I'm going to get a Cornfed lift for my manual hub '97 Taco Xtracab 2.7 4 cyl. I bought it a few months ago and it has 120,000 miles on it. It needs new front shocks as well as rear. The Bilsteins are a lot of money at $190 and the Ranchos are just moderately worse at $150, but I thought I saw KYB front shocks for $100. I just needs some basic shocks for the next 1-2 years, after which I plan to do an SAS (once I have a house and have graduated college). Will all 3 work just fine with the 3" Cornfed lift? My rear springs seen to be holding up fine so I was thinking about a shackle lift instead of the add a leaf because I'm worried it will make it too stiff and not flex at all. How do the Bilstein and Ranchos compare to the KYB shocks? Any suggestions?
I had a Fabtech add a leaf on my last Tacoma and it lifted it about 3.5", I'm worried if I do an add a leaf on this truck it will sit too high and not match the 3" front lift and be too stiff.
BTW, I'm not new around here, I'm just starting over. I used to hang around here a lot back in 2000-2001 when I had my '97 Taco reg cab 2.7 w/ Fabtech coilovers, exhaust, etc. Sold it in 2001. I just bought another Tacoma few months ago, this time an Xtracab. If I was planning on keeping the IFS, I would go coilovers again, but the cheap Cornfed lift is sort of temporary.
I had a Fabtech add a leaf on my last Tacoma and it lifted it about 3.5", I'm worried if I do an add a leaf on this truck it will sit too high and not match the 3" front lift and be too stiff.
BTW, I'm not new around here, I'm just starting over. I used to hang around here a lot back in 2000-2001 when I had my '97 Taco reg cab 2.7 w/ Fabtech coilovers, exhaust, etc. Sold it in 2001. I just bought another Tacoma few months ago, this time an Xtracab. If I was planning on keeping the IFS, I would go coilovers again, but the cheap Cornfed lift is sort of temporary.