Shock top hat failure on our stock 2024 Tacoma Off-Road while offroading

[tacorancher]

Agreed. I also installed the icon reinforcement kit. My TRD OR bottoms out over speed bumps at 15mph my 20 year old Lexus sedan can blow over at 30mph. I really like my truck overall, but I’m pretty disappointed in the front suspension on the off-road.

Bottoming out at 15 is no bueno. But I’ve never trusted those thin looking billsteins on the OR

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[TacoFreak]

Bottoming out at 15 is no bueno. But I’ve never trusted those thin looking billsteins on the OR

If I had an OR I would probably be looking to upgrade the shocks and fix several problems at once.

 

[SonoranSurvivalist]

If I had an OR I would probably be looking to upgrade the shocks and fix several problems at once.

It's why I'm not doing a leveling kit. I'd much rather replace all of the suspension than waste money on something I ultimately should throw in the garbage anyways. Frankly, it puts a sour taste in my mouth for anything from bilstein.

 

[tacorancher]

It's why I'm not doing a leveling kit. I'd much rather replace all of the suspension than waste money on something I ultimately should throw in the garbage anyways. Frankly, it puts a sour taste in my mouth for anything from bilstein.

I wonder if it’s Billstein or toyota being cheap - either way not acceptable

 

[TacoFreak]

It's why I'm not doing a leveling kit. I'd much rather replace all of the suspension than waste money on something I ultimately should throw in the garbage anyways. Frankly, it puts a sour taste in my mouth for anything from bilstein.

Yeah - good plan. It is a surprise to me that an Off Road is not really ready to go, you know, off road. It has put bilstein in a bad light, just like the JBL "premium" sound system has downgraded my opinion of JBL, which I used to really respect.

 

[SonoranSurvivalist]

I wonder if it’s Billstein or toyota being cheap - either way not acceptable

Most likely on Toyota, but the failure part has Bilstein written on it.

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