Bronze Oxide 2024 Tacoma TRD Off-Road Long Bed on Westcott lift kit, Method 703 and 285/75R17 Toyo Open Country A/T III tires

JED · Apr 22, 2024

I thought I may have made a mistake going with 285/75R17 Toyo Open Country III but I couldn’t be happier!

- Method 703 8.5 X 17 with +35 setback
- Westcott 2 1/2” front 3/4” rear lift part # 35111
- Endless Mountain Motors (Westcott affiliate) installed and Fluid Film rust proofed. Great Bend , PA

TacoNate8797 · Apr 24, 2024

JED said:
I thought I may have made a mistake going with 285/75R17 Toyo Open Country III but I couldn’t be happier!

- Method 703 8.5 X 17 with +35 setback
- Westcott 2 1/2” front 3/4” rear lift part # 35111
- Endless Mountain Motors (Westcott affiliate) installed and Fluid Film rust proofed. Great Bend , PA

Bro... your taco looks good. I am getting my Westcott preload lift kit soon. How does it ride compart to stock?

JED · Apr 24, 2024

TacoNate8797 said:
Bro... your taco looks good. I am getting my Westcott preload lift kit soon. How does it ride compart to stock?

The Westcott lift nearly levels the truck. The back sits 1/4” taller. The installer used dielectric grease between steel and aluminum contact points to help prevent corrosion. I thought that was insightful.

The Toyo’s are 4 ply. I honestly can’t feel any difference. New tire pressure is 37.

The only down side is adding 21 lbs. per corner of unsprung weight. All tire weight. I’d expect to see a 2 to 3 mpg decrease. There is no noticeable HP effect though. This 2.4 liter is so much more improved over my Gen 2 4.0 liter!

Fattirz in NC · Apr 24, 2024

Thanks for sharing your build on this forum… This is the closest example of the build I’m thinking about right down to the trim level, the Bronze Oxide color and longbed. The only difference I’m looking at is the same wheels in black and going with 285/70/17 instead of 75. Great looking truck!

Jobu · Apr 24, 2024

Didn't realize it was a 6' foot long bed until reading the title. Do you have any side or rear quarter angle photos ? Beautiful build so far!

JED · Apr 24, 2024

Jobu said:
Didn't realize it was a 6' foot long bed until reading the title. Do you have any side or rear quarter angle photos ? Beautiful build so far!

Just finished detailing it. Pouring rain now. I’ll get a few pictures out.

What I didn’t mention earlier is at with the +35 setback there is 1” poke in the front and 1/2” in the rear.

JED · Apr 24, 2024

Fattirz in NC said:
Thanks for sharing your build on this forum… This is the closest example of the build I’m thinking about right down to the trim level, the Bronze Oxide color and longbed. The only difference I’m looking at is the same wheels in black and going with 285/70/17 instead of 75. Great looking truck!

I’m a bit OCD but the OR sticker on the box appeared crooked to me so I removed them ! Sleeping better now

av8r · Apr 24, 2024

Looks great! The wheel color really goes well with the truck paint color. May I ask what the shop charged you to do the install?

JED · Apr 24, 2024

av8r said:
Looks great! The wheel color really goes well with the truck paint color. May I ask what the shop charged you to do the install?

The actual lift installation was $425. All in with TPMS removal from OEM wheels, alignment and road force balance $850.

av8r · Apr 24, 2024

JED said:
The actual lift installation was $425. All in with TPMS removal from OEM wheels, alignment and road force balance $850.

Seems very fair. I'll keep them in mind. I have a lift in my shop and had planned to do the work myself, but that's cheap enough I might not.n If you need a local tint guy, I have someone in port crane that does fantastic work and only uses high end tint.

JED · Apr 24, 2024

av8r said:
Seems very fair. I'll keep them in mind. I have a lift in my shop and had planned to do the work myself, but that's cheap enough I might not.n If you need a local tint guy, I have someone in port crane that does fantastic work and only uses high end tint.

Good wrench , great experience. Nice to support a small family business. I also had them Fluid Film corrosion protect the truck. Dan pointed out the many gussets and flanges on the new frame to potentially hold salt. Thought I did the right thing.

tmac5809 · Apr 25, 2024

JED said:
I’m a bit OCD but the OR sticker on the box appeared crooked to me so I removed them ! Sleeping better now

I've noticed this too on more than a few Tacomas. I think TFL or some YouTuber mentioned that the sticker is parallel with one of the lines on the truck bed, but in my opinion it should be parallel with the top edge of the bed.

BTW your truck looks amazing.

Bluznvice · May 1, 2024

Awesome!

I've got the same truck coming in June (hopefully). I was hoping to see how those bronze 703's looked on the truck. They look great, although I think I'm leaning a little towards the Icon Compressions in their darker bronze. Also, would be nice if RRW pushed out their + offsets soon.

spenticus · Jun 16, 2024

What is your MPG?

JED · Jun 17, 2024

spenticus said:
What is your MPG?

I haven’t done the math to correct mileage with the larger diameter wheels. I think 18-19 mpg would be correct

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