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2003 Toyota Tacoma > Suspension Lift - Finished Feb. 28, 2004
If you need help deciding what type of lift to buy for your Toyota Tacoma, then I'm afraid I have bad news because
this page is here to serve two purposes:
- assist you with the installation of a Fabtech 6" suspension lift, and
- help you make the decision of whether or not you'll be able to install this kit yourself
(installing the kit yourself should save you about $500-$800)
For those of you who have already bought the kit and installed it yourselves (or attempted to install it),
you're probably wondering what the frick was the idiot at Fabtech thinking when s/he wrote those installation instructions.
This was the most complicated IFS lift I've ever installed and I have the instructions to blame it on.
They absolutely sucked!
Sure, Fabtech has free telephone technical support if you have problems during the install, but they close at 5:30pm on Friday and don't reopen until 9:00am on Monday! What's up with that? Don't most people work on their truck during this time because it's the WEEKEND!
I even wrote Fabtech a short letter (on paper - not email) politely detailing all the shortcomings of their instructions and offered to rewrite new instructions in the proper order (yes, believe it or not, the instructions that ship with the kits actually have several steps that are out of sequence) with more detailed info and hi-res digital photos and they didn't even have the courtesy to call or write me back! Great customer service, Fabtech!
I guess the point I want to make is that unless you know the underside of
your Tacoma like the underside of your (
fill in the blank), you're going
to have a challenging time installing this suspension lift. But if you use
the information I've provided here, then I GUARANTEE you will
have this kit installed faster and with a LOT more confidence
than going at it with Fabtech's instructions alone.
If the information you find here is helpful, then please let other Tacoma
owners know about it. Please link to my site so others can
easily find it. This information is provided at no expense to the offroad
community, but because of its increased popularity over the past year, I'm now asking two favors from my visitors:
- Please don't take any of my content (text, images) and use it on your own site.
Everything here is original (that means it's mine).
Please just link to me instead.
- Please consider making a small donation to help cover site costs.
This can be done through the Amazon Honor System or Paypal.
I've included a link to both and they're available from every page of the site.
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I'm not asking for a lot of money - maybe a dollar or two.
That would be a great (and most appreciative) way of letting me know that you got something useful from my site and want to support it.
If you don't want to donate anything, then you can always buy me something from my
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I recommend reading all the information provided here before proceeding with installation of your own Fabtech suspension lift.
Oh yeah, one more thing. Don't hold me responsible if you don't have the
same outcome as I did by following my instructions. My instructions are
here for help only. Fabtech Motorsports did not pay/authorize me to publish
this
information.
Again, IT IS STRICLY FOR HELP ONLY. If you know of easier ways to get through
some of the steps, then do as you wish, but please think of the rest of us
and consider sharing your idea by emailing it to me so I can post it for
others to read.
If you have any questions about anything, I'll do my best to answer them.
Email me at dorianj AT gmail DOT com and put the words 'TOYOTA TACOMA' in the subject line otherwise I may not receive it.
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