3 "Misses" on 2024 Tacoma -- Suspension Travel, Front Swaybar Disconnect, No Front Locker (review by real off-road enthusiast)

[ToyTrucker]

I've always enjoyed this guy's content. Some good insight here into the 2024 Tacoma's wider track width (on TRD Pro and Trailhunter), suspension travel, front swayback disconnect and lack of front locker.

Summary of why these are so called "misses":

SUSPENSION TRAVEL

• 3" wider track on TRD Pro & Trailhunter trims
• the wider track comes from lower wheel offset and fender flares, not longer lower control arms (LCA)
• therefore, suspension travel not actually improved over 3rd gen Tacoma

FRONT SWAYBAR DISCONNECT

• It's a "miss" because this feature has been undersold by Toyota
  • Real world articulation numbers should actually be better than the 10% articulation gain (when swaybar is disconnected) as quoted by Toyota

NO FRONT LOCKER (speaks for itself)

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[Its a TRD thang]

They didn't add a front locker due A: people don't know how to use then properly and might break shit . B: The crawl control works like a Locker according to the Head engineer Sheldon

 

[jmodz]

Thanks for posting! I've watched a few of his videos and he is an excellent voice of reason.

 

[Stitch107]

I've always enjoyed this guy's content. Some good insight here into the 2024 Tacoma's wider track width (on TRD Pro and Trailhunter), suspension travel, front swayback disconnect and lack of front locker.

Summary of why these are so called "misses":

SUSPENSION TRAVEL

• 3" wider track on TRD Pro & Trailhunter trims
• the wider track comes from lower wheel offset and fender flares, not longer lower control arms (LCA)
• therefore, suspension travel not actually improved over 3rd gen Tacoma

FRONT SWAYBAR DISCONNECT

• It's a "miss" because this feature has been undersold by Toyota
  • Real world articulation numbers should actually be better than the 10% articulation gain (when swaybar is disconnected) as quoted by Toyota

NO FRONT LOCKER (speaks for itself)

Yes i defin love too hear more about what you have too say as i have a 21 tundra crewmax trd off road and im not exactly sure trading it off for this is a smart move,, what would you do thankyou for your time and help Bert

 

[entropy]

The suspension travel part is disappointing, I wonder how it compares to the Colorado ZR2 and the Ranger Raptor.

 

[cvollers]

The suspension travel part is disappointing, I wonder how it compares to the Colorado ZR2 and the Ranger Raptor.

If he’s right, about 2” less travel than the ZR2. A little less than that for the Ranger Raptor. It’s in the vid.

 

[apoGee]

Glad someone else shared this. Just subscribed to them. Will probably end up adding king or something else but hoping the OME is better than the existing trd suspension out the box.

 

[Mrknowitall]

In one of the interviews, Brown mentions the higher allowable angle in the CV joints for the top OR trucks. Very curious if something like the Titan swap on the Frontier is possible w Tundra parts.

 

[tacotac]

Deal breaker for me. It’s gonna cost as much as a raptor and yet will need a $10K mid travel kit

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