.
And then moving on to the back,
we have there's these two inch leaf spring spacers
that help give it that little extra boost
to get the hardware with this kit as well including
the U bolts for the leaf springs
and also these Rough Country V2 shocks
like we showed you before.
So, whole installs,
all pretty simple takes about four hours or so.
And you can do it with some basic garage tools
and it also comes with some really good detailed
instructions with the illustrations on them as well.
So, from here, all we're gonna do
is we're gonna throw on the tires.
Then we're gonna take this thing out for a spin
and show you guys what the wheels and tires are
and what difference it makes having
this three inch lift in there.
So stay tuned.
All right.
So now that we have the three inch Rough Country Lift
installed on this old five Tacoma,
we're taking it for a spin it has
the 33 inch Nitto Ridge Grapplers by 12 and a half wide,
17 inch Kansei wheels,
which I'm kind of surprised
that Alexis went with the Kansei
because you don't hear that name too much
in the off road industry.
So you usually hear like methods or race lines or icon
alloys and a whole bunch of other ones
but not really Kansei but they do look pretty good.
They look pretty sharp on the rig
but as far as drivability,
if you guys are looking for hitting those trails
on the weekend,
you want some extra ground clearance
but still a pretty decent ride.
And we're on a pretty bumpy road right now.
The Rough Country three inch lift
is gonna to get you what you need.
It has a three inch coils at front
like we talked about before,
has a two inch lift in the back.
And the front coils are basically like struts.
They're coilovers are struts where they have this shock
inside the spring.
So you don't have to run any additional spacers
with these Rough Country front struts
whereas if you were just replacing,
let's say the shock in the front
or maybe just the spring and the front
to get that extra lift,
you may need to run spacers whereas these you do not.
So, I think so far for running 33 inch tires
with this rough country kit,
the ride isn't too bad.
I mean, you're gonna get a little bit more of a firm ride
typically with a lift
because you're adding additional off-road performance
to the vehicle
and this road is crappy
and it handles it pretty decent.
All right. So now that we got it up to highway speeds
and not even exactly sure how fast we're going
because anytime you change the tire diameter,
it is gonna throw off the speedometer just a little bit
but it's handling pretty nice,
but this new Rough Country kit in here it's absorbing
the bumps pretty decently.
I'm not getting a lot of feedback in the steering wheel,
even with the 33s
with that set I did notice
when we pulled out of the parking lot
before that there was a little bit of rub on full turns.
So full lock to lock,
you're gonna have a little bit of rub
with these 33's on here.
So there may be some trimming.
And like I said earlier in the video,
the three inch Rough Country kit is good up to
I think it was 31 or 32 inches
and Alexis, she has 33 inch tires on here.
It definitely looks bold.
It looks muscular.
It fits this Tacoma really nice proportionally.
So, if you guys are again looking for that,
right, bang for the buck kit,
that's not gonna break the buck and still pretty easy
to install and give you enough ground clearance
to hit the trails on the weekend.
The rough country kit is a really good way to,
again you can find them right on our website,
it's trail.offroad.com.
Other than that we're gonna head back to the office
and we're gonna see where we need the trim,
should only be a real little bit to trim
the 50s, 33s but other than that,
we appreciate all of you for watching guys.
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I'm Josh from TrailBuilt,
and we'll see
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