Tacoma Lift LeftoversI read your article "Tacoma Lift Comparo" (Aug. '01) and loved everything you had to say about the lift kits. Finally someone looked at all there is Tacoma! But you left out one kit: the 111/42-inch Rancho. I have it, and after 20,000 miles, all the stock rubber bushings are shot and the front struts are no longer up to the task.
That's why I'm writing. What do you do with those kits you test? I'd gladly take the Northwest or the Fabtech kit off your hands if they are just collecting dust. I wasn't sure what happened to them now that they have been used, so I figured since I can't afford to replace the Rancho kit I'd ask you for a secondhand kit. That Northwest kit with the rear leaves would be nice, as my blocks give my truck some wicked axlewrap.Rich VilloneChester, NJ
The only dust we collect is on the trail, since we're always a-movin' and a-shakin'. Seriously, most of the time we send the products back to the manufacturer unless we keep the product on the test truck. In this case we will have a longterm report on what was left on, and the shipping department picked up all of the detritus and sent it back to the various manufacturers. Just like our seldom seen homes, our offices are far too small to be stockpiling used parts.
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